diff --git a/ironicclient/tests/test_http.py b/ironicclient/tests/test_http.py
index 03ac02d3b..73f5cc559 100644
--- a/ironicclient/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/ironicclient/tests/test_http.py
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ from ironicclient.common import http
 from ironicclient.tests import utils
 
 
-fixtures = {}
-
-
 class HttpClientTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_url_generation_trailing_slash_in_base(self):
diff --git a/ironicclient/tests/utils.py b/ironicclient/tests/utils.py
index c8649337f..a25d73175 100644
--- a/ironicclient/tests/utils.py
+++ b/ironicclient/tests/utils.py
@@ -30,23 +30,23 @@ class BaseTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
 
 
 class FakeAPI(object):
-    def __init__(self, fixtures):
-        self.fixtures = fixtures
+    def __init__(self, responses):
+        self.responses = responses
         self.calls = []
 
     def _request(self, method, url, headers=None, body=None):
         call = (method, url, headers or {}, body)
         self.calls.append(call)
-        return self.fixtures[url][method]
+        return self.responses[url][method]
 
     def raw_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        fixture = self._request(*args, **kwargs)
-        body_iter = http.ResponseBodyIterator(six.StringIO(fixture[1]))
-        return FakeResponse(fixture[0]), body_iter
+        response = self._request(*args, **kwargs)
+        body_iter = http.ResponseBodyIterator(six.StringIO(response[1]))
+        return FakeResponse(response[0]), body_iter
 
     def json_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        fixture = self._request(*args, **kwargs)
-        return FakeResponse(fixture[0]), fixture[1]
+        response = self._request(*args, **kwargs)
+        return FakeResponse(response[0]), response[1]
 
 
 class FakeResponse(object):
diff --git a/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_chassis.py b/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_chassis.py
index 255d3c7cb..dfe12fb85 100644
--- a/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_chassis.py
+++ b/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_chassis.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ UPDATED_CHASSIS = copy.deepcopy(CHASSIS)
 NEW_DESCR = 'new-description'
 UPDATED_CHASSIS['description'] = NEW_DESCR
 
-fixtures = {
+fake_responses = {
     '/v1/chassis':
     {
         'GET': (
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ChassisManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(ChassisManagerTest, self).setUp()
-        self.api = utils.FakeAPI(fixtures)
+        self.api = utils.FakeAPI(fake_responses)
         self.mgr = ironicclient.v1.chassis.ChassisManager(self.api)
 
     def test_chassis_list(self):
diff --git a/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_node.py b/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_node.py
index 1b94187b2..218e81745 100644
--- a/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_node.py
+++ b/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_node.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ UPDATED_NODE = copy.deepcopy(NODE)
 NEW_DRIVER = 'new-driver'
 UPDATED_NODE['driver'] = NEW_DRIVER
 
-fixtures = {
+fake_responses = {
     '/v1/nodes':
     {
         'GET': (
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class NodeManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(NodeManagerTest, self).setUp()
-        self.api = utils.FakeAPI(fixtures)
+        self.api = utils.FakeAPI(fake_responses)
         self.mgr = ironicclient.v1.node.NodeManager(self.api)
 
     def test_node_list(self):
diff --git a/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_port.py b/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_port.py
index 559ae2b08..2cb1cc6b6 100644
--- a/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_port.py
+++ b/ironicclient/tests/v1/test_port.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ UPDATED_PORT = copy.deepcopy(PORT)
 NEW_ADDR = 'AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA'
 UPDATED_PORT['address'] = NEW_ADDR
 
-fixtures = {
+fake_responses = {
     '/v1/ports':
     {
         'GET': (
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class PortManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(PortManagerTest, self).setUp()
-        self.api = utils.FakeAPI(fixtures)
+        self.api = utils.FakeAPI(fake_responses)
         self.mgr = ironicclient.v1.port.PortManager(self.api)
 
     def test_ports_list(self):