diff --git a/keepalived-vip/keepalived.go b/keepalived-vip/keepalived.go
index c1b14122dc..9733ad4d79 100644
--- a/keepalived-vip/keepalived.go
+++ b/keepalived-vip/keepalived.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ type keepalived struct {
 	useUnicast bool
 }
 
+// WriteCfg creates a new keepalived configuration file.
+// In case of an error with the generation it returns the error
 func (k *keepalived) WriteCfg(svcs []vip) error {
 	w, err := os.Create("/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ func (k *keepalived) WriteCfg(svcs []vip) error {
 	return t.Execute(w, conf)
 }
 
+// Start starts a keepalived process in foreground.
+// In case of any error it will terminate the execution with a fatal error
 func (k *keepalived) Start() {
 	cmd := exec.Command("keepalived",
 		"--dont-fork",
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ func (k *keepalived) Start() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Reload sends SIGHUP to keepalived to reload the configuration.
 func (k *keepalived) Reload() error {
 	glog.Info("reloading keepalived")
 	_, err := k8sexec.New().Command("killall", "-1", "keepalived").CombinedOutput()
diff --git a/keepalived-vip/main.go b/keepalived-vip/main.go
index ed635cb268..d753f981a9 100644
--- a/keepalived-vip/main.go
+++ b/keepalived-vip/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
-	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/util/proc"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/unversioned"
 	kubectl_util "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -85,8 +84,6 @@ func main() {
 		glog.Fatalf("Terminating execution: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	proc.StartReaper()
-
 	glog.Info("starting LVS configuration")
 	if *useUnicast {
 		glog.Info("keepalived will use unicast to sync the nodes")