diff --git a/watcher/common/nova_helper.py b/watcher/common/nova_helper.py
index 2937d0dfc..638ca7e0b 100644
--- a/watcher/common/nova_helper.py
+++ b/watcher/common/nova_helper.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import time
 from novaclient import api_versions
 from oslo_log import log
 
-import cinderclient.exceptions as ciexceptions
 import glanceclient.exc as glexceptions
 import novaclient.exceptions as nvexceptions
 
@@ -711,25 +710,6 @@ class NovaHelper(object):
     def get_hostname(self, instance):
         return str(getattr(instance, 'OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'))
 
-    def get_flavor_instance(self, instance, cache):
-        fid = instance.flavor['id']
-        if fid in cache:
-            flavor = cache.get(fid)
-        else:
-            try:
-                flavor = self.nova.flavors.get(fid)
-            except ciexceptions.NotFound:
-                flavor = None
-            cache[fid] = flavor
-        attr_defaults = [('name', 'unknown-id-%s' % fid),
-                         ('vcpus', 0), ('ram', 0), ('disk', 0),
-                         ('ephemeral', 0), ('extra_specs', {})]
-        for attr, default in attr_defaults:
-            if not flavor:
-                instance.flavor[attr] = default
-                continue
-            instance.flavor[attr] = getattr(flavor, attr, default)
-
     def get_running_migration(self, instance_id):
         return self.nova.server_migrations.list(server=instance_id)
 
diff --git a/watcher/tests/common/test_nova_helper.py b/watcher/tests/common/test_nova_helper.py
index d27b28ab1..1d222d129 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/common/test_nova_helper.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/common/test_nova_helper.py
@@ -321,19 +321,6 @@ class TestNovaHelper(base.TestCase):
         instance = nova_util.create_instance(self.source_node)
         self.assertIsNotNone(instance)
 
-    def test_get_flavor_instance(self, mock_glance, mock_cinder,
-                                 mock_neutron, mock_nova):
-        nova_util = nova_helper.NovaHelper()
-        instance = self.fake_server(self.instance_uuid)
-        flavor = {'id': 1, 'name': 'm1.tiny', 'ram': 512, 'vcpus': 1,
-                  'disk': 0, 'ephemeral': 0}
-        instance.flavor = flavor
-        nova_util.nova.flavors.get.return_value = flavor
-        cache = flavor
-
-        nova_util.get_flavor_instance(instance, cache)
-        self.assertEqual(instance.flavor['name'], cache['name'])
-
     @staticmethod
     def fake_volume(**kwargs):
         volume = mock.MagicMock()