diff -uprN a/client/tests/kvm/tests/balloon_check.py b/client/tests/kvm/tests/balloon_check.py
--- a/client/tests/kvm/tests/balloon_check.py	2010-02-11 20:31:49.197953539 +0530
+++ b/client/tests/kvm/tests/balloon_check.py	1970-01-01 05:30:00.000000000 +0530
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-import re, string, logging
-from autotest_lib.client.common_lib import error
-import kvm_test_utils, kvm_utils
-
-def run_balloon_check(test, params, env):
-    """
-    Check Memory ballooning:
-    1) Boot a guest
-    2) Increase and decrease the memory of guest using balloon command from monitor
-    3) check memory info
-
-    @param test: kvm test object
-    @param params: Dictionary with the test parameters
-    @param env: Dictionary with test environment.
-    """
-    
-    vm = kvm_test_utils.get_living_vm(env, params.get("main_vm"))
-    session = kvm_test_utils.wait_for_login(vm)
-    fail = 0
-    
-    # Check memory size
-    ogging.info("Memory size check")
-    expected_mem = int(params.get("mem"))
-    actual_mem = vm.get_memory_size()
-    if actual_mem != expected_mem:
-        logging.error("Memory size mismatch:")
-        logging.error("    Assigned to VM: %s" % expected_mem)
-        logging.error("    Reported by OS: %s" % actual_mem)
-    
-    #check info balloon command
-    o, str = vm.send_monitor_cmd("info balloon")
-    if o != 0:
-        logging.error("qemu monitor command failed:")
-    s =int(re.findall("\d+",str)[0])
-    if s != actual_mem:
-        logging.error("qemu monitor command failed: info balloon")
-        raise error.TestFail("Memory ballooning failed while decreasing memory")
-
-    #Reduce memory to 80% of actual memory
-    new_mem = int (0.8 * actual_mem)
-    vm.send_monitor_cmd(" balloon %s " % new_mem)
-    o, str = vm.send_monitor_cmd("info balloon")
-    if o != 0:
-        logging.error("qemu monitor command failed:")
-    s = int(re.findall("\d+",str)[0])
-    if s != new_mem:
-        logging.error(" memory ballooning failed ")
-        fail = 1
-
-    # increase memory to actual size 
-    vm.send_monitor_cmd(" balloon %s " % new_mem )
-    o,str = vm.send_monitor_cmd("info balloon")
-    if o != 0:
-        logging.error("qemu monitor command failed:")
-    s = int(re.findall("\d+",str)[0])
-    if s != actual_mem:
-        logging.error("Memory ballooning failed while increasing memory")
-        fail = 1
-    
-    #Checking for test result
-    if fail != 0:
-        raise error.TestFail("Memory ballooning test failed ")
-    session.close()
diff -uprN a/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample b/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample
--- a/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample	2010-02-11 21:12:13.792955256 +0530
+++ b/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample	2010-02-11 20:24:06.408947096 +0530
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ variants:
                 drift_threshold = 10
                 drift_threshold_single = 3
 
-    - balloon_check:  install setup unattended_install
-        type = balloon_check
-        extra_params += "-balloon virtio"
-
     - stress_boot:  install setup unattended_install
         type = stress_boot
         max_vms = 5    
@@ -320,7 +316,7 @@ variants:
 
                 variants:
                     - 8.32:
-                        no setup balloon_check
+                        no setup
                         image_name = fc8-32
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-8-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = dd6c79fddfff36d409d02242e7b10189
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-8.ks
 
                     - 8.64:
-                        no setup balloon_check
+                        no setup
                         image_name = fc8-64
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-8-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 2cb231a86709dec413425fd2f8bf5295
@@ -342,7 +338,6 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-8.ks
 
                     - 9.32:
-                        no balloon_check
                         image_name = fc9-32
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 72601f685ea8c808c303353d8bf4d307
@@ -353,7 +348,6 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-9.ks
 
                     - 9.64:
-                        no balloon_check
                         image_name = fc9-64
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-9-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 05b2ebeed273ec54d6f9ed3d61ea4c96
@@ -364,7 +358,6 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-9.ks
 
                     - 10.32:
-                        no balloon_check
                         image_name = fc10-32
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-10-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 27e581edb392728c4a07d00d3fc5ced0
@@ -373,7 +366,6 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-10.ks
 
                     - 10.64:
-                        no balloon_check
                         image_name = fc10-64
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-10-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         sha1sum = f1e5ae7db6a1ba227de7294c4112385922388648
@@ -382,7 +374,6 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-10.ks
 
                     - 11.32:
-                        no balloon_check
                         image_name = fc11-32
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = e3b1e2d1ba42aa4705fa5f41771b3927
@@ -393,7 +384,6 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-11.ks
 
                     - 11.64:
-                        no balloon_check 
                         image_name = fc11-64
                         cdrom = linux/Fedora-11-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 9d419844adeb93120215fe7505c9bce8
@@ -418,7 +408,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/Fedora-12.ks
 
