diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 4540b76cf0dd..134983f017cf 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -1303,24 +1303,6 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
                     instance=instance)
         self.driver.inject_file(instance, path, file_contents)
 
-    @exception.wrap_exception(notifier=notifier, publisher_id=publisher_id())
-    @checks_instance_lock
-    @wrap_instance_fault
-    def agent_update(self, context, instance_uuid, url, md5hash):
-        """Update agent running on an instance on this host."""
-        context = context.elevated()
-        instance_ref = self.db.instance_get_by_uuid(context, instance_uuid)
-        current_power_state = self._get_power_state(context, instance_ref)
-        expected_state = power_state.RUNNING
-        if current_power_state != expected_state:
-            LOG.warn(_('trying to update agent on a non-running '
-                    '(state: %(current_power_state)s '
-                    'expected: %(expected_state)s)') % locals(),
-                     instance=instance_ref)
-        LOG.audit(_('updating agent to %(url)s') % locals(),
-                    instance=instance_ref)
-        self.driver.agent_update(instance_ref, url, md5hash)
-
     @exception.wrap_exception(notifier=notifier, publisher_id=publisher_id())
     @checks_instance_lock
     @wrap_instance_fault
diff --git a/nova/tests/compute/test_compute.py b/nova/tests/compute/test_compute.py
index 4988a4be9321..d59753d58a70 100644
--- a/nova/tests/compute/test_compute.py
+++ b/nova/tests/compute/test_compute.py
@@ -766,26 +766,6 @@ class ComputeTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         self.compute.terminate_instance(self.context, instance=instance)
 
-    def test_agent_update(self):
-        """Ensure instance can have its agent updated"""
-        called = {'agent_update': False}
-
-        def fake_driver_agent_update(self2, instance, url, md5hash):
-            called['agent_update'] = True
-            self.assertEqual(url, 'http://fake/url/')
-            self.assertEqual(md5hash, 'fakehash')
-
-        self.stubs.Set(nova.virt.fake.FakeDriver, 'agent_update',
-                       fake_driver_agent_update)
-
-        instance = self._create_fake_instance()
-        self.compute.run_instance(self.context, instance['uuid'])
-        self.compute.agent_update(self.context, instance['uuid'],
-                                  'http://fake/url/', 'fakehash')
-        self.assertTrue(called['agent_update'])
-        self.compute.terminate_instance(self.context,
-                instance=jsonutils.to_primitive(instance))
-
     def test_snapshot(self):
         """Ensure instance can be snapshotted"""
         instance = jsonutils.to_primitive(self._create_fake_instance())
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py b/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py
index b724c2276fa8..fb109731fb01 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_virt_drivers.py
@@ -258,12 +258,6 @@ class _VirtDriverTestCase(_FakeDriverBackendTestCase):
                                     base64.b64encode('/testfile'),
                                     base64.b64encode('testcontents'))
 
-    @catch_notimplementederror
-    def test_agent_update(self):
-        instance_ref, network_info = self._get_running_instance()
-        self.connection.agent_update(instance_ref, 'http://www.openstack.org/',
-                                     'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e')
-
     @catch_notimplementederror
     def test_resume_state_on_host_boot(self):
         instance_ref, network_info = self._get_running_instance()
diff --git a/nova/virt/driver.py b/nova/virt/driver.py
index 4e821eab2762..262c4c3ef53c 100644
--- a/nova/virt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/driver.py
@@ -539,19 +539,6 @@ class ComputeDriver(object):
         """
         pass
 
-    def agent_update(self, instance, url, md5hash):
-        """
-        Update agent on the specified instance.
-
-        The first parameter is an instance of nova.compute.service.Instance,
-        and so the instance is being specified as instance.name. The second
-        parameter is the URL of the agent to be fetched and updated on the
-        instance; the third is the md5 hash of the file for verification
-        purposes.
-        """
-        # TODO(Vek): Need to pass context in for access to auth_token
-        raise NotImplementedError()
-
     def inject_network_info(self, instance, nw_info):
         """inject network info for specified instance"""
         # TODO(Vek): Need to pass context in for access to auth_token
diff --git a/nova/virt/fake.py b/nova/virt/fake.py
index cf143480bb47..0e5443074ecd 100644
--- a/nova/virt/fake.py
+++ b/nova/virt/fake.py
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ class FakeDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
     def inject_file(self, instance, b64_path, b64_contents):
         pass
 
-    def agent_update(self, instance, url, md5hash):
-        pass
-
     def resume_state_on_host_boot(self, context, instance, network_info):
         pass