diff --git a/troveclient/exceptions.py b/troveclient/exceptions.py
index d2f1e3ef..cb9a39c5 100644
--- a/troveclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/troveclient/exceptions.py
@@ -15,24 +15,13 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+"""
+Exception definitions
+"""
 
-class UnsupportedVersion(Exception):
-    """Indicates that the user is trying to use an unsupported
-    version of the API.
-    """
-    pass
-
-
-class CommandError(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class AuthorizationFailure(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class NoUniqueMatch(Exception):
-    pass
+#flake8: noqa
+# alias exceptions from apiclient for users of this module
+from troveclient.openstack.common.apiclient.exceptions import *
 
 
 class NoTokenLookupException(Exception):
@@ -42,143 +31,6 @@ class NoTokenLookupException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class EndpointNotFound(Exception):
-    """Could not find Service or Region in Service Catalog."""
-    pass
-
-
-class AuthUrlNotGiven(EndpointNotFound):
-    """The auth url was not given."""
-    pass
-
-
-class ServiceUrlNotGiven(EndpointNotFound):
-    """The service url was not given."""
-    pass
-
-
 class ResponseFormatError(Exception):
     """Could not parse the response format."""
     pass
-
-
-class AmbiguousEndpoints(Exception):
-    """Found more than one matching endpoint in Service Catalog."""
-    def __init__(self, endpoints=None):
-        self.endpoints = endpoints
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "AmbiguousEndpoints: %s" % repr(self.endpoints)
-
-
-class ClientException(Exception):
-    """
-    The base exception class for all exceptions this library raises.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, code, message=None, details=None, request_id=None):
-        self.code = code
-        self.message = message or self.__class__.message
-        self.details = details
-        self.request_id = request_id
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        formatted_string = "%s (HTTP %s)" % (self.message, self.code)
-        if self.request_id:
-            formatted_string += " (Request-ID: %s)" % self.request_id
-
-        return formatted_string
-
-
-class BadRequest(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 400 - Bad request: you sent some malformed data.
-    """
-    http_status = 400
-    message = "Bad request"
-
-
-class Unauthorized(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 401 - Unauthorized: bad credentials.
-    """
-    http_status = 401
-    message = "Unauthorized"
-
-
-class Forbidden(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 403 - Forbidden: your credentials don't give you access to this
-    resource.
-    """
-    http_status = 403
-    message = "Forbidden"
-
-
-class NotFound(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 404 - Not found
-    """
-    http_status = 404
-    message = "Not found"
-
-
-class OverLimit(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 413 - Over limit: you're over the API limits for this time period.
-    """
-    http_status = 413
-    message = "Over limit"
-
-
-# NotImplemented is a python keyword.
-class HTTPNotImplemented(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 501 - Not Implemented: the server does not support this operation.
-    """
-    http_status = 501
-    message = "Not Implemented"
-
-
-class UnprocessableEntity(ClientException):
-    """
-    HTTP 422 - Unprocessable Entity: The request cannot be processed.
-    """
-    http_status = 422
-    message = "Unprocessable Entity"
-
-
-# In Python 2.4 Exception is old-style and thus doesn't have a __subclasses__()
-# so we can do this:
-#     _code_map = dict((c.http_status, c)
-#                      for c in ClientException.__subclasses__())
-#
-# Instead, we have to hardcode it:
-_code_map = dict((c.http_status, c) for c in [BadRequest, Unauthorized,
-                                              Forbidden, NotFound, OverLimit,
-                                              HTTPNotImplemented,
-                                              UnprocessableEntity])
-
-
-def from_response(response, body):
-    """
-    Return an instance of an ClientException or subclass
-    based on a request's response.
-
-    Usage::
-
-        resp, body = http.request(...)
-        if resp.status != 200:
-            raise exception_from_response(resp, body)
-    """
-    cls = _code_map.get(response.status, ClientException)
-    if body:
-        message = "n/a"
-        details = "n/a"
-        if hasattr(body, 'keys'):
-            error = body[body.keys()[0]]
-            message = error.get('message', None)
-            details = error.get('details', None)
-        return cls(code=response.status, message=message, details=details)
-    else:
-        request_id = response.get('x-compute-request-id')
-        return cls(code=response.status, request_id=request_id)