diff --git a/tempest/services/network/json/base.py b/tempest/services/network/json/base.py
index 6ebc245..a6ada04 100644
--- a/tempest/services/network/json/base.py
+++ b/tempest/services/network/json/base.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
-from tempest.common import service_client
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 
 
-class BaseNetworkClient(service_client.ServiceClient):
+class BaseNetworkClient(rest_client.RestClient):
 
     """Base class for Tempest REST clients for Neutron.
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
         resp, body = self.get(req_uri)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def delete_resource(self, uri):
         req_uri = self.uri_prefix + uri
         resp, body = self.delete(req_uri)
         self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def show_resource(self, uri, **fields):
         # fields is a dict which key is 'fields' and value is a
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get(req_uri)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def create_resource(self, uri, post_data):
         req_uri = self.uri_prefix + uri
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         resp, body = self.post(req_uri, req_post_data)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.expected_success(201, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def update_resource(self, uri, post_data):
         req_uri = self.uri_prefix + uri
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
         resp, body = self.put(req_uri, req_post_data)
         body = json.loads(body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/test_service_clients.py b/tempest/tests/common/test_service_clients.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 49857ae..0000000
--- a/tempest/tests/common/test_service_clients.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-import mock
-import random
-import six
-
-from tempest.services.network.json import network_client
-from tempest.tests import base
-
-
-class TestServiceClient(base.TestCase):
-
-    @mock.patch('tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.__init__')
-    def test_service_client_creations_with_specified_args(self, mock_init):
-        test_clients = [
-            network_client.NetworkClient,
-        ]
-
-        for client in test_clients:
-            fake_string = six.text_type(random.randint(1, 0x7fffffff))
-            auth = 'auth' + fake_string
-            service = 'service' + fake_string
-            region = 'region' + fake_string
-            params = {
-                'endpoint_type': 'URL' + fake_string,
-                'build_interval': random.randint(1, 100),
-                'build_timeout': random.randint(1, 100),
-                'disable_ssl_certificate_validation':
-                    True if random.randint(0, 1) else False,
-                'ca_certs': None,
-                'trace_requests': 'foo' + fake_string
-            }
-            client(auth, service, region, **params)
-            mock_init.assert_called_once_with(auth, service, region, **params)
-            mock_init.reset_mock()