diff --git a/tools/xen/functions b/tools/xen/functions
index 4317796e39..c8efd57d88 100644
--- a/tools/xen/functions
+++ b/tools/xen/functions
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ function xapi_plugin_location {
     return 1
 }
 
-function zip_snapshot_location {
-    echo $1 | sed "s,^git://,http://,g;s:\.git$::;s:$:/zipball/$2:g"
-}
-
 function create_directory_for_kernels {
     if [ -d "/boot/guest" ]; then
         echo "INFO: /boot/guest directory already exists, using that" >&2
@@ -43,42 +39,6 @@ function create_directory_for_images {
     fi
 }
 
-function extract_remote_zipball {
-    local ZIPBALL_URL=$1
-
-    local LOCAL_ZIPBALL=$(mktemp)
-    local EXTRACTED_FILES=$(mktemp -d)
-
-    {
-        if ! wget -nv $ZIPBALL_URL -O $LOCAL_ZIPBALL --no-check-certificate; then
-            die_with_error "Failed to download [$ZIPBALL_URL]"
-        fi
-        unzip -q -o $LOCAL_ZIPBALL -d $EXTRACTED_FILES
-        rm -f $LOCAL_ZIPBALL
-    } >&2
-
-    echo "$EXTRACTED_FILES"
-}
-
-function find_xapi_plugins_dir {
-    find $1 -path '*/xapi.d/plugins' -type d -print
-}
-
-function install_xapi_plugins_from {
-    local XAPI_PLUGIN_DIR
-    local EXTRACTED_FILES
-    local EXTRACTED_PLUGINS_DIR
-
-    EXTRACTED_FILES="$1"
-
-    XAPI_PLUGIN_DIR=$(xapi_plugin_location)
-
-    EXTRACTED_PLUGINS_DIR=$(find_xapi_plugins_dir $EXTRACTED_FILES)
-
-    cp -pr $EXTRACTED_PLUGINS_DIR/* $XAPI_PLUGIN_DIR
-    chmod a+x ${XAPI_PLUGIN_DIR}*
-}
-
 function get_local_sr {
     xe pool-list params=default-SR minimal=true
 }
diff --git a/tools/xen/test_functions.sh b/tools/xen/test_functions.sh
index 838f86a525..924e773c00 100755
--- a/tools/xen/test_functions.sh
+++ b/tools/xen/test_functions.sh
@@ -116,18 +116,6 @@ function test_no_plugin_directory_found {
     grep "[ -d /usr/lib/xcp/plugins/ ]" $LIST_OF_ACTIONS
 }
 
-function test_zip_snapshot_location_http {
-    diff \
-    <(zip_snapshot_location "http://github.com/openstack/nova.git" "master") \
-    <(echo "http://github.com/openstack/nova/zipball/master")
-}
-
-function test_zip_snapsot_location_git {
-    diff \
-    <(zip_snapshot_location "git://github.com/openstack/nova.git" "master") \
-    <(echo "http://github.com/openstack/nova/zipball/master")
-}
-
 function test_create_directory_for_kernels {
     (
         . mocks
@@ -174,37 +162,6 @@ function test_create_directory_for_images_existing_dir {
 EOF
 }
 
-function test_extract_remote_zipball {
-    local RESULT=$(. mocks && extract_remote_zipball "someurl")
-
-    diff <(cat $LIST_OF_ACTIONS) - << EOF
-wget -nv someurl -O tempfile --no-check-certificate
-unzip -q -o tempfile -d tempdir
-rm -f tempfile
-EOF
-
-    [ "$RESULT" = "tempdir" ]
-}
-
-function test_extract_remote_zipball_wget_fail {
-    set +e
-
-    local IGNORE
-    IGNORE=$(. mocks && extract_remote_zipball "failurl")
-
-    assert_died_with "Failed to download [failurl]"
-}
-
-function test_find_nova_plugins {
-    local tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
-
-    mkdir -p "$tmpdir/blah/blah/u/xapi.d/plugins"
-
-    [ "$tmpdir/blah/blah/u/xapi.d/plugins" = $(find_xapi_plugins_dir $tmpdir) ]
-
-    rm -rf $tmpdir
-}
-
 function test_get_local_sr {
     setup_xe_response "uuid123"