diff --git a/nova/conductor/manager.py b/nova/conductor/manager.py
index a347ec67532b..f376168b2254 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/manager.py
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ class ComputeTaskManager(base.Base):
         exception.HypervisorUnavailable,
         exception.InstanceInvalidState,
         exception.MigrationPreCheckError,
-        exception.MigrationPreCheckClientException,
         exception.LiveMigrationWithOldNovaNotSupported,
         exception.UnsupportedPolicyException)
     @targets_cell
@@ -431,7 +430,6 @@ class ComputeTaskManager(base.Base):
                 exception.HypervisorUnavailable,
                 exception.InstanceInvalidState,
                 exception.MigrationPreCheckError,
-                exception.MigrationPreCheckClientException,
                 exception.LiveMigrationWithOldNovaNotSupported,
                 exception.MigrationSchedulerRPCError) as ex:
             with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index daeaf6824bdd..b86a8d0dcfa5 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -1329,10 +1329,6 @@ class MigrationPreCheckError(MigrationError):
     msg_fmt = _("Migration pre-check error: %(reason)s")
 
 
-class MigrationPreCheckClientException(MigrationError):
-    msg_fmt = _("Client exception during Migration Pre check: %(reason)s")
-
-
 class MigrationSchedulerRPCError(MigrationError):
     msg_fmt = _("Migration select destinations error: %(reason)s")
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_migrate_server.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_migrate_server.py
index e09492187bc1..05b36415283c 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_migrate_server.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_migrate_server.py
@@ -279,12 +279,6 @@ class MigrateServerTestsV21(admin_only_action_common.CommonTests):
         self._test_migrate_live_failed_with_exception(
             exception.MigrationPreCheckError(reason=''))
 
-    def test_migrate_live_migration_precheck_client_exception(self):
-        self._test_migrate_live_failed_with_exception(
-            exception.MigrationPreCheckClientException(reason=''),
-            expected_exc=webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError,
-            check_response=False)
-
     def test_migrate_live_migration_with_unexpected_error(self):
         self._test_migrate_live_failed_with_exception(
             exception.MigrationError(reason=''),
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/conductor/test_conductor.py b/nova/tests/unit/conductor/test_conductor.py
index 4bcaacba7305..a1cf302e5ffa 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/conductor/test_conductor.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/conductor/test_conductor.py
@@ -2130,7 +2130,6 @@ class ConductorTaskTestCase(_BaseTaskTestCase, test_compute.BaseTestCase):
                exc.HypervisorUnavailable(host='dummy'),
                exc.LiveMigrationWithOldNovaNotSupported(),
                exc.MigrationPreCheckError(reason='dummy'),
-               exc.MigrationPreCheckClientException(reason='dummy'),
                exc.InvalidSharedStorage(path='dummy', reason='dummy'),
                exc.NoValidHost(reason='dummy'),
                exc.ComputeServiceUnavailable(host='dummy'),