diff --git a/glance/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py b/glance/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
index ed2a201a6b..e34c0b7f9c 100644
--- a/glance/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/glance/tests/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import os
 import tempfile
+import uuid
 
 import six
 import webob
@@ -215,3 +216,15 @@ class TestUtils(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
                 self.assertRaises(RuntimeError,
                                   utils.validate_key_cert,
                                   keyf.name, keyf.name)
+
+
+class UUIDTestCase(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
+
+    def test_is_uuid_like(self):
+        self.assertTrue(utils.is_uuid_like(str(uuid.uuid4())))
+
+    def test_id_is_uuid_like(self):
+        self.assertFalse(utils.is_uuid_like(1234567))
+
+    def test_name_is_uuid_like(self):
+        self.assertFalse(utils.is_uuid_like('zhongyueluo'))
diff --git a/glance/tests/utils.py b/glance/tests/utils.py
index 2dc58acb90..25e26adb18 100644
--- a/glance/tests/utils.py
+++ b/glance/tests/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import shlex
 import shutil
 import socket
 import subprocess
-import uuid
 
 import fixtures
 from oslo.config import cfg
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ import webob
 from glance.common import config
 from glance.common import exception
 from glance.common import property_utils
-from glance.common import utils
 from glance.common import wsgi
 from glance import context
 from glance.db.sqlalchemy import api as db_api
@@ -562,22 +560,3 @@ class HttplibWsgiAdapter(object):
         response = self.req.get_response(self.app)
         return FakeHTTPResponse(response.status_code, response.headers,
                                 response.body)
-
-
-class UUIDTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
-
-    def test_generate_uuid(self):
-        uuid_string = utils.generate_uuid()
-        self.assertIsInstance(uuid_string, str)
-        self.assertEqual(len(uuid_string), 36)
-        # make sure there are 4 dashes
-        self.assertEqual(len(uuid_string.replace('-', '')), 32)
-
-    def test_is_uuid_like(self):
-        self.assertTrue(utils.is_uuid_like(str(uuid.uuid4())))
-
-    def test_id_is_uuid_like(self):
-        self.assertFalse(utils.is_uuid_like(1234567))
-
-    def test_name_is_uuid_like(self):
-        self.assertFalse(utils.is_uuid_like('zhongyueluo'))