diff --git a/openstack/utils/utils.go b/openstack/utils/utils.go
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--- a/openstack/utils/utils.go
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@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-// Package utils contains utilities which eases working with Gophercloud's OpenStack APIs.
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
-)
-
-var nilOptions = gophercloud.AuthOptions{}
-
-// ErrNoAuthUrl, ErrNoUsername, and ErrNoPassword errors indicate of the required OS_AUTH_URL, OS_USERNAME, or OS_PASSWORD
-// environment variables, respectively, remain undefined.  See the AuthOptions() function for more details.
-var (
-	ErrNoAuthURL  = fmt.Errorf("Environment variable OS_AUTH_URL needs to be set.")
-	ErrNoUsername = fmt.Errorf("Environment variable OS_USERNAME needs to be set.")
-	ErrNoPassword = fmt.Errorf("Environment variable OS_PASSWORD needs to be set.")
-)
-
-// AuthOptions fills out an identity.AuthOptions structure with the settings found on the various OpenStack
-// OS_* environment variables.  The following variables provide sources of truth: OS_AUTH_URL, OS_USERNAME,
-// OS_PASSWORD, OS_TENANT_ID, and OS_TENANT_NAME.  Of these, OS_USERNAME, OS_PASSWORD, and OS_AUTH_URL must
-// have settings, or an error will result.  OS_TENANT_ID and OS_TENANT_NAME are optional.
-func AuthOptions() (gophercloud.AuthOptions, error) {
-	authURL := os.Getenv("OS_AUTH_URL")
-	username := os.Getenv("OS_USERNAME")
-	userID := os.Getenv("OS_USERID")
-	password := os.Getenv("OS_PASSWORD")
-	tenantID := os.Getenv("OS_TENANT_ID")
-	tenantName := os.Getenv("OS_TENANT_NAME")
-	domainID := os.Getenv("OS_DOMAIN_ID")
-	domainName := os.Getenv("OS_DOMAIN_NAME")
-
-	if authURL == "" {
-		return nilOptions, ErrNoAuthURL
-	}
-
-	if username == "" && userID == "" {
-		return nilOptions, ErrNoUsername
-	}
-
-	if password == "" {
-		return nilOptions, ErrNoPassword
-	}
-
-	ao := gophercloud.AuthOptions{
-		IdentityEndpoint: authURL,
-		UserID:           userID,
-		Username:         username,
-		Password:         password,
-		TenantID:         tenantID,
-		TenantName:       tenantName,
-		DomainID:         domainID,
-		DomainName:       domainName,
-	}
-
-	return ao, nil
-}
-
-// BuildQuery constructs the query section of a URI from a map.
-func BuildQuery(params map[string]string) string {
-	if len(params) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	query := "?"
-	for k, v := range params {
-		query += k + "=" + v + "&"
-	}
-	query = query[:len(query)-1]
-	return query
-}