diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py b/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
index d3c44ec8..7a0078f1 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
@@ -96,15 +96,6 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
         self.backups.create(**args)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
 
-    def test_copy(self):
-        create_mock = mock.Mock()
-        self.backups._create = create_mock
-        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': 'foo',
-                'backup': '1', 'incremental': False}
-        body = {'backup': args}
-        self.backups.create(**args)
-        create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
-
     def test_list(self):
         page_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._paginated = page_mock
diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py b/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
index 35f5d26c..689cb5ae 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
@@ -824,16 +824,6 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
                 'incremental': False
             }})
 
-    def test_backup_copy(self):
-        self.run_command('backup-copy new_bkp bk-1234')
-        self.assert_called_anytime(
-            'POST', '/backups',
-            {'backup': {
-                'name': 'new_bkp',
-                'incremental': False,
-                'backup': {'region': None, 'id': 'bk-1234'}
-            }})
-
     def test_database_list(self):
         self.run_command('database-list 1234')
         self.assert_called('GET', '/instances/1234/databases')
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/backups.py b/troveclient/v1/backups.py
index a50ab292..0ba18e7f 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/backups.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class Backups(base.ManagerWithFind):
         return self._paginated("/backups", "backups", limit, marker,
                                query_strings)
 
-    def create(self, name, instance, description=None, parent_id=None,
-               backup=None, incremental=False):
+    def create(self, name, instance, description=None,
+               parent_id=None, incremental=False):
         """Create a new backup from the given instance.
 
         :param name: name for backup.
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ class Backups(base.ManagerWithFind):
 
         if instance:
             body['backup']['instance'] = base.getid(instance)
-        if backup:
-            body["backup"]['backup'] = backup
         if description:
             body['backup']['description'] = description
         if parent_id:
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/shell.py b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
index 8a479d6d..09349c1c 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -1051,30 +1051,6 @@ def do_backup_create(cs, args):
     _print_object(backup)
 
 
-@utils.arg('name', metavar='<name>', help=_('Name of the backup.'))
-@utils.arg('backup', metavar='<backup>',
-           help=_('Backup ID of the source backup.'),
-           default=None)
-@utils.arg('--region', metavar='<region>', default=None,
-           # help=_('Region where the source backup resides.'))
-           help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-@utils.arg('--description', metavar='<description>',
-           default=None,
-           help=_('An optional description for the backup.'))
-@utils.service_type('database')
-def do_backup_copy(cs, args):
-    """Creates a backup from another backup."""
-    if args.backup:
-        backup_ref = {"id": args.backup,
-                      "region": args.region}
-    else:
-        backup_ref = None
-    backup = cs.backups.create(args.name, instance=None,
-                               description=args.description,
-                               parent_id=None, backup=backup_ref,)
-    _print_object(backup)
-
-
 @utils.arg('instance', metavar='<instance>',
            help=_('ID or name of the instance.'))
 @utils.arg('pattern', metavar='<pattern>',