diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py
index 489fb5458a0..7cea7e5af61 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from copy import deepcopy
-import datetime
 import re
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import call
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ from cinder.tests.unit.api import fakes
 from cinder.tests.unit import fake_group_snapshot
 from cinder.tests.unit import fake_snapshot
 from cinder.tests.unit import fake_volume
-from cinder.tests.unit.image import fake as fake_image
 from cinder.tests.unit import test
 from cinder.tests.unit import utils as test_utils
 from cinder.volume import configuration as conf
@@ -103,13 +101,6 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.expected_qos_results = {'minIOPS': 1000,
                                      'maxIOPS': 10000,
                                      'burstIOPS': 20000}
-        self.mock_stats_data =\
-            {'result':
-                {'clusterCapacity': {'maxProvisionedSpace': 107374182400,
-                                     'usedSpace': 1073741824,
-                                     'compressionPercent': 100,
-                                     'deDuplicationPercent': 100,
-                                     'thinProvisioningPercent': 100}}}
         vol_updates = {'project_id': 'testprjid',
                        'name': 'testvol',
                        'size': 1,
@@ -122,15 +113,6 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         ctx = context.get_admin_context()
         self.mock_volume = fake_volume.fake_volume_obj(ctx, **vol_updates)
 
-        self.fake_image_meta = {'id': '17c550bb-a411-44c0-9aaf-0d96dd47f501',
-                                'updated_at': datetime.datetime(2013, 9,
-                                                                28, 15,
-                                                                27, 36,
-                                                                325355),
-                                'is_public': True,
-                                'owner': 'testprjid'}
-        self.fake_image_service = fake_image.FakeImageService()
-
         self.vol = test_utils.create_volume(
             self.ctxt, volume_id='b831c4d1-d1f0-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66')
         self.snap = test_utils.create_snapshot(
@@ -1851,18 +1833,6 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual('UUID-a720b3c0-d1f0-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66',
                              sf_vol_object['name'])
 
-    @mock.patch.object(solidfire.SolidFireDriver, '_issue_api_request')
-    def test_clone_image_not_configured(self, _mock_issue_api_request):
-        _mock_issue_api_request.side_effect = self.fake_issue_api_request
-
-        sfv = solidfire.SolidFireDriver(configuration=self.configuration)
-        self.assertEqual((None, False),
-                         sfv.clone_image(self.ctxt,
-                                         self.mock_volume,
-                                         'fake',
-                                         self.fake_image_meta,
-                                         'fake'))
-
     def test_init_volume_mappings(self):
         sfv = solidfire.SolidFireDriver(configuration=self.configuration)
 
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py
index 5527633c222..5591d5f5997 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py
@@ -1409,39 +1409,6 @@ class SolidFireDriver(san.SanISCSIDriver):
         for vag in sorted_targets[:limit]:
             self._remove_vag(vag['volumeAccessGroupID'])
 
-    @locked_image_id_operation
-    def clone_image(self, context,
-                    volume, image_location,
-                    image_meta, image_service):
-        """Clone an existing image volume."""
-        public = False
-        # NOTE(jdg): Glance V2 moved from is_public to visibility
-        # so we check both, as we don't necessarily know or want
-        # to care which we're using.  Will need to look at
-        # future handling of things like shared and community
-        # but for now, it's owner or public and that's it
-        visibility = image_meta.get('visibility', None)
-        if visibility and visibility == 'public':
-            public = True
-        elif image_meta.get('is_public', False):
-            public = True
-        else:
-            if image_meta['owner'] == volume['project_id']:
-                public = True
-        if not public:
-            LOG.warning("Requested image is not "
-                        "accessible by current Tenant.")
-            return None, False
-        # If we don't have the image-volume to clone from return failure
-        # cinder driver will then create source for clone first
-        try:
-            (data, sfaccount, model) = self._do_clone_volume(image_meta['id'],
-                                                             volume)
-        except exception.VolumeNotFound:
-            return None, False
-
-        return model, True
-
     # extended_size > 0 when we are extending a volume
     def _retrieve_qos_setting(self, volume, extended_size=0):
         qos = {}