diff --git a/zun/container/docker/utils.py b/zun/container/docker/utils.py
index aede8fcf7..7d74841f9 100644
--- a/zun/container/docker/utils.py
+++ b/zun/container/docker/utils.py
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@
 import contextlib
 import six
 
-import docker
 from docker import client
 from docker import errors
 from docker import tls
-from docker.utils import utils
 
 from zun.common import exception
 import zun.conf
@@ -25,18 +23,6 @@ from zun import objects
 CONF = zun.conf.CONF
 
 
-def is_docker_library_version_atleast(version):
-    if utils.compare_version(docker.version, version) <= 0:
-        return True
-    return False
-
-
-def is_docker_api_version_atleast(docker, version):
-    if utils.compare_version(docker.version()['ApiVersion'], version) <= 0:
-        return True
-    return False
-
-
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def docker_client():
     client_kwargs = dict()