diff --git a/openstack/tests/test_utils.py b/openstack/tests/test_utils.py
index 32e250f4..676a5de5 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -70,68 +70,3 @@ class Test_urljoin(testtools.TestCase):
 
         result = utils.urljoin(root, *leaves)
         self.assertEqual(result, "http://www.example.com/foo/")
-
-
-class Test_CaseInsensitiveDict(testtools.TestCase):
-
-    def test_create(self):
-        sot1 = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict()
-        self.assertEqual(sot1, {})
-
-        d = {"hello": "hi"}
-        sot2 = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict(d)
-        self.assertEqual(sot2, d)
-
-    def test_get_set(self):
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict()
-        value = 100
-        sot["LOL"] = value
-        self.assertEqual(sot["lol"], value)
-        self.assertIn("LOL", sot._dict)
-
-        self.assertRaises(KeyError, sot.__setitem__, None, None)
-        self.assertRaises(KeyError, sot.__getitem__, None)
-
-    def test_del(self):
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict()
-        value = 200
-        sot["ROFL"] = value
-        self.assertEqual(sot["rofl"], value)
-
-        del sot["rOfL"]
-
-        self.assertNotIn("ROFL", sot)
-
-    def test_contains(self):
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict()
-        sot["LMAO"] = 1
-
-        self.assertIn("lMaO", sot)
-        self.assertNotIn("lol", sot)
-
-    def test_iter(self):
-        parent = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict(parent)
-
-        for key in sot:
-            self.assertIn(key, parent)
-
-    def test_len(self):
-        parent = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict(parent)
-
-        self.assertEqual(len(parent), len(sot))
-
-    def test_repr(self):
-        parent = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict(parent)
-
-        self.assertEqual(repr(parent), repr(sot))
-
-    def test_copy(self):
-        parent = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
-        sot = utils.CaseInsensitiveDict(parent)
-
-        new = sot.copy()
-        self.assertEqual(new, sot)
-        self.assertIsNot(new, sot)
diff --git a/openstack/utils.py b/openstack/utils.py
index 86c88112..367a5398 100644
--- a/openstack/utils.py
+++ b/openstack/utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import collections
 import logging
 import sys
 
@@ -58,60 +57,3 @@ def urljoin(*args):
     link. We generally won't care about that in client.
     """
     return '/'.join(str(a or '').strip('/') for a in args)
-
-
-class CaseInsensitiveDict(collections.MutableMapping):
-    """A case insensitive dict for handling properties
-
-    In order to have resource.prop work properly for header keys,
-    the attribute dictionary in resource.Resource has to
-    be case insensitive. This class implements a MutableMapping
-    that stores an unmodified dictionary of user-set keys and
-    values, and an internal mapping of the user-set keys to
-    their lower case equivalent.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        if parent is not None:
-            self._keys = dict((key.lower(), key) for key in parent)
-        else:
-            self._keys = {}
-        self._dict = parent or {}
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        if key is None:
-            raise KeyError("key is None")
-
-        return self._dict[self._keys[key.lower()]]
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-        if key is None:
-            raise KeyError("key is None")
-
-        self._dict[key] = value
-        self._keys[key.lower()] = key
-
-    def __delitem__(self, key):
-        if key is None:
-            raise KeyError("key is None")
-
-        del self._dict[self._keys[key.lower()]]
-
-    def __contains__(self, key):
-        try:
-            key = self._keys[key.lower()]
-        except KeyError:
-            return False
-        return key in self._dict
-
-    def __iter__(self):
-        return iter(self._dict)
-
-    def __len__(self):
-        return len(self._dict)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return repr(self._dict)
-
-    def copy(self):
-        return CaseInsensitiveDict(self._dict.copy())