diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_alt.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_alt.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1828ba1ab2..0000000000
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_alt.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,344 +0,0 @@
-# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-
-# ---
-# The paramiko transport is provided because many distributions, in particular EL6 and before
-# do not support ControlPersist in their SSH implementations.  This is needed on the Ansible
-# control machine to be reasonably efficient with connections.  Thus paramiko is faster
-# for most users on these platforms.  Users with ControlPersist capability can consider
-# using -c ssh or configuring the transport in ansible.cfg.
-
-import warnings
-import os
-import pipes
-import socket
-import random
-import logging
-import traceback
-import fcntl
-import sys
-from termios import tcflush, TCIFLUSH
-from binascii import hexlify
-from ansible.callbacks import vvv
-from ansible import errors
-from ansible import utils
-from ansible import constants as C
-            
-AUTHENTICITY_MSG="""
-paramiko: The authenticity of host '%s' can't be established. 
-The %s key fingerprint is %s. 
-Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
-"""
-
-# prevent paramiko warning noise -- see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3920502/
-HAVE_PARAMIKO=False
-with warnings.catch_warnings():
-    warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-    try:
-        import paramiko
-        HAVE_PARAMIKO=True
-        logging.getLogger("paramiko").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-
-class MyAddPolicy(object):
-    """
-    Based on AutoAddPolicy in paramiko so we can determine when keys are added
-    and also prompt for input.
-
-    Policy for automatically adding the hostname and new host key to the
-    local L{HostKeys} object, and saving it.  This is used by L{SSHClient}.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, runner): 
-        self.runner = runner
-
-    def missing_host_key(self, client, hostname, key):
-
-        if C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING:
-
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.output_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-
-            old_stdin = sys.stdin
-            sys.stdin = self.runner._new_stdin
-            fingerprint = hexlify(key.get_fingerprint())
-            ktype = key.get_name()
-            
-            # clear out any premature input on sys.stdin
-            tcflush(sys.stdin, TCIFLUSH)
-
-            inp = raw_input(AUTHENTICITY_MSG % (hostname, ktype, fingerprint))
-            sys.stdin = old_stdin
-            if inp not in ['yes','y','']:
-                fcntl.flock(self.runner.output_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-                fcntl.flock(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-                raise errors.AnsibleError("host connection rejected by user")
-
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.output_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-
-
-        key._added_by_ansible_this_time = True
-
-        # existing implementation below:
-        client._host_keys.add(hostname, key.get_name(), key)
-
-        # host keys are actually saved in close() function below
-        # in order to control ordering.
-        
-
-# keep connection objects on a per host basis to avoid repeated attempts to reconnect
-
-SSH_CONNECTION_CACHE = {}
-SFTP_CONNECTION_CACHE = {}
-
-class Connection(object):
-    ''' SSH based connections with Paramiko '''
-
-    def __init__(self, runner, host, port, user, password, private_key_file, *args, **kwargs):
-
-        self.ssh = None
-        self.sftp = None
-        self.runner = runner
-        self.host = host
-        self.port = port
-        self.user = user
-        self.password = password
-        self.private_key_file = private_key_file
-        self.has_pipelining = True
-
-    def _cache_key(self):
-        return "%s__%s__" % (self.host, self.user)
-
-    def connect(self):
-        cache_key = self._cache_key()
-        if cache_key in SSH_CONNECTION_CACHE:
-            self.ssh = SSH_CONNECTION_CACHE[cache_key]
-        else:
-            self.ssh = SSH_CONNECTION_CACHE[cache_key] = self._connect_uncached()
-        return self
-
-    def _connect_uncached(self):
-        ''' activates the connection object '''
-
-        if not HAVE_PARAMIKO:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("paramiko is not installed")
-
