diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mesos/README.md b/plugins/inputs/mesos/README.md
index 620d446490e4b882b8517abbaae75c9ace74eae1..575396585f34578007e0c3a142994d213d7f086b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mesos/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mesos/README.md
@@ -35,16 +35,10 @@ For more information, please check the [Mesos Observability Metrics](http://meso
   #   "tasks",
   #   "messages",
   # ]
-  ## Include mesos tasks statistics, default is false
-  # slave_tasks = true
-  ## Should tags in slave task metrics be normalized? This will remove UUIDs from
-  ## task_id tag so we don't generate milions of series in InfluxDB, default is false
-  # slave_tasks_normalize = true
 ```
 
 By default this plugin is not configured to gather metrics from mesos. Since a mesos cluster can be deployed in numerous ways it does not provide any default
-values. User needs to specify master/slave nodes this plugin will gather metrics from. Additionally, enabling `slave_tasks` will allow
-gathering metrics from tasks running on specified slaves (this option is disabled by default).
+values. User needs to specify master/slave nodes this plugin will gather metrics from.
 
 ### Measurements & Fields:
 
@@ -238,27 +232,6 @@ Mesos slave metric groups
     - slave/valid_framework_messages
     - slave/valid_status_updates
 
-Mesos tasks metric groups
-
-- executor_id
-- cpus_limit
-- cpus_system_time_secs
-- cpus_user_time_secs
-- mem_anon_bytes
-- mem_cache_bytes
-- mem_critical_pressure_counter
-- mem_file_bytes
-- mem_limit_bytes
-- mem_low_pressure_counter
-- mem_mapped_file_bytes
-- mem_medium_pressure_counter
-- mem_rss_bytes
-- mem_swap_bytes
-- mem_total_bytes
-- mem_total_memsw_bytes
-- mem_unevictable_bytes
-- timestamp
-
 ### Tags:
 
 - All master/slave measurements have the following tags:
@@ -268,10 +241,6 @@ Mesos tasks metric groups
 - All master measurements have the extra tags:
 	- state (leader/follower)
 
-- Tasks measurements have the following tags:
-    - server
-    - framework_id
-
 ### Example Output:
 ```
 $ telegraf -config ~/mesos.conf -input-filter mesos -test
@@ -295,9 +264,3 @@ master/mem_used=0,master/messages_authenticate=0,
 master/messages_deactivate_framework=0 ...
 ```
 
-Meoso tasks metrics (if enabled):
-```
-> mesos_tasks,framework_id=20151016-120318-1243483658-5050-6139-0000,host=localhost,server=mesos-1
-cpus_limit=0.2,cpus_system_time_secs=84.04,cpus_user_time_secs=1161,executor_id="some_app.5d9f3cf8-6b19-11e6-8d24-0242f3fd597e",
-mem_limit_bytes=348127232,mem_rss_bytes=310820864,timestamp=1472572204.22177 1472572204000000000...
-```
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos.go b/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos.go
index 6258c72f332db424c478b7ac5ef352c2df5aedef..31ce805f4af781683369f54dd67cc3b990d1a552 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type Mesos struct {
 	MasterCols []string `toml:"master_collections"`
 	Slaves     []string
 	SlaveCols  []string `toml:"slave_collections"`
-	SlaveTasks bool
+	//SlaveTasks bool
 }
 
 var allMetrics = map[Role][]string{
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   #   "tasks",
   #   "messages",
   # ]
-  ## Include mesos tasks statistics, default is false
-  # slave_tasks = true
 `
 
 // SampleConfig returns a sample configuration block
@@ -121,16 +119,16 @@ func (m *Mesos) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			return
 		}(v)
 
-		if !m.SlaveTasks {
-			continue
-		}
+		// if !m.SlaveTasks {
+		// 	continue
+		// }
 
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(c string) {
-			errorChannel <- m.gatherSlaveTaskMetrics(c, ":5051", acc)
-			wg.Done()
-			return
-		}(v)
+		// wg.Add(1)
+		// go func(c string) {
+		// 	errorChannel <- m.gatherSlaveTaskMetrics(c, ":5051", acc)
+		// 	wg.Done()
+		// 	return
+		// }(v)
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos_test.go b/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos_test.go
index 5f7525c80a3f9cf271dbb6cb0aa6ecc94d8979d2..5c83e294c1c3307eacecbe4d345391a35cd9f8a9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mesos/mesos_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import (
 var masterMetrics map[string]interface{}
 var masterTestServer *httptest.Server
 var slaveMetrics map[string]interface{}
-var slaveTaskMetrics map[string]interface{}
+
+// var slaveTaskMetrics map[string]interface{}
 var slaveTestServer *httptest.Server
 
 func randUUID() string {
@@ -215,31 +216,31 @@ func generateMetrics() {
 		slaveMetrics[k] = rand.Float64()
 	}
 
-	slaveTaskMetrics = map[string]interface{}{
-		"executor_id":   fmt.Sprintf("task_name.%s", randUUID()),
-		"executor_name": "Some task description",
-		"framework_id":  randUUID(),
-		"source":        fmt.Sprintf("task_source.%s", randUUID()),
-		"statistics": map[string]interface{}{
-			"cpus_limit":                    rand.Float64(),
-			"cpus_system_time_secs":         rand.Float64(),
-			"cpus_user_time_secs":           rand.Float64(),
