diff --git a/nova/api/wsgi.py b/nova/api/wsgi.py
index a365d1320d65..4a74bb6a986e 100644
--- a/nova/api/wsgi.py
+++ b/nova/api/wsgi.py
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
 """WSGI primitives used throughout the nova WSGI apps."""
 
 import os
-import sys
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from paste import deploy
 import routes.middleware
-import six
 import webob
 
 import nova.conf
@@ -167,42 +165,6 @@ class Middleware(Application):
         return self.process_response(response)
 
 
-class Debug(Middleware):
-    """Helper class for debugging a WSGI application.
-
-    Can be inserted into any WSGI application chain to get information
-    about the request and response.
-
-    """
-
-    @webob.dec.wsgify(RequestClass=Request)
-    def __call__(self, req):
-        print(('*' * 40) + ' REQUEST ENVIRON')
-        for key, value in req.environ.items():
-            print(key, '=', value)
-        print()
-        resp = req.get_response(self.application)
-
-        print(('*' * 40) + ' RESPONSE HEADERS')
-        for (key, value) in resp.headers.items():
-            print(key, '=', value)
-        print()
-
-        resp.app_iter = self.print_generator(resp.app_iter)
-
-        return resp
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def print_generator(app_iter):
-        """Iterator that prints the contents of a wrapper string."""
-        print(('*' * 40) + ' BODY')
-        for part in app_iter:
-            sys.stdout.write(six.text_type(part))
-            sys.stdout.flush()
-            yield part
-        print()
-
-
 class Router(object):
     """WSGI middleware that maps incoming requests to WSGI apps."""
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/test_wsgi.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/test_wsgi.py
index 4ad4055752b3..ba101ceaa865 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/test_wsgi.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/test_wsgi.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 Test WSGI basics and provide some helper functions for other WSGI tests.
 """
 
-import fixtures
 import routes
-from six.moves import StringIO
 import webob
 
 from nova.api import wsgi
@@ -30,27 +28,6 @@ from nova import test
 
 class Test(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
-    def test_debug(self):
-        """This tests optional middleware we have which dumps
-        the requests to stdout.
-        """
-        self.output = StringIO()
-        self.useFixture(fixtures.MonkeyPatch('sys.stdout', self.output))
-
-        class Application(wsgi.Application):
-            """Dummy application to test debug."""
-
-            def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
-                start_response("200", [("X-Test", "checking")])
-                return [b'Test result']
-
-        application = wsgi.Debug(Application())
-        result = webob.Request.blank('/').get_response(application)
-        self.assertEqual(result.body, b"Test result")
-        self.assertIn(
-            '**************************************** REQUEST ENVIRON',
-            self.output.getvalue())
-
     def test_router(self):
 
         class Application(wsgi.Application):