diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java
index a4bcb5c591c2..d868416bf8c6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/BatchServerInventoryView.java
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
-import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.collect.Interner;
-import com.google.common.collect.Interners;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
@@ -52,7 +48,6 @@
 public class BatchServerInventoryView extends ServerInventoryView<Set<DataSegment>>
     implements FilteredServerInventoryView
 {
-  private static final Interner<DataSegment> DATA_SEGMENT_INTERNER = Interners.newWeakInterner();
   private static final EmittingLogger log = new EmittingLogger(BatchServerInventoryView.class);
 
   final private ConcurrentMap<String, Set<DataSegment>> zNodes = new MapMaker().makeMap();
@@ -193,17 +188,4 @@ protected void segmentCallbackRemoved(SegmentCallback callback)
   {
     segmentPredicates.remove(callback);
   }
-
-  @Override
-  protected Set<DataSegment> internInventory(Set<DataSegment> sample)
-  {
-    return ImmutableSet.copyOf(FluentIterable.from(sample).transform(new Function<DataSegment, DataSegment>()
-    {
-      @Override
-      public DataSegment apply(DataSegment input)
-      {
-        return DATA_SEGMENT_INTERNER.intern(input);
-      }
-    }));
-  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java
index ad7fa2fd1109..9aa32e28d763 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/ServerInventoryView.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package io.druid.client;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ public DruidServer deserializeContainer(byte[] bytes)
           public InventoryType deserializeInventory(byte[] bytes)
           {
             try {
-              return internInventory(jsonMapper.<InventoryType>readValue(bytes, typeReference));
+              return jsonMapper.readValue(bytes, typeReference);
             }
             catch (IOException e) {
               CharBuffer.wrap(StringUtils.fromUtf8(bytes).toCharArray());
@@ -193,15 +194,6 @@ public void stop() throws IOException
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Optionally override to allow interning the inventory
-   * @param sample The inventory to intern
-   * @return An interned instance equal to sample
-   */
-  protected InventoryType internInventory(InventoryType sample) {
-    return sample;
-  }
-
   public boolean isStarted()
   {
     return started.get();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java
index d301bac12d3f..929644e0fadc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/SingleServerInventoryView.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
-import com.google.common.collect.Interner;
-import com.google.common.collect.Interners;
 import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.metamx.common.Pair;
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@
 public class SingleServerInventoryView extends ServerInventoryView<DataSegment> implements FilteredServerInventoryView
 {
   private static final EmittingLogger log = new EmittingLogger(SingleServerInventoryView.class);
-  private static final Interner<DataSegment> DATA_SEGMENT_INTERNER = Interners.newWeakInterner();
 
   final private ConcurrentMap<SegmentCallback, Predicate<Pair<DruidServerMetadata, DataSegment>>> segmentPredicates = new MapMaker()
       .makeMap();
@@ -167,9 +164,4 @@ public CallbackAction segmentViewInitialized()
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  protected DataSegment internInventory(DataSegment sample)
-  {
-    return DATA_SEGMENT_INTERNER.intern(sample);
-  }
 }