diff --git a/inventory_provider/routes/data.py b/inventory_provider/routes/data.py
index 2f893435ba9c7b88a657ad8bf37072a5f2d6fd73..3bbe8d02dd464a44cc5ddae84394286ec7faa4e2 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/routes/data.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/routes/data.py
@@ -88,33 +88,36 @@ def bgp_configs(hostname):
     return jsonify(routes)
 
 
-@routes.route("/interfaces/status/<hostname>/<path:interface>",
-              methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-@common.require_accepts_json
-def interface_statuses(hostname, interface):
-    r = common.get_redis()
-    status = r.get(
-        'alarmsdb:interface_status:%s:%s'
-        % (hostname, interface))
-    if not status:
-        return Response(
-            response="no available info for {} {}".format(hostname, interface),
-            status=404,
-            mimetype="text/html")
-    return jsonify({"status": status.decode('utf-8')})
-
-
-@routes.route("/services/<hostname>/<path:interface>",
-              methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-@common.require_accepts_json
-def services_for_interface(hostname, interface):
-    r = common.get_redis()
-    services = r.get(
-        'opsdb:interface_services:%s:%s'
-        % (hostname, interface))
-    if not services:
-        return Response(
-            response="no available info for {} {}".format(hostname, interface),
-            status=404,
-            mimetype="text/html")
-    return jsonify(json.loads(services.decode('utf-8')))
+# TODO: remove all alarmsdb i/o, and then remove the following
+# @routes.route("/interfaces/status/<hostname>/<path:interface>",
+#               methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+# @common.require_accepts_json
+# def interface_statuses(hostname, interface):
+#     r = common.get_redis()
+#     status = r.get(
+#         'alarmsdb:interface_status:%s:%s'
+#         % (hostname, interface))
+#     if not status:
+#         return Response(
+#             response="no available info for {} {}".format(
+#               hostname, interface),
+#             status=404,
+#             mimetype="text/html")
+#     return jsonify({"status": status.decode('utf-8')})
+#
+#
+# @routes.route("/services/<hostname>/<path:interface>",
+#               methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+# @common.require_accepts_json
+# def services_for_interface(hostname, interface):
+#     r = common.get_redis()
+#     services = r.get(
+#         'opsdb:interface_services:%s:%s'
+#         % (hostname, interface))
+#     if not services:
+#         return Response(
+#             response="no available info for {} {}".format(
+#               hostname, interface),
+#             status=404,
+#             mimetype="text/html")
+#     return jsonify(json.loads(services.decode('utf-8')))