-        vvv("ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: %s on PORT %s TO %s" % (self.user, self.port, self.host), host=self.host)
-
-        ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
-     
-        self.keyfile = os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh/known_hosts")
-
-        if C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING:
-            ssh.load_system_host_keys()
-        ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(MyAddPolicy(self.runner))
-
-        allow_agent = True
-        if self.password is not None:
-            allow_agent = False
-        try:
-            if self.private_key_file:
-                key_filename = os.path.expanduser(self.private_key_file)
-            elif self.runner.private_key_file:
-                key_filename = os.path.expanduser(self.runner.private_key_file)
-            else:
-                key_filename = None
-            ssh.connect(self.host, username=self.user, allow_agent=allow_agent, look_for_keys=True,
-                key_filename=key_filename, password=self.password,
-                timeout=self.runner.timeout, port=self.port)
-        except Exception, e:
-            msg = str(e)
-            if "PID check failed" in msg:
-                raise errors.AnsibleError("paramiko version issue, please upgrade paramiko on the machine running ansible")
-            elif "Private key file is encrypted" in msg:
-                msg = 'ssh %s@%s:%s : %s\nTo connect as a different user, use -u <username>.' % (
-                    self.user, self.host, self.port, msg)
-                raise errors.AnsibleConnectionFailed(msg)
-            else:
-                raise errors.AnsibleConnectionFailed(msg)
-
-        return ssh
-
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, sudo_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None, su=None, su_user=None):
-        ''' run a command on the remote host '''
-
-        bufsize = 4096
-        try:
-            chan = self.ssh.get_transport().open_session()
-        except Exception, e:
-            msg = "Failed to open session"
-            if len(str(e)) > 0:
-                msg += ": %s" % str(e)
-            raise errors.AnsibleConnectionFailed(msg)
-
-        if not (self.runner.sudo and sudoable) and not (self.runner.su and su) or in_data:
-            if executable:
-                quoted_command = executable + ' -c ' + pipes.quote(cmd)
-            else:
-                quoted_command = cmd
-            vvv("EXEC ALT no-tty %s" % quoted_command, host=self.host)
-            chan.exec_command(quoted_command)
-        else:
-            # sudo usually requires a PTY (cf. requiretty option), therefore
-            # we give it one by default (pty=True in ansble.cfg), and we try
-            # to initialise from the calling environment
-            if C.PARAMIKO_PTY:
-                chan.get_pty(term=os.getenv('TERM', 'vt100'),
-                             width=int(os.getenv('COLUMNS', 0)),
-                             height=int(os.getenv('LINES', 0)))
-            shcmd, prompt, success_key = utils.make_sudo_cmd(sudo_user, executable, cmd)
-            vvv("EXEC %s" % shcmd, host=self.host)
-            sudo_output = ''
-            try:
-                chan.exec_command(shcmd)
-                if self.runner.sudo_pass or self.runner.su_pass:
-                    while not sudo_output.endswith(prompt) and success_key not in sudo_output:
-                        chunk = chan.recv(bufsize)
-                        if not chunk:
-                            if 'unknown user' in sudo_output:
-                                raise errors.AnsibleError(
-                                    'user %s does not exist' % sudo_user)
-                            else:
-                                raise errors.AnsibleError('ssh connection ' +
-                                    'closed waiting for password prompt')
-                        sudo_output += chunk
-                    if success_key not in sudo_output:
-                        if sudoable:
-                            chan.sendall(self.runner.sudo_pass + '\n')
-                        elif su:
-                            chan.sendall(self.runner.su_pass + '\n')
-            except socket.timeout:
-                raise errors.AnsibleError('ssh timed out waiting for sudo.\n' + sudo_output)
-
-        if in_data:
-            try:
-                stdin = chan.makefile('wb')
-                stdin.write(in_data)
-                chan.shutdown_write()
-            except Exception, e:
-                raise errors.AnsibleError('SSH Error: data could not be sent to the remote host. Make sure this host can be reached over ssh.')
