diff --git a/nova/compute/api.py b/nova/compute/api.py
index 8821680f105..2e0f0e7c46a 100644
--- a/nova/compute/api.py
+++ b/nova/compute/api.py
@@ -5351,20 +5351,6 @@ def service_update_by_host_and_binary(self, context, host_name, binary,
         service.update(params_to_update)
         return self.service_update(context, service)
 
-    def _service_delete(self, context, service_id):
-        """Performs the actual Service deletion operation."""
-        try:
-            service = _find_service_in_cell(context, service_id=service_id)
-        except exception.NotFound:
-            raise exception.ServiceNotFound(service_id=service_id)
-        service.destroy()
-
-    # TODO(mriedem): Nothing outside of tests is using this now so we should
-    # be able to remove it.
-    def service_delete(self, context, service_id):
-        """Deletes the specified service found via id or uuid."""
-        self._service_delete(context, service_id)
-
     @target_host_cell
     def instance_get_all_by_host(self, context, host_name):
         """Return all instances on the given host."""
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_host_api.py b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_host_api.py
index e986790b130..108667c06b4 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_host_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_host_api.py
@@ -463,48 +463,6 @@ def _fake_set_target_cell(ctxt, cell_mapping):
             [mock.call(ctxt, uuids.service_uuid)] * 2)
         self.assertEqual('db://fake2', ctxt.db_connection)
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.context.set_target_cell')
-    @mock.patch('nova.compute.api.load_cells')
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.Service.get_by_id')
-    def test_service_delete(self, get_by_id, load_cells, set_target):
-        compute.CELLS = [
-            objects.CellMapping(),
-            objects.CellMapping(),
-            objects.CellMapping(),
-        ]
-
-        service = mock.MagicMock()
-        get_by_id.side_effect = [exception.ServiceNotFound(service_id=1),
-                                 service,
-                                 exception.ServiceNotFound(service_id=1)]
-        self.host_api.service_delete(self.ctxt, 1)
-        get_by_id.assert_has_calls([mock.call(self.ctxt, 1),
-                                    mock.call(self.ctxt, 1),
-                                    mock.call(self.ctxt, 1)])
-        service.destroy.assert_called_once_with()
-        set_target.assert_called_once_with(self.ctxt, compute.CELLS[1])
-
-    @mock.patch('nova.context.set_target_cell')
-    @mock.patch('nova.compute.api.load_cells')
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.Service.get_by_id')
-    def test_service_delete_ambiguous(self, get_by_id, load_cells, set_target):
-        compute.CELLS = [
-            objects.CellMapping(),
-            objects.CellMapping(),
-            objects.CellMapping(),
-        ]
-
-        service1 = mock.MagicMock()
-        service2 = mock.MagicMock()
-        get_by_id.side_effect = [exception.ServiceNotFound(service_id=1),
-                                 service1,
-                                 service2]
-        self.assertRaises(exception.ServiceNotUnique,
-                          self.host_api.service_delete, self.ctxt, 1)
-        self.assertFalse(service1.destroy.called)
-        self.assertFalse(service2.destroy.called)
-        self.assertFalse(set_target.called)
-
     @mock.patch('nova.scheduler.client.report.SchedulerReportClient.'
                 'aggregate_remove_host')
     @mock.patch('nova.scheduler.client.report.SchedulerReportClient.'