diff --git a/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py b/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py
index a03e587..9cd5e2e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py
+++ b/tempest/api/network/test_ports.py
@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@
         self.assertEqual(updated_port['name'], new_name)
         self.assertFalse(updated_port['admin_state_up'])
 
+    def test_create_bulk_port(self):
+        network1 = self.network
+        name = data_utils.rand_name('network-')
+        network2 = self.create_network(network_name=name)
+        network_list = [network1['id'], network2['id']]
+        port_list = [{'network_id': net_id} for net_id in network_list]
+        _, body = self.client.create_bulk_port(port_list)
+        created_ports = body['ports']
+        port1 = created_ports[0]
+        port2 = created_ports[1]
+        self.addCleanup(self._delete_port, port1['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self._delete_port, port2['id'])
+        self.assertEqual(port1['network_id'], network1['id'])
+        self.assertEqual(port2['network_id'], network2['id'])
+        self.assertTrue(port1['admin_state_up'])
+        self.assertTrue(port2['admin_state_up'])
+
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_show_port(self):
         # Verify the details of port
diff --git a/tempest/api/network/test_routers.py b/tempest/api/network/test_routers.py
index 2b4e60a..a48271e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/network/test_routers.py
+++ b/tempest/api/network/test_routers.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(len(list_body['ports']), 1)
         gw_port = list_body['ports'][0]
         fixed_ips = gw_port['fixed_ips']
-        self.assertEqual(len(fixed_ips), 1)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(len(fixed_ips), 1)
         resp, public_net_body = self.admin_client.show_network(
             CONF.network.public_network_id)
         public_subnet_id = public_net_body['network']['subnets'][0]
diff --git a/tempest/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
index 4c3905c..93ebcfc 100644
--- a/tempest/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 # redrive rate limited calls at most twice
 MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH = 2
-TOKEN_CHARS_RE = re.compile('^[-A-Za-z0-9+/=]*$')
 
 # All the successful HTTP status codes from RFC 7231 & 4918
 HTTP_SUCCESS = (200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207)