diff --git a/heka/files/lua/filters/instance_state.lua b/heka/files/lua/filters/instance_state.lua
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--- a/heka/files/lua/filters/instance_state.lua
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--- Copyright 2015 Mirantis, Inc.
---
--- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
--- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
--- You may obtain a copy of the License at
---
---     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
---
--- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
--- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
--- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
--- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
--- limitations under the License.
-local utils = require 'lma_utils'
-
-local msg = {
-    Type = "metric", -- will be prefixed by "heka.sandbox."
-    Timestamp = nil,
-    Severity = 6,
-}
-
-count = 0
-
-function process_message ()
-    local state = read_message("Fields[state]")
-    local old_state = read_message("Fields[old_state]")
-    if old_state ~= nil and state == old_state then
-        -- nothing to do
-        return 0
-    end
-    msg.Timestamp = read_message("Timestamp")
-    msg.Fields = {
-        source = read_message('Logger'),
-        name = "openstack_nova_instance_state",
-        -- preserve the original hostname in the Fields attribute because
-        -- sandboxed filters cannot override the Hostname attribute
-        hostname = read_message("Fields[hostname]"),
-        type = utils.metric_type['COUNTER'],
-        value = 1,
-        tenant_id = read_message("Fields[tenant_id]"),
-        user_id = read_message("Fields[user_id]"),
-        state = state,
-        tag_fields = { 'state', 'hostname' },
-    }
-    utils.inject_tags(msg)
-
-    return utils.safe_inject_message(msg)
-end