diff --git a/ceilometerclient/shell.py b/ceilometerclient/shell.py
index 7356789..51ef034 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/shell.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/shell.py
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ class CeilometerShell(object):
                 subparser.add_argument(*args, **kwargs)
             subparser.set_defaults(func=callback)
 
-    def _setup_logging(self, debug):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _setup_logging(debug):
         format = '%(levelname)s (%(module)s) %(message)s'
         if debug:
             logging.basicConfig(format=format, level=logging.DEBUG)
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ class CeilometerShell(object):
         # Return parsed args
         return api_version, subcommand_parser.parse_args(argv)
 
-    def no_project_and_domain_set(self, args):
+    @staticmethod
+    def no_project_and_domain_set(args):
         if not (args.os_project_id or (args.os_project_name and
                 (args.os_user_domain_name or args.os_user_domain_id)) or
                 (args.os_tenant_id or args.os_tenant_name)):
diff --git a/ceilometerclient/tests/fakes.py b/ceilometerclient/tests/fakes.py
index 1728e5e..10d8d8c 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/tests/fakes.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/tests/fakes.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def fake_headers():
 
 
 class FakeServiceCatalog(object):
-    def url_for(self, endpoint_type, service_type):
+    @staticmethod
+    def url_for(endpoint_type, service_type):
         return 'http://192.168.1.5:8004/v1/f14b41234'
 
 
diff --git a/ceilometerclient/tests/test_client.py b/ceilometerclient/tests/test_client.py
index 3594f3a..b569ff3 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/tests/test_client.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ FAKE_ENV = {
 
 class ClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
 
-    def create_client(self, env, api_version=2, endpoint=None, exclude=[]):
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_client(env, api_version=2, endpoint=None, exclude=[]):
         env = dict((k, v) for k, v in env.items()
                    if k not in exclude)
 
diff --git a/ceilometerclient/v2/statistics.py b/ceilometerclient/v2/statistics.py
index e8c92e8..a5cce23 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/v2/statistics.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/v2/statistics.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class Statistics(base.Resource):
 class StatisticsManager(base.Manager):
     resource_class = Statistics
 
-    def _build_aggregates(self, aggregates):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _build_aggregates(aggregates):
         url_aggregates = []
         for aggregate in aggregates:
             if 'param' in aggregate: