diff --git a/vclusterops/stop_node.go b/vclusterops/stop_node.go
index 5d70932..61a4f60 100644
--- a/vclusterops/stop_node.go
+++ b/vclusterops/stop_node.go
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ func (vcc VClusterCommands) VStopNode(options *VStopNodeOptions) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// stop_node should fail if the nodes to stop belong to different sandboxes
-	targetSandbox, err := checkTargetNodesSandboxes(&vdb, options)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	options.completeVDBSetting(&vdb)
 
 	// stop_node is aborted if requirements are not met.
@@ -128,44 +122,12 @@ func (vcc VClusterCommands) VStopNode(options *VStopNodeOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	clusterOpEngine := makeClusterOpEngine(instructions, options)
-	if runError := clusterOpEngine.runInSandbox(vcc.Log, &vdb, targetSandbox); runError != nil {
+	if runError := clusterOpEngine.run(vcc.Log); runError != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fail to complete stop node operation, %w", runError)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-// checkStopNodeRequirements checks whether the nodes to stop belong to the same sandbox (or main cluster)
-func checkTargetNodesSandboxes(vdb *VCoordinationDatabase,
-	options *VStopNodeOptions) (targetSandbox string, err error) {
-	sandboxHostMap := make(map[string][]string)
-	for _, host := range options.StopHosts {
-		vnode, exists := vdb.HostNodeMap[host]
-		if !exists {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot find host %s in vdb", host)
-		}
-
-		var sandboxDisplayName string
-		if vnode.Sandbox == util.MainClusterSandbox {
-			sandboxDisplayName = "main-cluster"
-		} else {
-			sandboxDisplayName = vnode.Sandbox
-		}
-
-		if _, exists := sandboxHostMap[sandboxDisplayName]; !exists {
-			sandboxHostMap[sandboxDisplayName] = []string{host}
-		} else {
-			sandboxHostMap[sandboxDisplayName] = append(sandboxHostMap[sandboxDisplayName], host)
-		}
-
-		targetSandbox = vnode.Sandbox
-	}
-	if len(sandboxHostMap) > 1 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("the hosts to stop cannot belong to different sandboxes %+v", sandboxHostMap)
-	}
-
-	return targetSandbox, nil
-}
-
 // checkStopNodeRequirements returns an error if at least one of the nodes
 // to stop does not exist in db.
 func checkStopNodeRequirements(vdb *VCoordinationDatabase, hostsToStop []string) error {