diff --git a/novaclient/openstack/common/uuidutils.py b/novaclient/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 234b880c9..000000000
--- a/novaclient/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012 Intel Corporation.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-"""
-UUID related utilities and helper functions.
-"""
-
-import uuid
-
-
-def generate_uuid():
-    return str(uuid.uuid4())
-
-
-def is_uuid_like(val):
-    """Returns validation of a value as a UUID.
-
-    For our purposes, a UUID is a canonical form string:
-    aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa
-
-    """
-    try:
-        return str(uuid.UUID(val)) == val
-    except (TypeError, ValueError, AttributeError):
-        return False
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/shell.py b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
index 9dfa78099..39278f812 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ import time
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import strutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
+from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import six
 
 from novaclient import client
 from novaclient import exceptions
 from novaclient.i18n import _
 from novaclient.openstack.common import cliutils
-from novaclient.openstack.common import uuidutils
 from novaclient import utils
 from novaclient.v2 import availability_zones
 from novaclient.v2 import quotas
diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index d303f591a..01962c84a 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 module=apiclient
 module=cliutils
 module=install_venv_common
-module=uuidutils
 
 # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
 base=novaclient