diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Users/PurgeUsers.php b/app/Console/Commands/Users/PurgeUsers.php
index 14771f79b..c8178e821 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Users/PurgeUsers.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Users/PurgeUsers.php
@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ class PurgeUsers extends Command
         //Setup the esi variable
         $esi = new Eseye();
 
-        //Attempt to get the server status.  Don't want to do anything if the server is down for some reason.
-        try {
-            $status = $esi->invoke('get', '/status/');
-        } catch(RequestFailedException $e) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         //Get all of the users from the database
         $users = User::all();