diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Spectre.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Spectre.pm
index 9c506c0e4..ec1a5cca2 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Spectre.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Spectre.pm
@@ -42,31 +42,6 @@ sub canView {
     return $user->isInGroup( $session->setting->get("groupIdAdminSpectre") );
 }
 
-#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-=head2 getASpectre ( [$session] )
-
-Get a connection to spectre.  Encapsulated here so outside code can call
-something that's carefully encapsulated.
-
-=head3 $session
-
-A WebGUI session variable so getASpectre can access information in
-the config file.
-
-=cut
-
-sub getASpectre {
-	my $session = shift;
-    my $remote = create_ikc_client(
-		port=>$session->config->get("spectrePort"),
-		ip=>$session->config->get("spectreIp"),
-		name=>rand(100000),
-	        timeout=>10
-    );
-    return $remote;
-}
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 www_spectreGetSiteData ( )
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/VersionTag.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/VersionTag.pm
index ed2801da8..a98181e6a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/VersionTag.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/VersionTag.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use WebGUI::International;
 use WebGUI::VersionTag;
 use WebGUI::HTMLForm;
 use WebGUI::Paginator;
-use WebGUI::Operation::Spectre;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -303,20 +302,7 @@ sub www_commitVersionTag {
         return www_manageVersions( $session );
     }
     
-    # Make sure we can connect to SPECTRE
-    my $remote  = WebGUI::Operation::Spectre::getASpectre($session);
     my $i18n    = WebGUI::International->new($session, "VersionTag");
-    if (!defined $remote) {
-       $session->errorHandler->warn('Unable to connect to spectre.  Canceling the commit');
-       my $output = sprintf qq{<h1>%s</h1>\n<p>%s</p><p><a href="%s">%s</a>},
-           $i18n->get('broken spectre title', 'WebGUI'),
-           $i18n->get('broken spectre body',  'WebGUI'),
-           $session->url->getBackToSiteURL(),
-           $i18n->get('493', 'WebGUI');
-       return $session->style->userStyle($output);
-    }
-    $remote->disconnect;
-    
     # Build the page
     my $output  = '';
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/VersionTag.pm b/lib/WebGUI/VersionTag.pm
index 547454498..abb85e4cb 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/VersionTag.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/VersionTag.pm
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ sub requestCommit {
 	$self->{_data}{committedBy} = $self->session->user->userId;
 	$self->{_data}{workflowInstanceId} = $instance->getId;
 	$self->session->db->setRow("assetVersionTag","tagId",$self->{_data});
-	$instance->start;
+    $instance->start;
     return undef;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm
index 1bee7fed1..1d4dbc3ab 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm
@@ -3935,16 +3935,6 @@ LongTruncOk=1</p>
         lastUpdated => 1193196211,
     },
 
-    'broken spectre title' => {
-        message     => q{Cannot connect to Spectre},
-        lastUpdated => 1202274234,
-    },
-
-    'broken spectre body' => {
-        message     => q{Your commit is canceled because WebGUI cannot connect to Spectre.  Please fix your Spectre problem and attempt to commit again.},
-        lastUpdated => 1202274246,
-    },
-    
     'SelectRichEditor formName' => {
         message     => q{Rich Editor},
         lastUpdated => 1202274234,