diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index d29c291c3d..f9d2fdbf33 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class Facts(object):
         self.facts = {}
         self.get_platform_facts()
         self.get_distribution_facts()
-        self.get_uptime()
         self.get_cmdline()
         self.get_public_ssh_host_keys()
         self.get_selinux_facts()
@@ -134,20 +133,6 @@ class Facts(object):
     def populate(self):
         return self.facts
 
-    def get_uptime(self):
-        uptime_path = module.get_bin_path('uptime')
-        if uptime_path:
-            rc, out, err = module.run_command(uptime_path)
-            if rc == 0:
-                raw = out.replace(',','')
-                days = int(raw.split()[2])
-                if 'min' in raw:
-                    hours = 0
-                    minutes = int(raw.split()[4])
-                else:
-                    hours, minutes = map(int, raw.split()[4].split(':'))
-                self.facts['uptime'] = days*24*60*60 + hours*60*60 + minutes*60
-
     # Platform
     # platform.system() can be Linux, Darwin, Java, or Windows
     def get_platform_facts(self):
@@ -558,11 +543,6 @@ class LinuxHardware(Hardware):
             pass
         return self.facts
 
-    def get_uptime(self):
-        data = get_file_content('/proc/uptime')
-        if data:
-            self.facts['uptime'] = float(data.split()[0])
-
     def get_memory_facts(self):
         if not os.access("/proc/meminfo", os.R_OK):
             return
@@ -829,11 +809,6 @@ class SunOSHardware(Hardware):
         self.get_memory_facts()
         return self.facts
 
-    def get_uptime(self):
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/bin/kstat -p unix:0:system_misc:snaptime")
-        if out:
-            self.facts['uptime'] = float(out.split()[1])
-
     def get_cpu_facts(self):
         physid = 0
         sockets = {}