diff --git a/library/Icinga/Protocol/Commandpipe/CommandPipe.php b/library/Icinga/Protocol/Commandpipe/CommandPipe.php
index 520a2949c..1322c00e5 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Protocol/Commandpipe/CommandPipe.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Protocol/Commandpipe/CommandPipe.php
@@ -647,42 +647,6 @@ class CommandPipe
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Start obsessing over provided services/hosts
-     *
-     * @param array $objects    An array of hosts and/or services
-     */
-    public function startObsessing($objects)
-    {
-        foreach ($objects as $object) {
-            $type = $this->getObjectType($object);
-            $msg = "START_OBSESSING_OVER_". (($type == self::TYPE_SERVICE) ? 'SVC' : 'HOST');
-            $msg .= ';'.$object->host_name;
-            if ($type == self::TYPE_SERVICE) {
-                $msg .= ';'.$object->service_description;
-            }
-            $this->send($msg);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Stop obsessing over provided services/hosts
-     *
-     * @param array $objects    An array of hosts and/or services
-     */
-    public function stopObsessing($objects)
-    {
-        foreach ($objects as $object) {
-            $type = $this->getObjectType($object);
-            $msg = "STOP_OBSESSING_OVER_". (($type == self::TYPE_SERVICE) ? 'SVC' : 'HOST');
-            $msg .= ';'.$object->host_name;
-            if ($type == self::TYPE_SERVICE) {
-                $msg .= ';'.$object->service_description;
-            }
-            $this->send($msg);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Send a custom host or service notification
      *
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/test/php/application/controllers/ListControllerHostTest.php b/modules/monitoring/test/php/application/controllers/ListControllerHostTest.php
index 5e65a5dc0..16e8163b2 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/test/php/application/controllers/ListControllerHostTest.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/test/php/application/controllers/ListControllerHostTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ListControllerHostMySQLTest  extends MonitoringControllerTest
     public function executeHostListTestFor($backend)
     {
         date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
-        $checkTime = time()-2000;
+        $checkTime = (string)(time()-2000);
         $fixture = new TestFixture();
         $firstHostFlags = ObjectFlags::PASSIVE_ONLY();
         $firstHostFlags->acknowledged = 1;