diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/utils.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/utils.py
index 88375c3..8eab764 100644
--- a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/utils.py
+++ b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/apiclient/utils.py
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 ########################################################################
 
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
+from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import six
 
 from storyboardclient.openstack.common._i18n import _
 from storyboardclient.openstack.common.apiclient import exceptions
-from storyboardclient.openstack.common import uuidutils
 
 
 def find_resource(manager, name_or_id, **find_args):
diff --git a/storyboardclient/openstack/common/uuidutils.py b/storyboardclient/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 234b880..0000000
--- a/storyboardclient/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