diff --git a/manila/openstack/common/sslutils.py b/manila/openstack/common/sslutils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 47c82d3056..0000000000
--- a/manila/openstack/common/sslutils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-import os
-import ssl
-
-from oslo.config import cfg
-
-from manila.openstack.common._i18n import _
-
-
-ssl_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('ca_file',
-               help="CA certificate file to use to verify "
-                    "connecting clients."),
-    cfg.StrOpt('cert_file',
-               help="Certificate file to use when starting "
-                    "the server securely."),
-    cfg.StrOpt('key_file',
-               help="Private key file to use when starting "
-                    "the server securely."),
-]
-
-
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(ssl_opts, "ssl")
-
-
-def is_enabled():
-    cert_file = CONF.ssl.cert_file
-    key_file = CONF.ssl.key_file
-    ca_file = CONF.ssl.ca_file
-    use_ssl = cert_file or key_file
-
-    if cert_file and not os.path.exists(cert_file):
-        raise RuntimeError(_("Unable to find cert_file : %s") % cert_file)
-
-    if ca_file and not os.path.exists(ca_file):
-        raise RuntimeError(_("Unable to find ca_file : %s") % ca_file)
-
-    if key_file and not os.path.exists(key_file):
-        raise RuntimeError(_("Unable to find key_file : %s") % key_file)
-
-    if use_ssl and (not cert_file or not key_file):
-        raise RuntimeError(_("When running server in SSL mode, you must "
-                             "specify both a cert_file and key_file "
-                             "option value in your configuration file"))
-
-    return use_ssl
-
-
-def wrap(sock):
-    ssl_kwargs = {
-        'server_side': True,
-        'certfile': CONF.ssl.cert_file,
-        'keyfile': CONF.ssl.key_file,
-        'cert_reqs': ssl.CERT_NONE,
-    }
-
-    if CONF.ssl.ca_file:
-        ssl_kwargs['ca_certs'] = CONF.ssl.ca_file
-        ssl_kwargs['cert_reqs'] = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
-
-    return ssl.wrap_socket(sock, **ssl_kwargs)
-
-
-_SSL_PROTOCOLS = {
-    "tlsv1": ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
-    "sslv23": ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
-    "sslv3": ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
-}
-
-try:
-    _SSL_PROTOCOLS["sslv2"] = ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
-except AttributeError:
-    pass
-
-
-def validate_ssl_version(version):
-    key = version.lower()
-    try:
-        return _SSL_PROTOCOLS[key]
-    except KeyError:
-        raise RuntimeError(_("Invalid SSL version : %s") % version)
diff --git a/manila/opts.py b/manila/opts.py
index 0f044614fc..201455a007 100644
--- a/manila/opts.py
+++ b/manila/opts.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import manila.network.neutron.api
 import manila.openstack.common.eventlet_backdoor
 import manila.openstack.common.log
 import manila.openstack.common.policy
-import manila.openstack.common.sslutils
 import manila.quota
 import manila.scheduler.driver
 import manila.scheduler.host_manager
@@ -116,8 +115,6 @@ _global_opt_lists = [
 
 _opts = [
     (None, list(itertools.chain(*_global_opt_lists))),
-    # ssl namespace:
-    ("ssl", manila.openstack.common.sslutils.ssl_opts)
 ]
 
 _opts.extend(oslo_concurrency.opts.list_opts())
diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index 3e0b41f37e..bc96e72805 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module=scheduler
 module=scheduler.filters
 module=scheduler.weights
 module=service
-module=sslutils
 module=systemd
 module=threadgroup