-
-        stdout = ''.join(chan.makefile('rb', bufsize))
-        stderr = ''.join(chan.makefile_stderr('rb', bufsize))
-
-        return (chan.recv_exit_status(), '', stdout, stderr)
-
-    def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        ''' transfer a file from local to remote '''
-        vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
-        if not os.path.exists(in_path):
-            raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
-        try:
-            self.sftp = self.ssh.open_sftp()
-        except Exception, e:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection (%s)" % e)
-        try:
-            self.sftp.put(in_path, out_path)
-        except IOError:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
-
-    def _connect_sftp(self):
-        cache_key = "%s__%s__" % (self.host, self.user)
-        if cache_key in SFTP_CONNECTION_CACHE:
-            return SFTP_CONNECTION_CACHE[cache_key]
-        else:
-            result = SFTP_CONNECTION_CACHE[cache_key] = self.connect().ssh.open_sftp()
-            return result
-
-    def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        ''' save a remote file to the specified path '''
-        vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
-        try:
-            self.sftp = self._connect_sftp()
-        except Exception, e:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection (%s)", e)
-        try:
-            self.sftp.get(in_path, out_path)
-        except IOError:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file from %s" % in_path)
-
-    def _any_keys_added(self):
-        added_any = False        
-        for hostname, keys in self.ssh._host_keys.iteritems():
-            for keytype, key in keys.iteritems():
-                added_this_time = getattr(key, '_added_by_ansible_this_time', False)
-                if added_this_time:
-                    return True
-        return False
-
-    def _save_ssh_host_keys(self, filename):
-        ''' 
-        not using the paramiko save_ssh_host_keys function as we want to add new SSH keys at the bottom so folks 
-        don't complain about it :) 
-        '''
-
-        if not self._any_keys_added():
-            return False
-
-        path = os.path.expanduser("~/.ssh")
-        if not os.path.exists(path):
-            os.makedirs(path)
-
-        f = open(filename, 'w')
-        for hostname, keys in self.ssh._host_keys.iteritems():
-            for keytype, key in keys.iteritems():
-                # was f.write
-                added_this_time = getattr(key, '_added_by_ansible_this_time', False)
-                if not added_this_time:
-                    f.write("%s %s %s\n" % (hostname, keytype, key.get_base64()))
-        for hostname, keys in self.ssh._host_keys.iteritems():
-            for keytype, key in keys.iteritems():
-                added_this_time = getattr(key, '_added_by_ansible_this_time', False)
-                if added_this_time:
-                    f.write("%s %s %s\n" % (hostname, keytype, key.get_base64()))
-        f.close()
-
-    def close(self):
-        ''' terminate the connection '''
-        cache_key = self._cache_key()
-        SSH_CONNECTION_CACHE.pop(cache_key, None)
-        SFTP_CONNECTION_CACHE.pop(cache_key, None)
-        if self.sftp is not None:
-            self.sftp.close()
-
-        if C.PARAMIKO_RECORD_HOST_KEYS and self._any_keys_added():
-
-            # add any new SSH host keys -- warning -- this could be slow
-            lockfile = self.keyfile.replace("known_hosts",".known_hosts.lock") 
-            dirname = os.path.dirname(self.keyfile)
-            if not os.path.exists(dirname):
-                os.makedirs(dirname)
-
-            KEY_LOCK = open(lockfile, 'w')
-            fcntl.lockf(KEY_LOCK, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-            try:
-                # just in case any were added recently
-                self.ssh.load_system_host_keys()
-                self.ssh._host_keys.update(self.ssh._system_host_keys)
-                self._save_ssh_host_keys(self.keyfile)
-            except:
-                # unable to save keys, including scenario when key was invalid
-                # and caught earlier
-                traceback.print_exc()
-                pass
-            fcntl.lockf(KEY_LOCK, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-
-        self.ssh.close()
-        
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh_old.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh_old.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 55b19a6c10..0000000000
