diff --git a/monasca_api/common/repositories/exceptions.py b/monasca_api/common/repositories/exceptions.py
index e600e4c00..a5e1bf6a7 100644
--- a/monasca_api/common/repositories/exceptions.py
+++ b/monasca_api/common/repositories/exceptions.py
@@ -13,22 +13,14 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-
-class RepositoryException(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class DoesNotExistException(RepositoryException):
-    pass
-
-
-class AlreadyExistsException(RepositoryException):
-    pass
-
-
-class InvalidUpdateException(RepositoryException):
-    pass
+from monasca_common.repositories.exceptions import AlreadyExistsException
+from monasca_common.repositories.exceptions import DoesNotExistException
+from monasca_common.repositories.exceptions import InvalidUpdateException
+from monasca_common.repositories.exceptions import RepositoryException
 
 
 class MultipleMetricsException(RepositoryException):
     pass
+
+__all__ = (AlreadyExistsException, DoesNotExistException, InvalidUpdateException,
+           RepositoryException, MultipleMetricsException)
diff --git a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarm_definitions_repository.py b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarm_definitions_repository.py
index bccd304ca..0f1cf45e2 100644
--- a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarm_definitions_repository.py
+++ b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarm_definitions_repository.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 from monasca_api.common.repositories import alarm_definitions_repository as adr
 from monasca_api.common.repositories import exceptions
 from monasca_api.common.repositories.model import sub_alarm_definition
-from monasca_api.common.repositories.mysql import mysql_repository
+from monasca_common.repositories.mysql import mysql_repository
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarms_repository.py b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarms_repository.py
index 8dc7d0d91..78488f7c3 100644
--- a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarms_repository.py
+++ b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/alarms_repository.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from time import time
 
 from monasca_api.common.repositories import alarms_repository
 from monasca_api.common.repositories import exceptions
-from monasca_api.common.repositories.mysql import mysql_repository
+from monasca_common.repositories.mysql import mysql_repository
 
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f08e22a03..000000000
--- a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard
-#
-# 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.
-
-import MySQLdb as mdb
-from oslo_config import cfg
-from oslo_log import log
-
-from monasca_api.common.repositories import exceptions
-
-LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class MySQLRepository(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        try:
-
-            super(MySQLRepository, self).__init__()
-
-            self.conf = cfg.CONF
-            self.database_name = self.conf.mysql.database_name
-            self.database_server = self.conf.mysql.hostname
-            self.database_uid = self.conf.mysql.username
-            self.database_pwd = self.conf.mysql.password
-
-        except Exception as ex:
-            LOG.exception(ex)
-            raise exceptions.RepositoryException(ex)
-
-    def _get_cnxn_cursor_tuple(self):
-
-        cnxn = mdb.connect(self.database_server, self.database_uid,
-                           self.database_pwd, self.database_name,
-                           use_unicode=True, charset='utf8')
-
-        cursor = cnxn.cursor(mdb.cursors.DictCursor)
-
-        return cnxn, cursor
-
-    def _execute_query(self, query, parms):
-
-        cnxn, cursor = self._get_cnxn_cursor_tuple()
-
-        with cnxn:
-            cursor.execute(query, parms)
-            return cursor.fetchall()
-
-
-def mysql_try_catch_block(fun):
-    def try_it(*args, **kwargs):
-
-        try:
-
-            return fun(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        except exceptions.DoesNotExistException:
-            raise
-        except exceptions.InvalidUpdateException:
-            raise
-        except exceptions.AlreadyExistsException:
-            raise
-        except Exception as ex:
-            LOG.exception(ex)
-            raise exceptions.RepositoryException(ex)
-
-    return try_it
diff --git a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/notifications_repository.py b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/notifications_repository.py
index 0938f65c9..5af1d4cf2 100644
--- a/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/notifications_repository.py
+++ b/monasca_api/common/repositories/mysql/notifications_repository.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 
 from monasca_api.common.repositories import exceptions
-from monasca_api.common.repositories.mysql import mysql_repository
 from monasca_api.common.repositories import notifications_repository as nr
+from monasca_common.repositories.mysql import mysql_repository
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5a534b4a8..cf796aca3 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ six
 ujson>=1.33
 pyparsing
 voluptuous
-MySQL-python
 influxdb
 eventlet
 kafka-python
 simplejson
 simport
 validate_email>=1.3
+monasca-common>=0.0.2