diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py
index 9a4d8c84ba76..ed3eb462d513 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py
@@ -151,15 +151,6 @@ class LibvirtVifTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         details={'port_filter': False},
         ovs_interfaceid='aaa-bbb-ccc')
 
-    vif_ovs_hybrid = network_model.VIF(id='vif-xxx-yyy-zzz',
-        address='ca:fe:de:ad:be:ef',
-        network=network_ovs,
-        type=network_model.VIF_TYPE_OVS,
-        details={'ovs_hybrid_plug': True,
-                 'port_filter': True},
-        devname='tap-xxx-yyy-zzz',
-        ovs_interfaceid='aaa-bbb-ccc')
-
     vif_ovs_filter_cap = network_model.VIF(id='vif-xxx-yyy-zzz',
         address='ca:fe:de:ad:be:ef',
         network=network_ovs,
@@ -1189,16 +1180,6 @@ class LibvirtVifTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self._assertTypeAndMacEquals(node, "ethernet", "target", "dev",
                                      self.vif_ivs_filter_cap, br_want, 0)
 
-    def test_hybrid_plug_without_nova_firewall(self):
-        d = vif.LibvirtGenericVIFDriver()
-        br_want = "qbr" + self.vif_ovs_hybrid['id']
-        br_want = br_want[:network_model.NIC_NAME_LEN]
-        self.flags(firewall_driver="nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver")
-        xml = self._get_instance_xml(d, self.vif_ovs_hybrid)
-        node = self._get_node(xml)
-        self._assertTypeAndMacEquals(node, "bridge", "source", "bridge",
-                                     self.vif_ovs_hybrid, br_want, 0)
-
     def test_direct_plug_with_port_filter_cap_no_nova_firewall(self):
         d = vif.LibvirtGenericVIFDriver()
         br_want = self.vif_midonet['devname']