diff --git a/doc/source/developer-docs/quickstart-aio.rst b/doc/source/developer-docs/quickstart-aio.rst
index e453e0132c..a109ef1e50 100644
--- a/doc/source/developer-docs/quickstart-aio.rst
+++ b/doc/source/developer-docs/quickstart-aio.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ Recommended server resources:
   `Building an AIO`_ for more details.
 * 16GB RAM
 
-It's `possible` to perform AIO builds within a virtual machine but your
-virtual machines will perform poorly.
+It's `possible` to perform AIO builds within a virtual machine for
+demonstration and evaluation, but your virtual machines will perform poorly.
+For production workloads, multiple nodes for specific roles are recommended.
 
 .. _hardware-assisted virtualization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-assisted_virtualization
 
@@ -210,12 +211,9 @@ isn't always practical. As such the following may be executed instead:
        $ # Remove the pip configuration files on the host
        $ rm -rf /root/.pip
 
-There is a convenience script (``scripts/teardown.sh``) which will destroy
-everything known within an environment. Be aware that this script will destroy
-whole environments and should be used WITH CAUTION.
-
-After the teardown is complete, ``run-playbooks.sh`` may be executed again to
-rebuild the AIO.
+Should an existing AIO environment need to be reinstalled, the most efficient
+method is to destroy the host operating system and start over. For this reason,
+AIOs are best run inside of some form of virtual machine or cloud guest.
 
