diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
index f2c06363e2..769d76efa3 100644
--- a/HACKING.rst
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ glance Specific Commandments
 - [G323] Validate that LOG.exception messages use _LE.
 - [G324] Validate that LOG.error messages use _LE.
 - [G325] Validate that LOG.critical messages use _LC.
-- [G326] Validate that LOG.warning messages use _LW.
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+- [G326] Validate that LOG.warning messages use _LW.
+- [G327] Prevent use of deprecated contextlib.nested
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diff --git a/glance/hacking/checks.py b/glance/hacking/checks.py
index a79f3f59ae..bb41e7c251 100644
--- a/glance/hacking/checks.py
+++ b/glance/hacking/checks.py
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ def validate_log_translations(logical_line, physical_line, filename):
         yield (0, msg)
 
 
+def check_no_contextlib_nested(logical_line):
+    msg = ("G327: contextlib.nested is deprecated since Python 2.7. See "
+           "https://docs.python.org/2/library/contextlib.html#contextlib."
+           "nested for more information.")
+    if ("with contextlib.nested(" in logical_line or
+            "with nested(" in logical_line):
+        yield(0, msg)
+
+
 def factory(register):
     register(assert_true_instance)
     register(assert_equal_type)
@@ -146,3 +155,4 @@ def factory(register):
     register(no_translate_debug_logs)
     register(no_direct_use_of_unicode_function)
     register(validate_log_translations)
+    register(check_no_contextlib_nested)
diff --git a/glance/tests/test_hacking.py b/glance/tests/test_hacking.py
index 9ad47d8000..685185d710 100644
--- a/glance/tests/test_hacking.py
+++ b/glance/tests/test_hacking.py
@@ -62,3 +62,13 @@ class HackingTestCase(utils.BaseTestCase):
             "six.text_type('party over')"))))
         self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.no_direct_use_of_unicode_function(
             "not_actually_unicode('something completely different')"))))
+
+    def test_no_contextlib_nested(self):
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.check_no_contextlib_nested(
+            "with contextlib.nested("))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.check_no_contextlib_nested(
+            "with nested("))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.check_no_contextlib_nested(
+            "with foo as bar"))))
diff --git a/glance/tests/unit/v1/test_api.py b/glance/tests/unit/v1/test_api.py
index f64411b944..3996762e9e 100644
--- a/glance/tests/unit/v1/test_api.py
+++ b/glance/tests/unit/v1/test_api.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import contextlib
 import copy
 import datetime
 import hashlib
@@ -394,7 +393,10 @@ class TestGlanceAPI(base.IsolatedUnitTest):
         self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
         self.assertIn('Required store bad is invalid', res.body)
 
-    def test_create_with_location_get_store_or_400_raises_exception(self):
+    @mock.patch.object(glance.api.v1.images.Controller, '_external_source')
+    @mock.patch.object(store, 'get_store_from_location')
+    def test_create_with_location_get_store_or_400_raises_exception(
+            self, mock_get_store_from_location, mock_external_source):
         location = 'bad+scheme://localhost:0/image.qcow2'
         scheme = 'bad+scheme'
         fixture_headers = {
@@ -409,23 +411,14 @@ class TestGlanceAPI(base.IsolatedUnitTest):
         for k, v in six.iteritems(fixture_headers):
             req.headers[k] = v
 
-        ctlr = glance.api.v1.images.Controller
+        mock_external_source.return_value = location
+        mock_get_store_from_location.return_value = scheme
 
-        with contextlib.nested(
-                mock.patch.object(ctlr, '_external_source',
-                                  return_value=location),
-                mock.patch.object(store,
-                                  'get_store_from_location',
-                                  return_value=scheme)
-        ) as (
-            mock_external_source,
-            mock_get_store_from_location
-        ):
-            res = req.get_response(self.api)
-            self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
-            self.assertEqual(1, mock_external_source.call_count)
-            self.assertEqual(1, mock_get_store_from_location.call_count)
-            self.assertIn('Store for scheme %s not found' % scheme, res.body)
+        res = req.get_response(self.api)
+        self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
+        self.assertEqual(1, mock_external_source.call_count)
+        self.assertEqual(1, mock_get_store_from_location.call_count)
+        self.assertIn('Store for scheme %s not found' % scheme, res.body)
 
     def test_create_with_location_unknown_scheme(self):
         fixture_headers = {