diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 38c4d5c4687..b8a21f3f83c 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -324,12 +324,6 @@ class GenericUtilsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(utils.is_valid_boolstr(0))
         self.assertTrue(utils.is_valid_boolstr('0'))
 
-    def test_generate_glance_url(self):
-        generated_url = utils.generate_glance_url()
-        actual_url = "http://%s:%d" % (CONF.glance_host,
-                                       CONF.glance_port)
-        self.assertEqual(generated_url, actual_url)
-
     @mock.patch('os.path.join', side_effect=lambda x, y: '/'.join((x, y)))
     def test_make_dev_path(self, mock_join):
         self.assertEqual('/dev/xvda', utils.make_dev_path('xvda'))
diff --git a/cinder/utils.py b/cinder/utils.py
index e2b1082ec54..fe711f2a125 100644
--- a/cinder/utils.py
+++ b/cinder/utils.py
@@ -436,13 +436,6 @@ def monkey_patch():
                         decorator("%s.%s" % (module, key), func))
 
 
-def generate_glance_url():
-    """Generate the URL to glance."""
-    # TODO(jk0): This will eventually need to take SSL into consideration
-    # when supported in glance.
-    return "http://%s:%d" % (CONF.glance_host, CONF.glance_port)
-
-
 def make_dev_path(dev, partition=None, base='/dev'):
     """Return a path to a particular device.