 Quick AIO build on Rackspace Cloud
 ----------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/teardown.sh b/scripts/teardown.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e302f1e07a..0000000000
--- a/scripts/teardown.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,282 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2014, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-## Shell Opts ----------------------------------------------------------------
-set -e -u
-
-
-## Library Check -------------------------------------------------------------
-info_block "Checking for required libraries." 2> /dev/null || source $(dirname ${0})/scripts-library.sh
-
-## Confirmation -------------------------------------------------------------
-cat <<EOF
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-WARNING: This is a destructive action.
-         All containers will be destroyed as well as the data within the
-         containers (even if the containers are added by users and not by
-         AIO). Data will be removed from the host as well (e.g. files, apt
-         packages and pip packages). Please check this script for information
-         about the data to be removed in removed_(files/packages/pip-packages).
-         /etc/openstack_deploy will be preserved and may be manually removed
-         if needed.
-         ALL the data stored in the lvm volume group called "lxc" WILL BE
-         DELETED as well (even if volumes are created by users and not AIO).
-         Please verify that you have backed up all important data prior to
-         proceeding with the teardown script.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-To REALLY destroy all containers and delete all data mentioned above,
-type 'Y' or 'y' and press enter:
-EOF
-
-read -r
-echo
-if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
-    echo "Teardown canceled."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-## Main ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-info_block "Running Teardown"
-
-pushd playbooks
-  KNOWN_HOSTS=$(ansible hosts --list-hosts) || true
-  if [ -z "${KNOWN_HOSTS}" ];then
-    ANSIBLE_DESTROY_HOSTS="localhost"
-  else
-    ANSIBLE_DESTROY_HOSTS="hosts"
-  fi
-  # Create the destroy play
-  cat > /tmp/destroy_play.yml <<EOF
-- name: Destruction of openstack
-  hosts: "${ANSIBLE_DESTROY_HOSTS}"
-  gather_facts: false
-  user: root
-  tasks:
-    - name: Get containers
-      command: lxc-ls
-      register: onlinecontainers
-      failed_when: false
-    - name: Destroy containers
-      command: lxc-destroy -fn "{{ item }}"
-      with_items: onlinecontainers.stdout_lines
-      when: onlinecontainers.rc == 0 and onlinecontainers.stdout
-
-    - name: Shutdown the lxc bridge
-      shell: |
-        ifdown {{ item }} || true
-      with_items: shut_interfaces_down
-    - name: Lxc system manage shutdown
-      shell: |
-        lxc-system-manage system-force-tear-down || true
-        lxc-system-manage veth-cleanup || true
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Get os service script
-      shell: |
-        ls /etc/init | grep -e nova -e swift -e neutron -e haproxy
-      failed_when: false
-      register: servicenames
-    - name: Stop services
-      service:
-        name: "{{ item.split('.')[0] }}"
-        state: "stopped"
-        enabled: no
-      failed_when: false
-      with_items: servicenames.stdout_lines
-      when: servicenames.stdout
-    - name: Remove init scripts
-      shell: |
-        rm "/etc/init/{{ item }}"
-      with_items: servicenames.stdout_lines
-      when: servicenames.stdout
-
-    - name: Get pip packages
-      shell: |
-        pip freeze | grep -i {% for i in remove_pip_packages %} -e {{ i }}{% endfor %}
-      register: pippackages
-      failed_when: false
-    - name: Remove python packages
-      pip:
-        name: "{{ item }}"
-        state: "absent"
-      with_items: pippackages.stdout_lines
-      when: pippackages.stdout
-
-    - name: Remove packages
-      apt:
-        name: "{{ item }}"
-        state: "absent"
-      with_items: remove_packages
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Clean up apt cruft
-      shell: |
-        apt-get autoremove --yes || true
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Get all logical volumes
-      shell: >
-        lvs | awk '/lxc/ || /cinder/ || /swift/ {print \$1","\$2}'
-      register: lvstorage
-      failed_when: false
-    - name: Remove all logical volumes
-      lvol:
-        vg: "{{ item.split(',')[1] }}"
-        lv: "{{ item.split(',')[0] }}"
-        state: "absent"
-        force: "yes"
-      with_items: lvstorage.stdout_lines
-      failed_when: false
-      when: lvstorage.stdout
-
-    - name: Get all dm storage devices
-      shell: >
-        dmsetup info | awk '/lxc/ || /cinder/ || /swift/ {print \$2}'
-      register: dmstorage
-      failed_when: false
-    - name: Remove dm storage entries
-      command: dmsetup remove "{{ item }}"
-      with_items: dmstorage.stdout_lines
-      when: dmstorage.stdout
-
-    - name: Get all loopback storage devices
-      shell: >
-        losetup -a | awk -F':' '{print \$1}'
-      register: lostorage
-      failed_when: false
-    - name: Unmount loopback storage
-      shell: |
-        umount {{ item }} || true
-        losetup -d {{ item }} || true
-      with_items: lostorage.stdout_lines
-      when: lostorage.stdout
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Remove known AIO mount points (fstab)
-      lineinfile:
-        dest: "/etc/fstab"
-        state: "absent"
-        regexp: "{{ item }}.*.img"
-      with_items: aio_mount_points
-
-    - name: Remove known AIO mount points (rc.local)
-      lineinfile:
-        dest: "/etc/rc.local"
-        state: "absent"
-        regexp: "{{ item }}.*.img"
-      with_items: aio_mount_points
-
-    - name: Stop all swap
-      command: "swapoff -a"
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Remove known files and folders.
-      shell: |
-        rm -rf {{ item }}
-      failed_when: false
-      with_items: remove_files
-  vars:
-    aio_mount_points:
-      - cinder
-      - swap
-      - swift
-    shut_interfaces_down:
-      - lxcbr0
-    remove_files:
-      - /etc/haproxy
-      - /etc/nova
-      - /etc/network/interfaces.d/aio_interfaces.cfg
-      - /etc/neutron
-      - /etc/openstack_deploy/ansible_facts
-      - /etc/swift
-      - /openstack
-      - /opt/*.img
-      - /opt/*lxc*
-      - /opt/*neutron*
-      - /opt/*nova*
-      - /opt/*pip*
-      - /opt/*repo*
-      - /root/.pip
-      - /var/lib/neutron
-      - /var/lib/nova
-      - /var/lib/mongodb
-      - /var/log/mongodb
-      - /var/log/swift
-      - /var/log/neutron
-      - /var/log/nova
-    remove_packages:
-      - haproxy
-      - hatop
-      - liblxc1
-      - libvirt0
-      - libvirt-bin
-      - lxc
-      - lxc-dev
-      - vim-haproxy
-      - mongodb-server
-      - mongodb-clients
-      - python-pymongo
-    remove_pip_packages:
-      - cinder
-      - eventlet
-      - euca2ools
-      - glance
-      - heat
-      - keystone
-      - kombu
-      - lxc
-      - lxml
-      - mysql
-      - neutron
-      - nova
-      - oslo
-      - Paste
-      - pbr
-      - pymongo
-      - repoze
-      - six
-      - sql
-      - swift
-      - turbolift
-      - warlock
-EOF
-
-  # Destroy all of the known stuff.
-  if [ "${ANSIBLE_DESTROY_HOSTS}" == "localhost" ];then
-    echo -e '[all]\nlocalhost ansible_connection=local' | tee /tmp/localhost
-    openstack-ansible -i /tmp/localhost /tmp/destroy_play.yml --forks ${FORKS} || true
-    # Since this is an AIO, just remove it from the local hosts file
-    sed -i '/_container-/d' /etc/hosts
-  else
-    openstack-ansible lxc-containers-destroy.yml --forks ${FORKS} || true
-    openstack-ansible /tmp/destroy_play.yml --forks ${FORKS} || true
-    # Remove containers from /etc/hosts on physical hosts
-    ansible hosts -m shell -a "sed -i '/_container-/d' /etc/hosts"
-  fi
-popd
-
-# Remove the temp destruction play
-rm /tmp/destroy_play.yml &>/dev/null || true
-rm /tmp/localhost &>/dev/null || true
-
-# Final message
-get_instance_info
-info_block "* NOTICE *"
-echo -e "The system has been torn down."
-echo -e "Make sure you update and/or review the file '/etc/fstab'."
-if [ ! -z "${KNOWN_HOSTS}" ];then
-  echo -e "The following hosts has been touched: \"${KNOWN_HOSTS}\""
-fi
-echo -e "Entries may need to be updated."