diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/plugin_purestorage_cinder/lib/puppet/parser/functions/get_random_id.rb b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/plugin_purestorage_cinder/lib/puppet/parser/functions/get_random_id.rb
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--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/plugin_purestorage_cinder/lib/puppet/parser/functions/get_random_id.rb
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-# Custom function to generate a random hex string of length arg[0].
-#
-# This is used to ensure we get unique tenant and user IDs that
-# are required for the glance image-cache for cinder
-
-module Puppet::Parser::Functions
-  newfunction(:get_random_id, :type => :rvalue, :doc => "returns a random hex string of length args[0]") do |args|
-    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "get_random_id(): Wrong number of arguments " +
-      "given (#{args.size} for 1)") if args.size != 1
-    numbers  = (0..9).to_a
-    alpha = ('a'..'f').to_a
-    length = args[0].to_i
-    CHARS = (alpha + numbers)
-    id_sub = CHARS.sort_by { rand }.join[0...length]
-    id = id_sub + id_sub
-    return id
-  end
-end