diff --git a/src/com/mirantis/mk/Salt.groovy b/src/com/mirantis/mk/Salt.groovy
index eeda9c4..c7b2d37 100644
--- a/src/com/mirantis/mk/Salt.groovy
+++ b/src/com/mirantis/mk/Salt.groovy
@@ -723,25 +723,9 @@
     def python = new com.mirantis.mk.Python()
     def dataStr = new groovy.json.JsonBuilder(data).toString()
 
-    //def offlineDeployment = env.getEnvironment().containsKey("OFFLINE_DEPLOYMENT") && env["OFFLINE_DEPLOYMENT"].toBoolean()
-    def offlineDeployment = env.getEnvironment().containsKey("OFFLINE_DEPLOYMENT")
-    if(!offlineDeployment){
-      //TODO: remove wget after global env prop enforcments
-      def netcheckResult = sh(script: "wget -q -T 10 --spider http://google.com", returnStatus: true)
-      offlineDeployment = netcheckResult != 0 && netcheckResult <= 5
-    }else{
-       offlineDeployment = env["OFFLINE_DEPLOYMENT"].toBoolean()
-    }
-    def pepperCmd
-
-    if (!offlineDeployment) {
-        def pepperCmdFile = "${venv}/pepper-cmd.json"
-        writeFile file: pepperCmdFile, text: dataStr
-        pepperCmd = "pepper -c ${venv}/pepperrc --make-token -x ${venv}/.peppercache --json-file ${pepperCmdFile}"
-    } else {
-        common.warningMsg("You might be offline, will use pepper with option --json instead of option --json-file, some complex commands like complicated cmd.runs may not work!")
-        pepperCmd = "pepper -c ${venv}/pepperrc --make-token -x ${venv}/.peppercache --json \"" + dataStr.replaceAll('"', '\\\\\\\"') + "\"" // yeah, really 7 backslashes, don't ask why
-    }
+    def pepperCmdFile = "${venv}/pepper-cmd.json"
+    writeFile file: pepperCmdFile, text: dataStr
+    def pepperCmd = "pepper -c ${venv}/pepperrc --make-token -x ${venv}/.peppercache --json-file ${pepperCmdFile}"
 
     if (venv) {
         output = python.runVirtualenvCommand(venv, pepperCmd, true)