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/ssh_old.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
-# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-import os
-import subprocess
-import shlex
-import pipes
-import random
-import select
-import fcntl
-import hmac
-import pwd
-import gettext
-import pty
-from hashlib import sha1
-import ansible.constants as C
-from ansible.callbacks import vvv
-from ansible import errors
-from ansible import utils
-
-class Connection(object):
-    ''' ssh based connections '''
-
-    def __init__(self, runner, host, port, user, password, private_key_file, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.runner = runner
-        self.host = host
-        self.ipv6 = ':' in self.host
-        self.port = port
-        self.user = user
-        self.password = password
-        self.private_key_file = private_key_file
-        self.HASHED_KEY_MAGIC = "|1|"
-        self.has_pipelining = False
-
-        fcntl.lockf(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-        self.cp_dir = utils.prepare_writeable_dir('$HOME/.ansible/cp',mode=0700)
-        fcntl.lockf(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-
-    def connect(self):
-        ''' connect to the remote host '''
-
-        vvv("ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: %s" % self.user, host=self.host)
-
-        self.common_args = []
-        extra_args = C.ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS
-        if extra_args is not None:
-            self.common_args += shlex.split(extra_args)
-        else:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "ControlMaster=auto",
-                                 "-o", "ControlPersist=60s",
-                                 "-o", "ControlPath=%s" % (C.ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH % dict(directory=self.cp_dir))]
-
-        cp_in_use = False
-        cp_path_set = False
-        for arg in self.common_args:
-            if arg.find("ControlPersist") != -1:
-                cp_in_use = True
-            if arg.find("ControlPath") != -1:
-                cp_path_set = True
-
-        if cp_in_use and not cp_path_set:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "ControlPath=%s" % (C.ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH % dict(directory=self.cp_dir))]
-
-        if not C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"]
-
-        if self.port is not None:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "Port=%d" % (self.port)]
-        if self.private_key_file is not None:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "IdentityFile="+os.path.expanduser(self.private_key_file)]
-        elif self.runner.private_key_file is not None:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "IdentityFile="+os.path.expanduser(self.runner.private_key_file)]
-        if self.password:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "GSSAPIAuthentication=no",
-                                 "-o", "PubkeyAuthentication=no"]
-        else:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no",
-                                 "-o", "PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey",
-                                 "-o", "PasswordAuthentication=no"]
-        if self.user != pwd.getpwuid(os.geteuid())[0]:
-            self.common_args += ["-o", "User="+self.user]
-        self.common_args += ["-o", "ConnectTimeout=%d" % self.runner.timeout]
-
-        return self
-
-    def _password_cmd(self):
-        if self.password:
-            try:
-                p = subprocess.Popen(["sshpass"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-                p.communicate()
-            except OSError:
-                raise errors.AnsibleError("to use the 'ssh' connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program")
-            (self.rfd, self.wfd) = os.pipe()
-            return ["sshpass", "-d%d" % self.rfd]
-        return []
-
-    def _send_password(self):
-        if self.password:
-            os.close(self.rfd)
-            os.write(self.wfd, "%s\n" % self.password)
-            os.close(self.wfd)
-
-    def not_in_host_file(self, host):
-        host_file = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars("~${USER}/.ssh/known_hosts"))
-        if not os.path.exists(host_file):
-            print "previous known host file not found"
-            return True
-        host_fh = open(host_file)
-        data = host_fh.read()
-        host_fh.close()
-        for line in data.split("\n"):
-            if line is None or line.find(" ") == -1:
-                continue
-            tokens = line.split()
