diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf7471e144..0d7fc0dc84 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ netaddr>=0.7.12
 python-glanceclient>=0.15.0
 python-cinderclient>=1.1.0
 python-heatclient>=0.3.0
-python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 oslo.concurrency>=1.8.0,<1.9.0         # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.9.3,<1.10.0  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/__init__.py b/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/test_swift.py b/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/test_swift.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7201eabb17..0000000000
--- a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/object_storage/test_swift.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
-# 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.
-
-import re
-
-from tempest_lib import exceptions
-
-from tempest import cli
-from tempest import config
-from tempest import test
-
-CONF = config.CONF
-
-
-class SimpleReadOnlySwiftClientTest(cli.ClientTestBase):
-    """Basic, read-only tests for Swift CLI client.
-
-    Checks return values and output of read-only commands.
-    These tests do not presume any content, nor do they create
-    their own. They only verify the structure of output if present.
-    """
-
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        if not CONF.service_available.swift:
-            msg = ("%s skipped as Swift is not available" % cls.__name__)
-            raise cls.skipException(msg)
-        super(SimpleReadOnlySwiftClientTest, cls).resource_setup()
-
-    def swift(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.clients.swift(
-            *args, endpoint_type=CONF.object_storage.endpoint_type, **kwargs)
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('74360cdc-e7ec-493f-8a87-2b65f4d54aa3')
-    def test_swift_fake_action(self):
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.CommandFailed,
-                          self.swift,
-                          'this-does-not-exist')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('809ec373-828e-4279-8df6-9d4db81c7909')
-    def test_swift_list(self):
-        self.swift('list')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('325d5fe4-e5ab-4f52-aec4-357533f24fa1')
-    def test_swift_stat(self):
-        output = self.swift('stat')
-        entries = ['Account', 'Containers', 'Objects', 'Bytes', 'Content-Type',
-                   'X-Timestamp', 'X-Trans-Id']
-        for entry in entries:
-            self.assertTrue(entry in output)
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('af1483e1-dafd-4552-a39b-b9d337df808b')
-    def test_swift_capabilities(self):
-        output = self.swift('capabilities')
-        entries = ['account_listing_limit', 'container_listing_limit',
-                   'max_file_size', 'Additional middleware']
-        for entry in entries:
-            self.assertTrue(entry in output)
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('29c83a64-8eb7-418c-a39b-c70cefa5b695')
-    def test_swift_help(self):
-        help_text = self.swift('', flags='--help')
-        lines = help_text.split('\n')
-        self.assertFirstLineStartsWith(lines, 'Usage: swift')
-
-        commands = []
-        cmds_start = lines.index('Positional arguments:')
-        cmds_end = lines.index('Examples:')
-        command_pattern = re.compile('^ {4}([a-z0-9\-\_]+)')
-        for line in lines[cmds_start:cmds_end]:
-            match = command_pattern.match(line)
-            if match:
-                commands.append(match.group(1))
-        commands = set(commands)
-        wanted_commands = set(('stat', 'list', 'delete',
-                               'download', 'post', 'upload'))
-        self.assertFalse(wanted_commands - commands)
-
-    # Optional arguments:
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('2026be82-4e53-4414-a828-f1c894b8cf0f')
-    def test_swift_version(self):
-        self.swift('', flags='--version')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('0ae6172e-3df7-42b8-a987-d42609ada6ed')
-    def test_swift_debug_list(self):
-        self.swift('list', flags='--debug')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('1bdf5dd0-7df5-446c-a124-2b0703a5d199')
-    def test_swift_retries_list(self):
-        self.swift('list', flags='--retries 3')
-
-    @test.idempotent_id('64eae749-8fbd-4d85-bc7f-f706d3581c6f')
-    def test_swift_region_list(self):
-        region = CONF.object_storage.region
-        if not region:
-            region = CONF.identity.region
-        self.swift('list', flags='--os-region-name ' + region)