diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 5afdf52fd..eb6c44106 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -1383,39 +1383,6 @@ def get_wrapped_function(function):
     return _get_wrapped_function(function)
 
 
-def getcallargs(function, *args, **kwargs):
-    """This is a simplified inspect.getcallargs (2.7+).
-
-    It should be replaced when python >= 2.7 is standard.
-    """
-    keyed_args = {}
-    argnames, varargs, keywords, defaults = inspect.getargspec(function)
-
-    keyed_args.update(kwargs)
-
-    #NOTE(alaski) the implicit 'self' or 'cls' argument shows up in
-    # argnames but not in args or kwargs.  Uses 'in' rather than '==' because
-    # some tests use 'self2'.
-    if 'self' in argnames[0] or 'cls' == argnames[0]:
-        # The function may not actually be a method or have im_self.
-        # Typically seen when it's stubbed with mox.
-        if inspect.ismethod(function) and hasattr(function, 'im_self'):
-            keyed_args[argnames[0]] = function.im_self
-        else:
-            keyed_args[argnames[0]] = None
-
-    remaining_argnames = filter(lambda x: x not in keyed_args, argnames)
-    keyed_args.update(dict(zip(remaining_argnames, args)))
-
-    if defaults:
-        num_defaults = len(defaults)
-        for argname, value in zip(argnames[-num_defaults:], defaults):
-            if argname not in keyed_args:
-                keyed_args[argname] = value
-
-    return keyed_args
-
-
 class ExceptionHelper(object):
     """Class to wrap another and translate the ClientExceptions raised by its
     function calls to the actual ones"""