diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/glance.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/glance.py
index 839beb3a1a..a1420e640c 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/api/glance.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/glance.py
@@ -126,9 +126,22 @@ def image_update(request, image_id, **kwargs):
 
 
 def image_create(request, **kwargs):
-    copy_from = kwargs.pop('copy_from', None)
+    """Create image.
+
+    Keyword arguments:
+    copy_from -- URL from which Glance server should immediately copy
+                 the data and store it in its configured image store.
+    data      -- Form data posted from client.
+    location  -- URL where the data for this image already resides.
+
+    In the case of 'copy_from' and 'location' the Glance server
+    will give us a immediate response from create and handle the data
+    asynchronously.
+
+    In the case of 'data' the process of uploading the data may take
+    some time and is handed off to a seperate thread.
+    """
     data = kwargs.pop('data', None)
-    location = kwargs.pop('location', None)
 
     image = glanceclient(request).images.create(**kwargs)
 
@@ -146,16 +159,6 @@ def image_create(request, **kwargs):
                                 (request, image.id),
                                 {'data': data,
                                  'purge_props': False})
-    elif copy_from:
-        thread.start_new_thread(image_update,
-                                (request, image.id),
-                                {'copy_from': copy_from,
-                                 'purge_props': False})
-    elif location:
-        thread.start_new_thread(image_update,
-                                (request, image.id),
-                                {'location': location,
-                                 'purge_props': False})
 
     return image