diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/notifications/instance.py b/ceilometer/compute/notifications/instance.py
index de75571d..356fbea5 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/notifications/instance.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/notifications/instance.py
@@ -87,24 +87,3 @@ class Instance(ComputeInstanceNotificationBase,
             project_id=message['payload']['tenant_id'],
             resource_id=message['payload']['instance_id'],
             message=message)
-
-
-class InstanceDelete(ComputeInstanceNotificationBase):
-    """Handle the messages sent by the nova notifier plugin.
-
-    Messages are sent when an instance is being deleted.
-    """
-
-    event_types = ['compute.instance.delete.samples']
-
-    def get_sample(self, message):
-        for s in message['payload'].get('samples', []):
-            yield sample.Sample.from_notification(
-                name=s['name'],
-                type=s['type'],
-                unit=s['unit'],
-                volume=s['volume'],
-                user_id=message['payload']['user_id'],
-                project_id=message['payload']['tenant_id'],
-                resource_id=message['payload']['instance_id'],
-                message=message)
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/notifications/test_instance.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/notifications/test_instance.py
index 3f61a38a..fdd8e512 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/notifications/test_instance.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/compute/notifications/test_instance.py
@@ -335,74 +335,6 @@ INSTANCE_RESIZE_REVERT_END = {
     u'priority': u'INFO'
 }
 
-INSTANCE_DELETE_SAMPLES = {
-    u'_context_roles': [u'admin'],
-    u'_context_request_id': u'req-9da1d714-dabe-42fd-8baa-583e57cd4f1a',
-    u'_context_quota_class': None,
-    u'event_type': u'compute.instance.delete.samples',
-    u'_context_user_name': u'admin',
-    u'_context_project_name': u'admin',
-    u'timestamp': u'2013-01-04 15:20:32.009532',
-    u'_context_is_admin': True,
-    u'message_id': u'c48deeba-d0c3-4154-b3db-47480b52267a',
-    u'_context_auth_token': None,
-    u'_context_instance_lock_checked': False,
-    u'_context_project_id': u'cea4b25edb484e5392727181b7721d29',
-    u'_context_timestamp': u'2013-01-04T15:19:51.018218',
-    u'_context_read_deleted': u'no',
-    u'_context_user_id': u'01b83a5e23f24a6fb6cd073c0aee6eed',
-    u'_context_remote_address': u'10.147.132.184',
-    u'publisher_id': u'compute.ip-10-147-132-184.ec2.internal',
-    u'payload': {u'state_description': u'resize_reverting',
-                 u'availability_zone': None,
-                 u'ephemeral_gb': 0,
-                 u'instance_type_id': 2,
-                 u'deleted_at': u'',
-                 u'reservation_id': u'r-u3fvim06',
-                 u'memory_mb': 512,
-                 u'user_id': u'01b83a5e23f24a6fb6cd073c0aee6eed',
-                 u'hostname': u's1',
-                 u'state': u'resized',
-                 u'launched_at': u'2013-01-04T15:10:14.000000',
-                 u'metadata': {u'metering.server_group': u'Group_A',
-                               u'AutoScalingGroupName': u'tyky-Group_A-wste7',
-                               u'metering.foo.bar': u'true'},
-                 u'ramdisk_id': u'5f23128e-5525-46d8-bc66-9c30cd87141a',
-                 u'access_ip_v6': None,
-                 u'disk_gb': 0,
-                 u'access_ip_v4': None,
-                 u'kernel_id': u'571478e0-d5e7-4c2e-95a5-2bc79443c28a',
-                 u'host': u'ip-10-147-132-184.ec2.internal',
-                 u'display_name': u's1',
-                 u'image_ref_url': u'http://10.147.132.184:9292/images/'
-                 'a130b9d9-e00e-436e-9782-836ccef06e8a',
-                 u'root_gb': 0,
-                 u'tenant_id': u'cea4b25edb484e5392727181b7721d29',
-                 u'created_at': u'2013-01-04T11:21:48.000000',
-                 u'instance_id': u'648e8963-6886-4c3c-98f9-4511c292f86b',
-                 u'instance_type': u'm1.tiny',
-                 u'vcpus': 1,
-                 u'image_meta': {u'kernel_id':
-                                 u'571478e0-d5e7-4c2e-95a5-2bc79443c28a',
-                                 u'ramdisk_id':
-                                 u'5f23128e-5525-46d8-bc66-9c30cd87141a',
-                                 u'base_image_ref':
-                                 u'a130b9d9-e00e-436e-9782-836ccef06e8a'},
-                 u'architecture': None,
-                 u'os_type': None,
-                 u'samples': [{u'name': u'sample-name1',
-                               u'type': u'sample-type1',
-                               u'unit': u'sample-units1',
-                               u'volume': 1},
-                              {u'name': u'sample-name2',
-                               u'type': u'sample-type2',
-                               u'unit': u'sample-units2',
-                               u'volume': 2},
-                              ],
-                 },
-    u'priority': u'INFO'
-}
-
 INSTANCE_SCHEDULED = {
     u'_context_request_id': u'req-f28a836a-32bf-4cc3-940a-3515878c181f',
     u'_context_quota_class': None,
@@ -662,15 +594,6 @@ class TestNotifications(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(1, c.volume)
         self._verify_user_metadata(c.resource_metadata)
 
-    def test_instance_delete_samples(self):
-        ic = instance.InstanceDelete(None)
-        counters = list(ic.process_notification(INSTANCE_DELETE_SAMPLES))
-        self.assertEqual(2, len(counters))
-        names = [c.name for c in counters]
-        self.assertEqual(['sample-name1', 'sample-name2'], names)
-        c = counters[0]
-        self._verify_user_metadata(c.resource_metadata)
-
     def test_instance_scheduled(self):
         ic = instance.InstanceScheduled(None)