diff --git a/contrib/ec2-testing/src/java/voldemort/utils/app/VoldemortEc2InstanceCreatorApp.java b/contrib/ec2-testing/src/java/voldemort/utils/app/VoldemortEc2InstanceCreatorApp.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/contrib/ec2-testing/src/java/voldemort/utils/app/VoldemortEc2InstanceCreatorApp.java
+++ b/contrib/ec2-testing/src/java/voldemort/utils/app/VoldemortEc2InstanceCreatorApp.java
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ public class VoldemortEc2InstanceCreatorApp extends VoldemortApp {
                                                                 instanceCount);
 
         StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
-        s.append("# Each line represents an external host name to internal host name mapping.");
-        s.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
 
         for(HostNamePair hostNamePair: hostNamePairs) {
             s.append(hostNamePair.getExternalHostName());
Removed the preamble in the hosts file to prevent difficulties in command line scripts having to deal with the comments.