diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/hypervisors.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/hypervisors.py
index 499e6b4964f7..a3547b340df2 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/hypervisors.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/hypervisors.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class HypervisorsController(wsgi.Controller):
         except exception.MarkerNotFound:
             msg = _('marker [%s] not found') % marker
             raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
-        req.cache_db_compute_nodes(compute_nodes)
+
         hypervisors_list = []
         for hyp in compute_nodes:
             try:
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class HypervisorsController(wsgi.Controller):
         except exception.MarkerNotFound:
             msg = _('marker [%s] not found') % marker
             raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(explanation=msg)
-        req.cache_db_compute_nodes(compute_nodes)
+
         hypervisors_list = []
         for hyp in compute_nodes:
             try:
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ class HypervisorsController(wsgi.Controller):
         context.can(hv_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME)
         try:
             hyp = self.host_api.compute_node_get(context, id)
-            req.cache_db_compute_node(hyp)
             service = self.host_api.service_get_by_compute_host(
                 context, hyp.host)
         except (ValueError, exception.ComputeHostNotFound,
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ class HypervisorsController(wsgi.Controller):
         context.can(hv_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME)
         try:
             hyp = self.host_api.compute_node_get(context, id)
-            req.cache_db_compute_node(hyp)
         except (ValueError, exception.ComputeHostNotFound):
             msg = _("Hypervisor with ID '%s' could not be found.") % id
             raise webob.exc.HTTPNotFound(explanation=msg)
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py b/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py
index 73d37655c698..0cc7b70df58c 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/wsgi.py
@@ -147,18 +147,6 @@ class Request(wsgi.Request):
     def get_db_flavor(self, flavorid):
         return self.get_db_item('flavors', flavorid)
 
-    def cache_db_compute_nodes(self, compute_nodes):
-        self.cache_db_items('compute_nodes', compute_nodes, 'id')
-
-    def cache_db_compute_node(self, compute_node):
-        self.cache_db_items('compute_nodes', [compute_node], 'id')
-
-    def get_db_compute_nodes(self):
-        return self.get_db_items('compute_nodes')
-
-    def get_db_compute_node(self, id):
-        return self.get_db_item('compute_nodes', id)
-
     def best_match_content_type(self):
         """Determine the requested response content-type."""
         if 'nova.best_content_type' not in self.environ:
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_wsgi.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_wsgi.py
index d752b01374fe..c266feb9d078 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_wsgi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_wsgi.py
@@ -98,27 +98,6 @@ class RequestTest(MicroversionedTest):
                  'uuid1': instances[1],
                  'uuid2': instances[2]})
 
-    def test_cache_and_retrieve_compute_nodes(self):
-        request = wsgi.Request.blank('/foo')
-        compute_nodes = []
-        for x in range(3):
-            compute_nodes.append({'id': 'id%s' % x})
-        # Store 2
-        request.cache_db_compute_nodes(compute_nodes[:2])
-        # Store 1
-        request.cache_db_compute_node(compute_nodes[2])
-        self.assertEqual(request.get_db_compute_node('id0'),
-                compute_nodes[0])
-        self.assertEqual(request.get_db_compute_node('id1'),
-                compute_nodes[1])
-        self.assertEqual(request.get_db_compute_node('id2'),
-                compute_nodes[2])
-        self.assertIsNone(request.get_db_compute_node('id3'))
-        self.assertEqual(request.get_db_compute_nodes(),
-                {'id0': compute_nodes[0],
-                 'id1': compute_nodes[1],
-                 'id2': compute_nodes[2]})
-
     def test_from_request(self):
         request = wsgi.Request.blank('/')
         accepted = 'bogus;q=1.1, en-gb;q=0.7,en-us,en;q=.5,*;q=.7'