diff --git a/nova/privsep/fs.py b/nova/privsep/fs.py
index 638fd50ad48f..9bd7a326d038 100644
--- a/nova/privsep/fs.py
+++ b/nova/privsep/fs.py
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ def lvinfo(path):
                                 '--separator', '|', path)
 
 
-@nova.privsep.sys_admin_pctxt.entrypoint
-def lvremove(path):
-    processutils.execute('lvremove', '-f', path, attempts=3)
-
-
 @nova.privsep.sys_admin_pctxt.entrypoint
 def blockdev_size(path):
     return processutils.execute('blockdev', '--getsize64', path)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_lvm.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_lvm.py
index fbec2dcae909..b58a16b1f99d 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_lvm.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_lvm.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class LvmTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         lvm.clear_volume('/dev/foo')
 
     @mock.patch.object(lvm, 'clear_volume')
-    @mock.patch('nova.privsep.fs.lvremove',
+    @mock.patch('os_brick.local_dev.lvm.LVM.delete',
                 side_effect=processutils.ProcessExecutionError('Error'))
     def test_fail_remove_all_logical_volumes(self, mock_clear, mock_lvremove):
         self.assertRaises(exception.VolumesNotRemoved,
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/storage/lvm.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/storage/lvm.py
index 5f032b5cea75..c6eff1108f3f 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/storage/lvm.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/storage/lvm.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import os
 
+from os_brick.local_dev import lvm as brick_lvm
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import units
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ def remove_volumes(paths):
     for path in paths:
         clear_volume(path)
         try:
-            nova.privsep.fs.lvremove(path)
+            brick_lvm.LVM.delete(path)
         except processutils.ProcessExecutionError as exp:
             errors.append(six.text_type(exp))
     if errors: