diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp
index b2c3602a1f2..ac682406dc6 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp
@@ -65,22 +65,6 @@ namespace Sysreg_
 	{
 
 	}
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    void RosBootTest::getPidFromFile()
-    {
-		FileReader file;
-		if (file.openSource(m_PidFile.c_str ()))
-        {
-			vector<string> lines;
-			file.readSource(lines);
-			if (lines.size() == 1)
-			{
-				string line = lines[0];
-				m_Pid = _ttoi(line.c_str ());
-			}
-			file.closeSource();
-		}
-    }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     bool RosBootTest::executeBootCmd()
     {
@@ -201,7 +185,7 @@ namespace Sysreg_
 			return false;
 		}
 		
-        string timeout;
+        	string timeout;
 		if (conf_parser.getStringValue(RosBootTest::TIME_OUT, timeout))
 		{
 			TCHAR * stop;
@@ -213,20 +197,8 @@ namespace Sysreg_
 				m_Timeout = 60.0;
 			}
 		}
-        if (m_DebugPort.find(_T("pipe")) != string::npos)
-        {
-#ifdef __LINUX__
-            if (!conf_parser.getStringValue (RosBootTest::PID_FILE, m_PidFile))
-		    {
-                cerr << "Error: linux hosts must provide pid file option" << endl;
-                return false;
-		    }
-            _tremove(m_PidFile.c_str ());
-#endif
-        }
-
-        string delayread;
 
+        	string delayread;
 		if (conf_parser.getStringValue(RosBootTest::DELAY_READ, delayread))
 		{
 			TCHAR * stop;
@@ -340,7 +312,8 @@ namespace Sysreg_
 
 			if (line.find (RosBootTest::SYSREG_CHECKPOINT) != string::npos)
 			{
-				line.erase (0, line.find (RosBootTest::SYSREG_CHECKPOINT) + RosBootTest::SYSREG_CHECKPOINT.length ());
+				line.erase (0, line.find (RosBootTest::SYSREG_CHECKPOINT) +
+							  RosBootTest::SYSREG_CHECKPOINT.length ());
 				if (!_tcsncmp(line.c_str (), m_Checkpoint.c_str (), m_Checkpoint.length ()))
 				{
 					state = DebugStateCPReached;
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h
index dbcfc04f755..a44cde63efb 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h
@@ -122,19 +122,18 @@ typedef enum DebugState
 protected:
 
 	double m_Timeout;
-	string m_PidFile;
 	string m_Checkpoint;
 	string m_CriticalApp;
 	string m_DebugFile;
-    string m_BootCmd;
-    string m_DebugPort;
-    string m_Pipe;
-    string m_File;
-    DataSource * m_DataSource;
+	string m_BootCmd;
+	string m_DebugPort;
+	string m_Pipe;
+	string m_File;
+	DataSource * m_DataSource;
 	vector <string> m_Checkpoints;
 	unsigned long m_Delayread;
-    long m_Pid;
-    long m_DelayRead;
+	long m_Pid;
+	long m_DelayRead;
 
 	}; // end of class RosBootTest
 
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/runonce.cfg b/reactos/tools/sysreg/runonce.cfg
index 78778fb3d7f..16f2db3edfd 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/runonce.cfg
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/runonce.cfg
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ ROS_ADDR2LINE=addr2line.exe --exe=
 
 ROSBOOT_CMD=D:\reactos\qemu\qemu.exe -serial pipe:qemu -boot c -m 128 -L D:\reactos\qemu\ D:\reactos\RosVM.vmdk -pidfile pid.txt
 
-;
-; ROSBOOT_PIDFILE
-;
-; This option stores the pid of the emulator process in a text file. 
-;
-
-ROSBOOT_PID_FILE=pid.txt
-
 ;
 ; ROSBOOT_DEBUG_PORT
 ;
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/sample.cfg b/reactos/tools/sysreg/sample.cfg
index 3b10d1f25e6..1f538a080bf 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/sample.cfg
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/sample.cfg
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ ROS_ADDR2LINE=addr2line.exe --exe=
 
 ROSBOOT_CMD=D:\sysreg\qemu\qemu.exe -serial pipe:qemu -boot c -m 128 -L D:\sysreg\qemu\ D:\sysreg\qemu\RosVM.vmdk -cdrom D:\Reactos\ReactOS-RegTest.iso -pidfile pid.txt
 
-;
-; ROSBOOT_PIDFILE
-;
-; This option stores the pid of the emulator process in a text file. 
-;
-
-ROSBOOT_PID_FILE=pid.txt
-
 ;
 ; ROSBOOT_DEBUG_PORT
 ;
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/secstage.cfg b/reactos/tools/sysreg/secstage.cfg
index 74d463f78ff..03207141a45 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/secstage.cfg
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/secstage.cfg
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ ROS_ADDR2LINE=addr2line.exe --exe=
 
 ROSBOOT_CMD=D:\reactos\qemu\qemu.exe -serial pipe:qemu -boot c -m 128 -L D:\reactos\qemu\ D:\reactos\RosVM.vmdk -pidfile pid.txt
 
-;
-; ROSBOOT_PIDFILE
-;
-; This option stores the pid of the emulator process in a text file. 
-;
-
-ROSBOOT_PID_FILE=pid.txt
-
 ;
 ; ROSBOOT_DEBUG_PORT
 ;
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg b/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg
index 672ff7da0f7..c392efb3f11 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ ROS_ADDR2LINE=addr2line.exe --exe=
 
 ROSBOOT_CMD=/usr/bin/qemu -serial file:/home/freenet/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.log -boot d -m 64 -L /home/freenet/reactos/qemu /home/freenet/reactos/qemu/c.img -cdrom /home/freenet/reactos/ReactOS.iso
 
-;
-; ROSBOOT_PIDFILE
-;
-; This option stores the pid of the emulator process in a text file. 
-;
-
-ROSBOOT_PID_FILE=pid.txt
-
 ;
 ; ROSBOOT_DEBUG_PORT
 ;