diff --git a/openstackclient/common/quota.py b/openstackclient/common/quota.py
index fa6c576552..afc6195f93 100644
--- a/openstackclient/common/quota.py
+++ b/openstackclient/common/quota.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 import itertools
 import sys
 
-from openstack import exceptions as sdk_exceptions
-from openstack.network.v2 import quota as _quota
 from osc_lib.command import command
 from osc_lib import utils
 import six
@@ -253,39 +251,7 @@ class ShowQuota(command.ShowOne):
             project = self._get_project(parsed_args)
             client = self.app.client_manager.network
             if parsed_args.default:
-                # TODO(dtroyer): Remove the top of this if block once the
-                #                fixed SDK QuotaDefault class is the minimum
-                #                required version.  This is expected to be
-                #                SDK release 0.9.13
-                if hasattr(_quota.QuotaDefault, 'project'):
-                    # hack 0.9.11+
-                    quotadef_obj = client._get_resource(
-                        _quota.QuotaDefault,
-                        project,
-                    )
-                    quotadef_obj.base_path = quotadef_obj.base_path % {
-                        'project': project,
-                    }
-                    try:
-                        network_quota = quotadef_obj.get(
-                            client.session,
-                            requires_id=False,
-                        )
-                    except sdk_exceptions.NotFoundException as e:
-                        raise sdk_exceptions.ResourceNotFound(
-                            message="No %s found for %s" %
-                                    (_quota.QuotaDefault.__name__, project),
-                            details=e.details,
-                            response=e.response,
-                            request_id=e.request_id,
-                            url=e.url,
-                            method=e.method,
-                            http_status=e.http_status,
-                            cause=e.cause,
-                        )
-                    # end hack-around
-                else:
-                    network_quota = client.get_quota_default(project)
+                network_quota = client.get_quota_default(project)
             else:
                 network_quota = client.get_quota(project)
             return network_quota
diff --git a/openstackclient/network/client.py b/openstackclient/network/client.py
index c562058da5..9525b947d0 100644
--- a/openstackclient/network/client.py
+++ b/openstackclient/network/client.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ def make_client(instance):
     LOG.debug('Connection: %s', conn)
     LOG.debug('Network client initialized using OpenStack SDK: %s',
               conn.network)
+
+    # NOTE(dtroyer): Horrible ugly hack since we don't actually save
+    #                the connection anywhere yet, so stash it in the
+    #                instance directly from here for other uses
+    instance.sdk_connection = conn
     return conn.network
 
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/network/v2/floating_ip.py b/openstackclient/network/v2/floating_ip.py
index 980c41c716..41b208aa3b 100644
--- a/openstackclient/network/v2/floating_ip.py
+++ b/openstackclient/network/v2/floating_ip.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class DeleteFloatingIP(common.NetworkAndComputeDelete):
 
     def take_action_network(self, client, parsed_args):
         (obj, self.ip_cache) = _find_floating_ip(
-            client.session,
+            self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection.session,
             self.ip_cache,
             self.r,
             ignore_missing=False,
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ class ShowFloatingIP(common.NetworkAndComputeShowOne):
 
     def take_action_network(self, client, parsed_args):
         (obj, self.ip_cache) = _find_floating_ip(
-            client.session,
+            self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection.session,
             [],
             parsed_args.floating_ip,
             ignore_missing=False,
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/fakes.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/fakes.py
index 4b266efb42..dcecbeee80 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/fakes.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/fakes.py
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ class TestNetworkV2(utils.TestCommand):
             token=fakes.AUTH_TOKEN,
         )
 
+        self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection = mock.Mock()
+        self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection.network = \
+            self.app.client_manager.network
+
         self.app.client_manager.identity = (
             identity_fakes_v3.FakeIdentityv3Client(
                 endpoint=fakes.AUTH_URL,