-            if tokens[0].find(self.HASHED_KEY_MAGIC) == 0:
-                # this is a hashed known host entry
-                try:
-                    (kn_salt,kn_host) = tokens[0][len(self.HASHED_KEY_MAGIC):].split("|",2)
-                    hash = hmac.new(kn_salt.decode('base64'), digestmod=sha1)
-                    hash.update(host)
-                    if hash.digest() == kn_host.decode('base64'):
-                        return False
-                except:
-                    # invalid hashed host key, skip it
-                    continue
-            else:
-                # standard host file entry
-                if host in tokens[0]:
-                    return False
-        return True
-
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, sudo_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None, su=False, su_user=None):
-        ''' run a command on the remote host '''
-
-        if in_data:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
-
-        ssh_cmd = self._password_cmd()
-        ssh_cmd += ["ssh", "-tt"]
-        if utils.VERBOSITY > 3:
-            ssh_cmd += ["-vvv"]
-        else:
-            ssh_cmd += ["-q"]
-        ssh_cmd += self.common_args
-
-        if self.ipv6:
-            ssh_cmd += ['-6']
-        ssh_cmd += [self.host]
-
-        if su and su_user:
-            sudocmd, prompt, success_key = utils.make_su_cmd(su_user, executable, cmd)
-            ssh_cmd.append(sudocmd)
-        elif not self.runner.sudo or not sudoable:
-            if executable:
-                ssh_cmd.append(executable + ' -c ' + pipes.quote(cmd))
-            else:
-                ssh_cmd.append(cmd)
-        else:
-            sudocmd, prompt, success_key = utils.make_sudo_cmd(sudo_user, executable, cmd)
-            ssh_cmd.append(sudocmd)
-
-        vvv("EXEC %s" % ssh_cmd, host=self.host)
-
-        not_in_host_file = self.not_in_host_file(self.host)
-
-        if C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING and not_in_host_file:
-            # lock around the initial SSH connectivity so the user prompt about whether to add 
-            # the host to known hosts is not intermingled with multiprocess output.
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.output_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
-        
-
-        try:
-            # Make sure stdin is a proper (pseudo) pty to avoid: tcgetattr errors
-            master, slave = pty.openpty()
-            p = subprocess.Popen(ssh_cmd, stdin=slave,
-                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            stdin = os.fdopen(master, 'w', 0)
-            os.close(slave)
-        except:
-            p = subprocess.Popen(ssh_cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            stdin = p.stdin
-
-        self._send_password()
-
-        if (self.runner.sudo and sudoable and self.runner.sudo_pass) or \
-                (self.runner.su and su and self.runner.su_pass):
-            fcntl.fcntl(p.stdout, fcntl.F_SETFL,
-                        fcntl.fcntl(p.stdout, fcntl.F_GETFL) | os.O_NONBLOCK)
-            sudo_output = ''
-            while not sudo_output.endswith(prompt) and success_key not in sudo_output:
-                rfd, wfd, efd = select.select([p.stdout], [],
-                                              [p.stdout], self.runner.timeout)
-                if p.stdout in rfd:
-                    chunk = p.stdout.read()
-                    if not chunk:
-                        raise errors.AnsibleError('ssh connection closed waiting for sudo or su password prompt')
-                    sudo_output += chunk
-                else:
-                    stdout = p.communicate()
-                    raise errors.AnsibleError('ssh connection error waiting for sudo or su password prompt')
-
-            if success_key not in sudo_output:
-                if sudoable:
-                    stdin.write(self.runner.sudo_pass + '\n')
-                elif su:
-                    stdin.write(self.runner.su_pass + '\n')
-            fcntl.fcntl(p.stdout, fcntl.F_SETFL, fcntl.fcntl(p.stdout, fcntl.F_GETFL) & ~os.O_NONBLOCK)
-
-        # We can't use p.communicate here because the ControlMaster may have stdout open as well
-        stdout = ''
-        stderr = ''
-        rpipes = [p.stdout, p.stderr]
-        while True:
-            rfd, wfd, efd = select.select(rpipes, [], rpipes, 1)
-
-            # fail early if the sudo/su password is wrong
-            if self.runner.sudo and sudoable and self.runner.sudo_pass:
-                incorrect_password = gettext.dgettext(
-                    "sudo", "Sorry, try again.")
