diff --git a/salt/modules/rest_package.py b/salt/modules/rest_package.py
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index 44c5a0bcf84..00000000000
--- a/salt/modules/rest_package.py
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@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-'''
-Service support for the REST example
-'''
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-# Import python libs
-import logging
-import salt.utils
-
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Define the module's virtual name
-__virtualname__ = 'pkg'
-
-
-def __virtual__():
-    '''
-    Only work on systems that are a proxy minion
-    '''
-    try:
-        if salt.utils.is_proxy() and __opts__['proxy']['proxytype'] == 'rest_sample':
-            return __virtualname__
-    except KeyError:
-        return (False, 'The rest_package execution module failed to load.  Check the proxy key in pillar.')
-
-    return (False, 'The rest_package execution module failed to load: only works on a rest_sample proxy minion.')
-
-
-def list_pkgs(versions_as_list=False, **kwargs):
-    return __proxy__['rest_sample.package_list']()
-
-
-def install(name=None, refresh=False, fromrepo=None,
-            pkgs=None, sources=None, **kwargs):
-    return __proxy__['rest_sample.package_install'](name, **kwargs)
-
-
-def remove(name=None, pkgs=None, **kwargs):
-    return __proxy__['rest_sample.package_remove'](name)
-
-
-def version(*names, **kwargs):
-    '''
-    Returns a string representing the package version or an empty string if not
-    installed. If more than one package name is specified, a dict of
-    name/version pairs is returned.
-
-    CLI Example:
-
-    .. code-block:: bash
-
-        salt '*' pkg.version <package name>
-        salt '*' pkg.version <package1> <package2> <package3> ...
-    '''
-    if len(names) == 1:
-        return str(__proxy__['rest_sample.package_status'](names))
-
-
-def installed(
-        name,
-        version=None,
-        refresh=False,
-        fromrepo=None,
-        skip_verify=False,
-        pkgs=None,
-        sources=None,
-        **kwargs):
-
-    p = __proxy__['rest_sample.package_status'](name)
-    if version is None:
-        if 'ret' in p:
-            return str(p['ret'])
-        else:
-            return True
-    else:
-        if p is not None:
-            return version == str(p)