diff --git a/examples/connect.py b/examples/connect.py
index b60cf7fc5..a06b536b5 100644
--- a/examples/connect.py
+++ b/examples/connect.py
@@ -1,36 +1,12 @@
 import sys
 from pprint import pprint as pp
 import jnpr.junos as junos
-
-# if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-#   # argv[1] = user-name
-#   # argv[2] = host-name
-#   print "you must provide a Junos user and target hostname"
-#   sys.exit(1)
-
-def sshconf_find(host):
-  import os, paramiko
-
-  # going to use paramiko SSHConfig to retrieve the port parameters for a given
-  # host.  Doing this because I tend to use jumphosts to get to devices behind
-  # firewalls/etc.  This is a pretty useful technique to illustrate:
-  config_file = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'),'.ssh/config')
-  ssh_config = paramiko.SSHConfig()
-  ssh_config.parse(open(config_file,'r'))
-  return ssh_config.lookup( host )
+from os import getenv
 
 def connect(host, user, password=None):
-  from getpass import getpass 
-
-  got_lkup = sshconf_find( host )
+  from getpass import getpass
   if password is None: password = getpass('password: ')
-
-  login = dict(
-    host=got_lkup['hostname'],
-    port=got_lkup.get('port',830),
-    user=user, password=password
-  )
-  return junos.Device(**login).open()
+  return junos.Device(host, user=user, password=password).open()
 
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
   dev = connect(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[1])