diff --git a/nova/api/__init__.py b/nova/api/__init__.py
index 1dabd3d21840..7e75445a8831 100644
--- a/nova/api/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/api/__init__.py
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ class API(wsgi.Router):
         mapper.connect("/cloudpipe/{path_info:.*}", controller=cloudpipe.API())
         super(API, self).__init__(mapper)
 
-    @utils.fix_wsgify_docstr
     @webob.dec.wsgify
     def osapi_versions(self, req):
         """Respond to a request for all OpenStack API versions."""
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ class API(wsgi.Router):
                 "attributes": dict(version=["status", "id"])}}
         return wsgi.Serializer(req.environ, metadata).to_content_type(response)
 
-    @utils.fix_wsgify_docstr
     @webob.dec.wsgify
     def ec2api_versions(self, req):
         """Respond to a request for all EC2 versions."""
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index d074cab75134..2970b93bbc61 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -233,10 +233,3 @@ def utf8(value):
         return value.encode("utf-8")
     assert isinstance(value, str)
     return value
-
-
-def fix_wsgify_docstr(wsgified_func):
-    """A decorator to re-assign docstrings that webob.dec.wsgify clobbers."""
-    wsgified_func.__doc__ = wsgified_func.func.__doc__
-    wsgified_func.func_name = wsgified_func.func.func_name
-    return wsgified_func