diff --git a/cinder/api/contrib/hosts.py b/cinder/api/contrib/hosts.py
index 47bd6b06fef..35f2c81aecb 100644
--- a/cinder/api/contrib/hosts.py
+++ b/cinder/api/contrib/hosts.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def _list_hosts(req, service=None):
     hosts = []
     for host in services:
         delta = curr_time - (host['updated_at'] or host['created_at'])
-        alive = abs(utils.total_seconds(delta)) <= CONF.service_down_time
+        alive = abs(delta.total_seconds()) <= CONF.service_down_time
         status = (alive and "available") or "unavailable"
         active = 'enabled'
         if host['disabled']:
diff --git a/cinder/api/contrib/services.py b/cinder/api/contrib/services.py
index 0e58d65f244..318774f9215 100644
--- a/cinder/api/contrib/services.py
+++ b/cinder/api/contrib/services.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ServiceController(wsgi.Controller):
         svcs = []
         for svc in services:
             delta = now - (svc['updated_at'] or svc['created_at'])
-            alive = abs(utils.total_seconds(delta)) <= CONF.service_down_time
+            alive = abs(delta.total_seconds()) <= CONF.service_down_time
             art = (alive and "up") or "down"
             active = 'enabled'
             if svc['disabled']:
diff --git a/cinder/test.py b/cinder/test.py
index 1f64ccc28f5..f487468a0fa 100644
--- a/cinder/test.py
+++ b/cinder/test.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ from oslo.utils import strutils
 from oslo.utils import timeutils
 import stubout
 import testtools
-from testtools import matchers
 
 from cinder.common import config  # noqa Need to register global_opts
 from cinder.db import migration
@@ -320,25 +319,3 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
                                     'd1value': d1value,
                                     'd2value': d2value,
                                 })
-
-    def assertGreater(self, first, second, msg=None):
-        """Python < v2.7 compatibility.  Assert 'first' > 'second'."""
-        try:
-            f = super(TestCase, self).assertGreater
-        except AttributeError:
-            self.assertThat(first,
-                            matchers.GreaterThan(second),
-                            message=msg or '')
-        else:
-            f(first, second, msg=msg)
-
-    def assertGreaterEqual(self, first, second, msg=None):
-        """Python < v2.7 compatibility.  Assert 'first' >= 'second'."""
-        try:
-            f = super(TestCase, self).assertGreaterEqual
-        except AttributeError:
-            self.assertThat(first,
-                            matchers.Not(matchers.LessThan(second)),
-                            message=msg or '')
-        else:
-            f(first, second, msg=msg)
diff --git a/cinder/tests/test_storwize_svc.py b/cinder/tests/test_storwize_svc.py
index 0baed6a0514..5e74244b70a 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/test_storwize_svc.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/test_storwize_svc.py
@@ -2382,11 +2382,6 @@ class StorwizeSVCDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.driver.delete_volume(clone)
         self._assert_vol_exists(clone['name'], False)
 
-    # Note defined in python 2.6, so define here...
-    def assertLessEqual(self, a, b, msg=None):
-        if not a <= b:
-            self.fail('%s not less than or equal to %s' % (repr(a), repr(b)))
-
     def test_storwize_svc_get_volume_stats(self):
         self._set_flag('reserved_percentage', 25)
         stats = self.driver.get_volume_stats()
diff --git a/cinder/utils.py b/cinder/utils.py
index 15ee88b836d..eca0d912114 100644
--- a/cinder/utils.py
+++ b/cinder/utils.py
@@ -479,15 +479,6 @@ def make_dev_path(dev, partition=None, base='/dev'):
     return path
 
 
-def total_seconds(td):
-    """Local total_seconds implementation for compatibility with python 2.6."""
-    if hasattr(td, 'total_seconds'):
-        return td.total_seconds()
-    else:
-        return ((td.days * 86400 + td.seconds) * 10 ** 6 +
-                td.microseconds) / 10.0 ** 6
-
-
 def sanitize_hostname(hostname):
     """Return a hostname which conforms to RFC-952 and RFC-1123 specs."""
     if isinstance(hostname, unicode):
@@ -512,7 +503,7 @@ def service_is_up(service):
     """Check whether a service is up based on last heartbeat."""
     last_heartbeat = service['updated_at'] or service['created_at']
     # Timestamps in DB are UTC.
-    elapsed = total_seconds(timeutils.utcnow() - last_heartbeat)
+    elapsed = (timeutils.utcnow() - last_heartbeat).total_seconds()
     return abs(elapsed) <= CONF.service_down_time