diff --git a/keystone/auth/controllers.py b/keystone/auth/controllers.py
index 53f635f35d..9451bf4a0c 100644
--- a/keystone/auth/controllers.py
+++ b/keystone/auth/controllers.py
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CONF = keystone.conf.CONF
 
-# TODO(notmorgan): Update all references to the following functions to
-# reference auth.core instead of auth.controllers
-get_auth_method = core.get_auth_method
-load_auth_method = core.load_auth_method
-load_auth_methods = core.load_auth_methods
 
 # TODO(notmorgan): Move Common Auth Code (AuthContext and AuthInfo)
 # loading into keystone.auth.core (and update all references to the new
@@ -524,7 +519,7 @@ class Auth(controller.V3Controller):
         # dropping it, so this must be filtered out
         if request.remote_user:
             try:
-                external = get_auth_method('external')
+                external = core.get_auth_method('external')
                 resp = external.authenticate(request,
                                              auth_info)
                 if resp and resp.status:
@@ -553,7 +548,7 @@ class Auth(controller.V3Controller):
         # are specified
         auth_response = {'methods': []}
         for method_name in auth_info.get_method_names():
-            method = get_auth_method(method_name)
+            method = core.get_auth_method(method_name)
             resp = method.authenticate(request,
                                        auth_info.get_method_data(method_name))
             if resp:
diff --git a/keystone/server/backends.py b/keystone/server/backends.py
index 92929572ca..15ce915597 100644
--- a/keystone/server/backends.py
+++ b/keystone/server/backends.py
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ def load_backends():
         trust_api=trust.Manager(),
         token_provider_api=token.provider.Manager())
 
-    auth.controllers.load_auth_methods()
+    auth.core.load_auth_methods()
 
     return DRIVERS
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/auth/test_controllers.py b/keystone/tests/unit/auth/test_controllers.py
index d5038399df..12de0b401a 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/auth/test_controllers.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/auth/test_controllers.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from oslo_utils import importutils
 import stevedore
 from stevedore import extension
 
-from keystone.auth import controllers
+from keystone.auth import core
 from keystone.tests import unit
 
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TestLoadAuthMethod(unit.BaseTestCase):
         driver_manager_mock = self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(
             stevedore, 'DriverManager', return_value=fake_driver_manager)).mock
 
-        driver = controllers.load_auth_method(method)
+        driver = core.load_auth_method(method)
 
         self.assertEqual(auth_plugin_namespace, fake_driver_manager.namespace)
         driver_manager_mock.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class TestLoadAuthMethod(unit.BaseTestCase):
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(
             importutils, 'import_object', return_value=mock.sentinel.driver))
 
-        driver = controllers.load_auth_method(method)
+        driver = core.load_auth_method(method)
         self.assertIs(mock.sentinel.driver, driver)
 
     def test_entrypoint_fails_import_fails(self):
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ class TestLoadAuthMethod(unit.BaseTestCase):
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(
             importutils, 'import_object', side_effect=TestException))
 
-        self.assertRaises(TestException, controllers.load_auth_method, method)
+        self.assertRaises(TestException, core.load_auth_method, method)
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/test_auth_plugin.py b/keystone/tests/unit/test_auth_plugin.py
index 7f68b26379..9847105fb3 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/test_auth_plugin.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/test_auth_plugin.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TestAuthPlugin(unit.SQLDriverOverrides, unit.TestCase):
         self.useFixture(
             auth_plugins.ConfigAuthPlugins(self.config_fixture,
                                            ['external', 'external']))
-        auth.controllers.load_auth_methods()
+        auth.core.load_auth_methods()
         self.assertIn('external', auth.core.AUTH_METHODS)
 
 
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py b/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py
index 14e59a032d..a6de048b11 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class TestMFARules(test_v3.RestfulTestCase, testcase.TestCase):
 class TestAuthInfo(common_auth.AuthTestMixin, testcase.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestAuthInfo, self).setUp()
-        auth.controllers.load_auth_methods()
+        auth.core.load_auth_methods()
 
     def test_unsupported_auth_method(self):
         auth_data = {'methods': ['abc']}