diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
index 1aa09e6..e9ea92a 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
@@ -166,10 +166,6 @@
         nic = self.exec_command(cmd)
         return nic.strip().strip(":").lower()
 
-    def get_ip_list(self):
-        cmd = "ip address"
-        return self.exec_command(cmd)
-
     def assign_static_ip(self, nic, addr, network_mask_bits=28):
         cmd = "sudo ip addr add {ip}/{mask} dev {nic}".format(
             ip=addr, mask=network_mask_bits, nic=nic)
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
index 85d7e37..5bbc039 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_network_basic_ops.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 
     def _get_server_nics(self, ssh_client):
         reg = re.compile(r'(?P<num>\d+): (?P<nic_name>\w+):')
-        ipatxt = ssh_client.get_ip_list()
+        ipatxt = ssh_client.exec_command("ip address")
         return reg.findall(ipatxt)
 
     def _check_network_internal_connectivity(self, network,
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py b/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py
index d8a1363..d9b93fe 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_network_v6.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         sshv4_2, ips_from_api_2, sid2 = self.prepare_server(networks=net_list)
 
         def guest_has_address(ssh, addr):
-            return addr in ssh.get_ip_list()
+            return addr in ssh.exec_command("ip address")
 
         # Turn on 2nd NIC for Cirros when dualnet
         if dualnet:
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@
             self.turn_nic6_on(sshv4_2, sid2)
 
         # get addresses assigned to vNIC as reported by 'ip address' utility
-        ips_from_ip_1 = sshv4_1.get_ip_list()
-        ips_from_ip_2 = sshv4_2.get_ip_list()
+        ips_from_ip_1 = sshv4_1.exec_command("ip address")
+        ips_from_ip_2 = sshv4_2.exec_command("ip address")
         self.assertIn(ips_from_api_1['4'], ips_from_ip_1)
         self.assertIn(ips_from_api_2['4'], ips_from_ip_2)
         for i in range(n_subnets6):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
index 1c5e89f..7199206 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
@@ -139,23 +139,6 @@
         self._assert_exec_called_with(
             "ip addr | awk '/ether/ {print $2}'")
 
-    def test_get_ip_list(self):
-        ips = """1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
-    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
-    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
-    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
-       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
-2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
-    link/ether fa:16:3e:6e:26:3b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
-    inet 10.0.0.4/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global eth0
-    inet6 fd55:faaf:e1ab:3d9:f816:3eff:fe6e:263b/64 scope global dynamic
-       valid_lft 2591936sec preferred_lft 604736sec
-    inet6 fe80::f816:3eff:fe6e:263b/64 scope link
-       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever"""
-        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = ips
-        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_ip_list(), ips)
-        self._assert_exec_called_with('ip address')
-
     def test_assign_static_ip(self):
         self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = ''
         ip = '10.0.0.2'