diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/libvirtd_config/ini_setting.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/libvirtd_config/ini_setting.rb
index 9120e0f3b..0ba58a3ea 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/libvirtd_config/ini_setting.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/libvirtd_config/ini_setting.rb
@@ -19,9 +19,4 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:libvirtd_config).provide(
     '/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf'
   end
 
-  # this needs to be removed. This has been replaced with the class method
-  def file_path
-    self.class.file_path
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/nova_paste_api_ini/ini_setting.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/nova_paste_api_ini/ini_setting.rb
index 339d32af0..fb5c99671 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/nova_paste_api_ini/ini_setting.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/nova_paste_api_ini/ini_setting.rb
@@ -19,9 +19,4 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:nova_paste_api_ini).provide(
     '/etc/nova/api-paste.ini'
   end
 
-  # this needs to be removed. This has been replaced with the class method
-  def file_path
-    self.class.file_path
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove_useless_method-6ad1b132053f7da9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove_useless_method-6ad1b132053f7da9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd9a1ac91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove_useless_method-6ad1b132053f7da9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Remove useless method file_path
+    This needs to be removed. This has been replaced with the class method.