diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 02a10451d8..eb7cf9d64e 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ from social.backends.utils import load_backends
 
 # AWX
 from awx.main.task_engine import TaskSerializer, TASK_FILE, TEMPORARY_TASK_FILE
-from awx.main.tasks import mongodb_control, send_notifications
+from awx.main.tasks import send_notifications
 from awx.main.access import get_user_queryset
 from awx.main.ha import is_ha_environment
 from awx.api.authentication import TaskAuthentication, TokenGetAuthentication
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ class ApiV1ConfigView(APIView):
 
         # Only stop mongod if license removal succeeded
         if has_error is None:
-            mongodb_control.delay('stop')
             return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
         else:
             return Response({"error": "Failed to remove license (%s)" % has_error}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index b8bb60905b..1ad8524240 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import pipes
 import re
 import shutil
 import stat
-import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import thread
 import time
@@ -180,30 +179,6 @@ def notify_task_runner(metadata_dict):
     queue = FifoQueue('tower_task_manager')
     queue.push(metadata_dict)
 
-@task()
-def mongodb_control(cmd):
-    # Sanity check: Do not send arbitrary commands.
-    if cmd not in ('start', 'stop'):
-        raise ValueError('Only "start" and "stop" are allowed.')
-
-    # Either start or stop mongo, as requested.
-    p = subprocess.Popen('sudo service mongod %s' % cmd, shell=True,
-                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    out, err = p.communicate()
-    p.wait()
-
-    # Check to make sure the stop actually succeeded
-    p = subprocess.Popen('pidof mongod', shell=True)
-    shutdown_failed = p.wait() == 0
-
-    # If there was an error, log it.
-    if err:
-        logger.error(err)
-
-    if cmd == 'stop' and shutdown_failed:
-        p = subprocess.Popen('sudo mongod --shutdown -f /etc/mongod.conf', shell=True)
-        p.wait()
-
 @task(bind=True)
 def handle_work_success(self, result, task_actual):
     if task_actual['type'] == 'project_update':