-                if stdout.endswith("%s\r\n%s" % (incorrect_password, prompt)):
-                    raise errors.AnsibleError('Incorrect sudo password')
-
-            if self.runner.su and su and self.runner.su_pass:
-                incorrect_password = gettext.dgettext(
-                    "su", "su: Authentication failure")
-                if stdout.endswith("%s\r\n%s" % (incorrect_password, prompt)):
-                    raise errors.AnsibleError('Incorrect su password')
-
-            if p.stdout in rfd:
-                dat = os.read(p.stdout.fileno(), 9000)
-                stdout += dat
-                if dat == '':
-                    rpipes.remove(p.stdout)
-            if p.stderr in rfd:
-                dat = os.read(p.stderr.fileno(), 9000)
-                stderr += dat
-                if dat == '':
-                    rpipes.remove(p.stderr)
-            # only break out if we've emptied the pipes, or there is nothing to
-            # read from and the process has finished.
-            if (not rpipes or not rfd) and p.poll() is not None:
-                break
-            # Calling wait while there are still pipes to read can cause a lock
-            elif not rpipes and p.poll() == None:
-                p.wait()
-                # the process has finished and the pipes are empty,
-                # if we loop and do the select it waits all the timeout
-                break
-        stdin.close() # close stdin after we read from stdout (see also issue #848)
-        
-        if C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING and not_in_host_file:
-            # lock around the initial SSH connectivity so the user prompt about whether to add 
-            # the host to known hosts is not intermingled with multiprocess output.
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.output_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-            fcntl.lockf(self.runner.process_lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-
-        if C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING:
-            if ssh_cmd[0] == "sshpass" and p.returncode == 6:
-                raise errors.AnsibleError('Using a SSH password instead of a key is not possible because Host Key checking is enabled and sshpass does not support this.  Please add this host\'s fingerprint to your known_hosts file to manage this host.')
-
-        controlpersisterror = stderr.find('Bad configuration option: ControlPersist') != -1 or stderr.find('unknown configuration option: ControlPersist') != -1
-        if p.returncode != 0 and controlpersisterror:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError('using -c ssh on certain older ssh versions may not support ControlPersist, set ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS="" (or ansible_ssh_args in the config file) before running again')
-
-        return (p.returncode, '', stdout, stderr)
-
-    def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        ''' transfer a file from local to remote '''
-        vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
-        if not os.path.exists(in_path):
-            raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
-        cmd = self._password_cmd()
-
-        host = self.host
-        if self.ipv6:
-            host = '[%s]' % host
-
-        if C.DEFAULT_SCP_IF_SSH:
-            cmd += ["scp"] + self.common_args
-            cmd += [in_path,host + ":" + pipes.quote(out_path)]
-            indata = None
-        else:
-            cmd += ["sftp"] + self.common_args + [host]
-            indata = "put %s %s\n" % (pipes.quote(in_path), pipes.quote(out_path))
-
-        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        self._send_password()
-        stdout, stderr = p.communicate(indata)
-
-        if p.returncode != 0:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (out_path, stdout, stderr))
-
-    def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        ''' fetch a file from remote to local '''
-        vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
-        cmd = self._password_cmd()
-
-        host = self.host
-        if self.ipv6:
-            host = '[%s]' % host
-
-        if C.DEFAULT_SCP_IF_SSH:
-            cmd += ["scp"] + self.common_args
-            cmd += [host + ":" + in_path, out_path]
-            indata = None
-        else:
-            cmd += ["sftp"] + self.common_args + [host]
-            indata = "get %s %s\n" % (in_path, out_path)
-
-        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        self._send_password()
-        stdout, stderr = p.communicate(indata)
-
-        if p.returncode != 0:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file from %s:\n%s\n%s" % (in_path, stdout, stderr))
-
-    def close(self):
-        ''' not applicable since we're executing openssh binaries '''
-        pass
-