diff --git a/nova/scheduler/multi.py b/nova/scheduler/multi.py
index 83ecd8e6..31d92583 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/multi.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/multi.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ flags.DEFINE_string('volume_scheduler_driver',
 
 # A mapping of methods to topics so we can figure out which driver to use.
 _METHOD_MAP = {'run_instance': 'compute',
-               'start_instance': 'compute',
                'prep_resize': 'compute',
                'live_migration': 'compute',
                'create_volume': 'volume',
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/simple.py b/nova/scheduler/simple.py
index 64ebfb75..9ce3473e 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/simple.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/simple.py
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ class SimpleScheduler(chance.ChanceScheduler):
             del request_spec['instance_properties']['uuid']
         return instances
 
-    def schedule_start_instance(self, context, instance_id, *_args, **_kwargs):
-        instance_ref = db.instance_get(context, instance_id)
-        host = self._schedule_instance(context, instance_ref,
-                *_args, **_kwargs)
-        driver.cast_to_compute_host(context, host, 'start_instance',
-                instance_id=instance_id, **_kwargs)
-
     def schedule_create_volume(self, context, volume_id, *_args, **_kwargs):
         """Picks a host that is up and has the fewest volumes."""
         elevated = context.elevated()
diff --git a/nova/tests/scheduler/test_multi_scheduler.py b/nova/tests/scheduler/test_multi_scheduler.py
index cefc31b7..7468a244 100644
--- a/nova/tests/scheduler/test_multi_scheduler.py
+++ b/nova/tests/scheduler/test_multi_scheduler.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ class FakeComputeScheduler(driver.Scheduler):
     def schedule_run_instance(self, *args, **kwargs):
         pass
 
-    def schedule_start_instance(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def schedule_live_migration(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def schedule_prep_resize(self, *args, **kwargs):
         pass
 
     def schedule(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ class MultiDriverTestCase(test_scheduler.SchedulerTestCase):
         compute_driver = mgr.drivers['compute']
         volume_driver = mgr.drivers['volume']
 
-        test_methods = {compute_driver: ['run_instance', 'start_instance'],
+        test_methods = {compute_driver: ['run_instance', 'prep_resize'],
                         volume_driver: ['create_volume', 'create_volumes']}
 
         for driver, methods in test_methods.iteritems():