diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.cpp
index 4a4fa7ae91..42664be020 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.cpp
@@ -892,181 +892,6 @@ int VBOX_BASE::launch_vboxsvc() {
     return retval;
 }
 
-// Launch the VM.
-int VBOX_BASE::launch_vboxvm() {
-    char cmdline[1024];
-    char* argv[5];
-    int argc;
-    string output;
-    int retval = ERR_EXEC;
-
-    // Construct the command line parameters
-    //
-    if (headless) {
-        argv[0] = const_cast<char*>("VboxHeadless.exe");
-    } else {
-        argv[0] = const_cast<char*>("VirtualBox.exe");
-    }
-    argv[1] = const_cast<char*>("--startvm");
-    argv[2] = const_cast<char*>(vm_name.c_str());
-    if (headless) {
-        argv[3] = const_cast<char*>("--vrde config");
-    } else {
-        argv[3] = const_cast<char*>("--no-startvm-errormsgbox");
-    }
-    argv[4] = NULL;
-    argc = 4;
-
-    strcpy(cmdline, "");
-    for (int i=0; i<argc; i++) {
-        strcat(cmdline, argv[i]);
-        if (i<argc-1) {
-            strcat(cmdline, " ");
-        }
-    }
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    char buf[256];
-    STARTUPINFO si;
-    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
-    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
-    SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR sd;
-    HANDLE hReadPipe = NULL, hWritePipe = NULL;
-    void* pBuf = NULL;
-    DWORD dwCount = 0;
-    unsigned long ulExitCode = 0;
-    unsigned long ulExitTimeout = 0;
-
-    memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
-    memset(&pi, 0, sizeof(pi));
-    memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
-    memset(&sd, 0, sizeof(sd));
-
-    InitializeSecurityDescriptor(&sd, SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_REVISION);
-    SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(&sd, true, NULL, false);
-
-    sa.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
-    sa.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
-    sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = &sd;
-
-    if (!CreatePipe(&hReadPipe, &hWritePipe, &sa, NULL)) {
-        vboxlog_msg("CreatePipe failed (%d).", GetLastError());
-        goto CLEANUP;
-    }
-    SetHandleInformation(hReadPipe, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
-
-    si.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
-    si.dwFlags |= STARTF_FORCEOFFFEEDBACK | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW | STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
-    si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
-    si.hStdOutput = hWritePipe;
-    si.hStdError = hWritePipe;
-    si.hStdInput = NULL;
-
-    // Execute command
-    if (!CreateProcess(
-        NULL,
-        cmdline,
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-        TRUE,
-        CREATE_NO_WINDOW,
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-        &si,
-        &pi
-    )) {
-
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "Status Report: Launching virtualbox.exe/vboxheadless.exe failed."
-        );
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "        Error: %s (%d)",
-            windows_format_error_string(GetLastError(), buf, sizeof(buf)),
-            GetLastError()
-        );
-        goto CLEANUP;
-    }
-
-    while(1) {
-        GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &ulExitCode);
-
-        // Copy stdout/stderr to output buffer,
-        // Handle in the loop so that we can
-        // copy the pipe as it is populated
-        // and prevent the child process from blocking
-        // in case the output is bigger than pipe buffer.
-        PeekNamedPipe(hReadPipe, NULL, NULL, NULL, &dwCount, NULL);
-        if (dwCount) {
-            pBuf = malloc(dwCount+1);
-            memset(pBuf, 0, dwCount+1);
-
-            if (ReadFile(hReadPipe, pBuf, dwCount, &dwCount, NULL)) {
-                output += (char*)pBuf;
-            }
-
-            free(pBuf);
-        }
-
-        if ((ulExitCode != STILL_ACTIVE) || (ulExitTimeout >= 1000)) break;
-
-        Sleep(250);
-        ulExitTimeout += 250;
-    }
-
-    if (ulExitCode != STILL_ACTIVE) {
-        sanitize_output(output);
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "Status Report: Virtualbox.exe/Vboxheadless.exe exited prematurely."
-        );
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "    Exit Code: %d",
-            ulExitCode
-        );
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "       Output: %s",
-            output.c_str()
-        );
-    }
-
-    if (pi.hProcess && (ulExitCode == STILL_ACTIVE)) {
-        vm_pid = pi.dwProcessId;
-        vm_pid_handle = pi.hProcess;
-        retval = BOINC_SUCCESS;
-    }
-
-CLEANUP:
-    if (pi.hThread) CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
-    if (hReadPipe) CloseHandle(hReadPipe);
-    if (hWritePipe) CloseHandle(hWritePipe);
-
-#else
-    int pid = fork();
-    if (-1 == pid) {
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "Status Report: Launching virtualbox/vboxheadless failed."
-        );
-        vboxlog_msg(
-            "        Error: %s (%d)",
-            strerror(errno),
-            errno
-        );
-        retval = ERR_FORK;
-    } else if (0 == pid) {
-        if (-1 == execv(argv[0], argv)) {
-            _exit(errno);
-        }
-    } else {
-        vm_pid = pid;
-        retval = BOINC_SUCCESS;
-    }
-#endif
-
-    string cmd_line = cmdline;
-    vbm_trace(cmd_line, output, retval);
-
-    return retval;
-}
-
 // If there are errors we can recover from, process them here.
 //
 int VBOX_BASE::vbm_popen(string& command, string& output, const char* item, bool log_error, bool retry_failures, unsigned int timeout, bool log_trace) {
diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.h b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.h
index 164381136e..0b4b769734 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.h
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_common.h
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ struct VBOX_BASE : VBOX_JOB {
     static void sanitize_output(string& output);
 
     int launch_vboxsvc();
-    int launch_vboxvm();
 
     int vbm_popen(
         string& command, string& output, const char* item,