             - DSL-4.2.5:
-                no setup dbench bonnie linux_s3 balloon_check 
+                no setup dbench bonnie linux_s3
                 image_name = dsl-4.2.5
                 install:
                     steps = DSL-4.2.5.steps
@@ -427,7 +417,7 @@ variants:
                     md5sum_1m = 527f2481bd25310f2e3a6e5345ff3d12
 
             - Mandriva-One-2007:
-                only install 
+                only install
                 image_name = mandriva-one-2007
                 steps = Mandriva-One-2007-32.steps
                 cdrom = linux/mandriva-one-2007-i386.iso
@@ -435,7 +425,7 @@ variants:
                 md5sum_1m = dc7865a75db665efc86d59bca7c1fe07
 
             - openSUSE-11.0.32:
-                no setup dbench bonnie balloon_check
+                no setup dbench bonnie
                 image_name = openSUSE-11.0-32
                 install:
                     steps = openSUSE-11.0-32.steps
@@ -444,7 +434,7 @@ variants:
                     md5sum_1m = c720b30557af758e69de450409516369
 
             - openSUSE-11.1.32:
-                no setup dbench bonnie balloon_check
+                no setup dbench bonnie
                 image_name = openSUSE-11.1-32
                 install:
                     steps = openSUSE-11.1-32-and-64.steps
@@ -453,7 +443,7 @@ variants:
                     md5sum_1m = b70217417468389083429f81ba7ce2bd
 
             - openSUSE-11.1.64:
-                no setup dbench bonnie balloon_check
+                no setup dbench bonnie
                 image_name = openSUSE-11.1-64
                 install:
                     steps = openSUSE-11.1-32-and-64.steps
@@ -506,7 +496,7 @@ variants:
 
                 variants:
                     - 3.9.i386:
-                        no setup autotest linux_s3 balloon_check
+                        no setup autotest linux_s3
                         image_name = rhel3-32
                         mem_chk_cmd = dmidecode | awk -F: '/Maximum Capacity/ {print $2}'
                         cdrom = linux/RHEL-3.9-i386-DVD.iso
@@ -518,7 +508,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-3-series.ks
 
                     - 3.9.x86_64:
-                        no setup autotest linux_s3 balloon_check
+                        no setup autotest linux_s3
                         image_name = rhel3-64
                         mem_chk_cmd = dmidecode | awk -F: '/Maximum Capacity/ {print $2}'
                         cdrom = linux/RHEL-3.9-x86_64-DVD.iso
@@ -530,7 +520,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-3-series.ks
 
                     - 4.7.i386:
-                        no setup autotest balloon_check
+                        no setup autotest
                         image_name = rhel4-32
                         cdrom=linux/RHEL-4.7-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum=ee5092653732a88ddbaf8eef2484c500
@@ -541,7 +531,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-4-series.ks
 
                     - 4.7.x86_64:
-                        no setup autotest balloon_check
+                        no setup autotest
                         image_name = rhel4-64
                         cdrom=linux/RHEL-4.7-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum=ea9dae16dd86f7d94092d0e672333292
@@ -552,7 +542,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-4-series.ks
 
                     - 4.8.i386:
-                        no setup autotest balloon_check
+                        no setup autotest
                         image_name = rhel4-32
                         cdrom = linux/RHEL-4.8-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = b024f0af5079539d3ef51f71fed0b194
@@ -561,7 +551,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-4-series.ks
 
                     - 4.8.x86_64:
-                        no setup autotest balloon_check
+                        no setup autotest
                         image_name = rhel4-64
                         cdrom = linux/RHEL-4.8-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 696bc877b0200cc942626673fcc3fc09
@@ -570,7 +560,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-4-series.ks
 
                     - 5.3.i386:
-                        no setup balloon_check
+                        no setup
                         image_name = rhel5-32
                         cdrom=linux/RHEL-5.3-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum=371c62851611fd32ead440df6f24a296
@@ -581,7 +571,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-5-series.ks
 
                     - 5.3.x86_64:
-                        no setup balloon_check
+                        no setup
                         image_name = rhel5-64
                         cdrom=linux/RHEL-5.3-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum=c5ed6b284410f4d8212cafc78fd7a8c5
@@ -592,7 +582,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-5-series.ks
 
                     - 5.4.i386:
-                        no setup balloon_check
+                        no setup
                         image_name = rhel5-32
                         cdrom = linux/RHEL-5.4-i386-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 7a12ec6599527e4f3d1790b51eadbfed
@@ -601,7 +591,7 @@ variants:
                             unattended_file = unattended/RHEL-5-series.ks
 
                     - 5.4.x86_64:
-                        no setup balloon_check
+                        no setup
                         image_name = rhel5-64
                         cdrom = linux/RHEL-5.4-x86_64-DVD.iso
                         md5sum = 04fe3c10202402d7b389528d2bad0210
@@ -611,7 +601,7 @@ variants:
 
     # Windows section
     - @Windows:
-        no autotest linux_s3 vlan_tag balloon_check
+        no autotest linux_s3 vlan_tag
         shutdown_command = shutdown /s /t 0
         reboot_command = shutdown /r /t 0
         status_test_command = echo %errorlevel%
