diff --git a/enums.py b/enums.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b21b42..0000000
--- a/enums.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-from enum import Enum
-
-
-class VmStatus(Enum):
-    REQUESTED_NEW = "REQUESTED_NEW"
-    SCHEDULED_DEPLOY = "SCHEDULED_DEPLOY"
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 5724b32..41e53b2 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from helper import check_otp
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_restful import Resource, Api, reqparse
 from decouple import config
-from enums import VmStatus
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class CreateVM(Resource):
             vm_entry = {"owner": name,
                         "specs": specs,
                         "hostname": "",
-                        "status": VmStatus.REQUESTED_NEW.value}
+                        "status": "REQUESTED_NEW"}
 
             etcd_client.put(f"/v1/vm/{uuid4().hex}", json.dumps(vm_entry))