-			"mem_anon_bytes":                float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_cache_bytes":               float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_critical_pressure_counter": float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_file_bytes":                float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_limit_bytes":               float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_low_pressure_counter":      float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_mapped_file_bytes":         float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_medium_pressure_counter":   float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_rss_bytes":                 float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_swap_bytes":                float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_total_bytes":               float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_total_memsw_bytes":         float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"mem_unevictable_bytes":         float64(rand.Int63()),
-			"timestamp":                     rand.Float64(),
-		},
-	}
+	// slaveTaskMetrics = map[string]interface{}{
+	// 	"executor_id":   fmt.Sprintf("task_name.%s", randUUID()),
+	// 	"executor_name": "Some task description",
+	// 	"framework_id":  randUUID(),
+	// 	"source":        fmt.Sprintf("task_source.%s", randUUID()),
+	// 	"statistics": map[string]interface{}{
+	// 		"cpus_limit":                    rand.Float64(),
+	// 		"cpus_system_time_secs":         rand.Float64(),
+	// 		"cpus_user_time_secs":           rand.Float64(),
+	// 		"mem_anon_bytes":                float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_cache_bytes":               float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_critical_pressure_counter": float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_file_bytes":                float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_limit_bytes":               float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_low_pressure_counter":      float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_mapped_file_bytes":         float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_medium_pressure_counter":   float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_rss_bytes":                 float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_swap_bytes":                float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_total_bytes":               float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_total_memsw_bytes":         float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"mem_unevictable_bytes":         float64(rand.Int63()),
+	// 		"timestamp":                     rand.Float64(),
+	// 	},
+	// }
 }
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
@@ -259,11 +260,11 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(slaveMetrics)
 	})
-	slaveRouter.HandleFunc("/monitor/statistics", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]map[string]interface{}{slaveTaskMetrics})
-	})
+	// slaveRouter.HandleFunc("/monitor/statistics", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	// 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	// 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]map[string]interface{}{slaveTaskMetrics})
+	// })
 	slaveTestServer = httptest.NewServer(slaveRouter)
 
 	rc := m.Run()
@@ -323,10 +324,10 @@ func TestMesosSlave(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 
 	m := Mesos{
-		Masters:    []string{},
-		Slaves:     []string{slaveTestServer.Listener.Addr().String()},
-		SlaveTasks: true,
-		Timeout:    10,
+		Masters: []string{},
+		Slaves:  []string{slaveTestServer.Listener.Addr().String()},
+		// SlaveTasks: true,
+		Timeout: 10,
 	}
 
 	err := m.Gather(&acc)
@@ -337,17 +338,17 @@ func TestMesosSlave(t *testing.T) {
 
 	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "mesos", slaveMetrics)
 
-	expectedFields := make(map[string]interface{}, len(slaveTaskMetrics["statistics"].(map[string]interface{}))+1)
-	for k, v := range slaveTaskMetrics["statistics"].(map[string]interface{}) {
-		expectedFields[k] = v
-	}
-	expectedFields["executor_id"] = slaveTaskMetrics["executor_id"]
-
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(
-		t,
-		"mesos_tasks",
-		expectedFields,
-		map[string]string{"server": "127.0.0.1", "framework_id": slaveTaskMetrics["framework_id"].(string)})
+	// expectedFields := make(map[string]interface{}, len(slaveTaskMetrics["statistics"].(map[string]interface{}))+1)
+	// for k, v := range slaveTaskMetrics["statistics"].(map[string]interface{}) {
+	// 	expectedFields[k] = v
+	// }
+	// expectedFields["executor_id"] = slaveTaskMetrics["executor_id"]
+
+	// acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(
+	// 	t,
+	// 	"mesos_tasks",
+	// 	expectedFields,
+	// 	map[string]string{"server": "127.0.0.1", "framework_id": slaveTaskMetrics["framework_id"].(string)})
 }
 
 func TestSlaveFilter(t *testing.T) {