diff --git a/nova/tests/fixtures.py b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
index 5149e4992..b28441be4 100644
--- a/nova/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from keystoneauth1 import session as ks
 import mock
 from oslo_concurrency import lockutils
 from oslo_config import cfg
-from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import enginefacade
 import oslo_messaging as messaging
 from oslo_messaging import conffixture as messaging_conffixture
 
@@ -938,42 +937,6 @@ class BannedDBSchemaOperations(fixtures.Fixture):
                 lambda *a, **k: self._explode(thing, 'alter')))
 
 
-class EngineFacadeFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
-    """Fixture to isolation EngineFacade during tests.
-
-    Because many elements of EngineFacade are based on globals, once
-    an engine facade has been initialized, all future code goes
-    through it. This means that the initialization of sqlite in
-    databases in our Database fixture will drive all connections to
-    sqlite. While that's fine in a production environment, during
-    testing this means we can't test against multiple backends in the
-    same test run.
-
-    oslo.db does not yet support a reset mechanism here. This builds a
-    custom in tree engine facade fixture to handle this. Eventually
-    this will be added to oslo.db and this can be removed. Tracked by
-    https://bugs.launchpad.net/oslo.db/+bug/1548960
-
-    """
-    def __init__(self, ctx_manager, engine, sessionmaker):
-        super(EngineFacadeFixture, self).__init__()
-        self._ctx_manager = ctx_manager
-        self._engine = engine
-        self._sessionmaker = sessionmaker
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(EngineFacadeFixture, self).setUp()
-
-        self._existing_factory = self._ctx_manager._root_factory
-        self._ctx_manager._root_factory = enginefacade._TestTransactionFactory(
-            self._engine, self._sessionmaker, apply_global=False,
-            synchronous_reader=True)
-        self.addCleanup(self.cleanup)
-
-    def cleanup(self):
-        self._ctx_manager._root_factory = self._existing_factory
-
-
 class ForbidNewLegacyNotificationFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
     """Make sure the test fails if new legacy notification is added"""
     def __init__(self):