diff --git a/nova/test.py b/nova/test.py
index 937bdfd2797e..93edb8ad7ba9 100644
--- a/nova/test.py
+++ b/nova/test.py
@@ -122,38 +122,6 @@ class TestingException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class skipIf(object):
-    def __init__(self, condition, reason):
-        self.condition = condition
-        self.reason = reason
-
-    def __call__(self, func_or_cls):
-        condition = self.condition
-        reason = self.reason
-        if inspect.isfunction(func_or_cls):
-            @six.wraps(func_or_cls)
-            def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
-                if condition:
-                    raise testtools.TestCase.skipException(reason)
-                return func_or_cls(*args, **kwargs)
-
-            return wrapped
-        elif inspect.isclass(func_or_cls):
-            orig_func = getattr(func_or_cls, 'setUp')
-
-            @six.wraps(orig_func)
-            def new_func(self, *args, **kwargs):
-                if condition:
-                    raise testtools.TestCase.skipException(reason)
-                orig_func(self, *args, **kwargs)
-
-            func_or_cls.setUp = new_func
-            return func_or_cls
-        else:
-            raise TypeError('skipUnless can be used only with functions or '
-                            'classes')
-
-
 # NOTE(claudiub): this needs to be called before any mock.patch calls are
 # being done, and especially before any other test classes load. This fixes
 # the mock.patch autospec issue: