diff --git a/src/api.h b/src/api.h
index 876351c..c20c131 100644
--- a/src/api.h
+++ b/src/api.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ enum {
 	GETVERSION,
 	STARTPOD,
 	GETPOD,
-	STOPPOD,
+	STOPPOD_DEPRECATED,
 	DESTROYPOD,
 	RESTARTCONTAINER,
 	EXECCMD,
diff --git a/src/exec.c b/src/exec.c
index 0f13e0b..8ee3f52 100644
--- a/src/exec.c
+++ b/src/exec.c
@@ -729,10 +729,7 @@ static int hyper_release_exec(struct hyper_exec *exec,
 		if (--pod->remains > 0)
 			return 0;
 
-		if (pod->type == STOPPOD) {
-			/* stop pod manually, hyper doesn't care the pod finished codes */
-			hyper_send_msg_block(ctl.chan.fd, ACK, 0, NULL);
-		} else if (pod->type == DESTROYPOD) {
+		if (pod->type == DESTROYPOD) {
 			/* shutdown vm manually, hyper doesn't care the pod finished codes */
 			hyper_shutdown(0);
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index fabf096..38edfe9 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct hyper_ctl ctl;
 sigset_t orig_mask;
 
 static int hyper_handle_exit(struct hyper_pod *pod);
-static int hyper_stop_pod(struct hyper_pod *pod);
 
 static int hyper_set_win_size(char *json, int length)
 {
@@ -327,9 +326,6 @@ static int hyper_setup_pod_init(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 out:
 	close(arg.ctl_pipe[1]);
 	close(arg.ctl_pipe[0]);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		hyper_stop_pod(pod);
-	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -938,20 +934,6 @@ void hyper_cleanup_pod(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 	hyper_cleanup_hostname(pod);
 }
 
-static int hyper_stop_pod(struct hyper_pod *pod)
-{
-	fprintf(stdout, "hyper_stop_pod init_pid %d\n", pod->init_pid);
-	if (pod->init_pid == 0) {
-		fprintf(stdout, "container init pid is already exit\n");
-		hyper_send_type(ctl.chan.fd, ACK);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	pod->init_pid = 0;
-	hyper_term_all(pod);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int hyper_setup_ctl_channel(char *name)
 {
 	int ret = hyper_open_channel(name, 0);
@@ -1084,10 +1066,10 @@ static int hyper_channel_handle(struct hyper_event *de, uint32_t len)
 		ret = hyper_start_pod((char *)buf->data + 8, len - 8);
 		hyper_print_uptime();
 		break;
-	case STOPPOD:
-		hyper_stop_pod(pod);
-		return 0;
-		//break;
+	case STOPPOD_DEPRECATED:
+		fprintf(stderr, "get abandoned STOPPOD message\n");
+		ret = -1;
+		break;
 	case DESTROYPOD:
 		fprintf(stdout, "get DESTROYPOD message\n");
 		hyper_destroy_pod(pod, 0);