diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/images.py b/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/images.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a513dcb..0000000
--- a/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/images.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2014 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 copy
-
-from tempest.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import parameter_types
-
-image_links = copy.deepcopy(parameter_types.links)
-image_links['items']['properties'].update({'type': {'type': 'string'}})
-
-common_image_schema = {
-    'type': 'object',
-    'properties': {
-        'id': {'type': 'string'},
-        'status': {'type': 'string'},
-        'updated': {'type': 'string'},
-        'links': image_links,
-        'name': {'type': 'string'},
-        'created': {'type': 'string'},
-        'minDisk': {'type': 'integer'},
-        'minRam': {'type': 'integer'},
-        'progress': {'type': 'integer'},
-        'metadata': {'type': 'object'},
-        'server': {
-            'type': 'object',
-            'properties': {
-                'id': {'type': 'string'},
-                'links': parameter_types.links
-            },
-            'additionalProperties': False,
-            'required': ['id', 'links']
-        },
-        'OS-EXT-IMG-SIZE:size': {'type': 'integer'},
-        'OS-DCF:diskConfig': {'type': 'string'}
-    },
-    'additionalProperties': False,
-    # 'server' attributes only comes in response body if image is
-    # associated with any server. 'OS-EXT-IMG-SIZE:size' & 'OS-DCF:diskConfig'
-    # are API extension,  So those are not defined as 'required'.
-    'required': ['id', 'status', 'updated', 'links', 'name',
-                 'created', 'minDisk', 'minRam', 'progress',
-                 'metadata']
-}
-
-get_image = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'image': common_image_schema
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        'required': ['image']
-    }
-}
-
-list_images = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'images': {
-                'type': 'array',
-                'items': {
-                    'type': 'object',
-                    'properties': {
-                        'id': {'type': 'string'},
-                        'links': image_links,
-                        'name': {'type': 'string'}
-                    },
-                    'additionalProperties': False,
-                    'required': ['id', 'links', 'name']
-                }
-            },
-            'images_links': parameter_types.links
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        # NOTE(gmann): images_links attribute is not necessary to be
-        # present always So it is not 'required'.
-        'required': ['images']
-    }
-}
-
-create_image = {
-    'status_code': [202],
-    'response_header': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': parameter_types.response_header
-    }
-}
-create_image['response_header']['properties'].update(
-    {'location': {
-        'type': 'string',
-        'format': 'uri'}
-     }
-)
-create_image['response_header']['required'] = ['location']
-
-delete = {
-    'status_code': [204]
-}
-
-image_metadata = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'metadata': {'type': 'object'}
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        'required': ['metadata']
-    }
-}
-
-image_meta_item = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'meta': {'type': 'object'}
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        'required': ['meta']
-    }
-}
-
-list_images_details = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'images': {
-                'type': 'array',
-                'items': common_image_schema
-            },
-            'images_links': parameter_types.links
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        # NOTE(gmann): images_links attribute is not necessary to be
-        # present always So it is not 'required'.
-        'required': ['images']
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index e82a159..48366a5 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from tempest_lib.services.compute.hosts_client import HostsClient
 from tempest_lib.services.compute.hypervisor_client import \
     HypervisorClient
+from tempest_lib.services.compute.images_client import ImagesClient
 from tempest_lib.services.identity.v2.token_client import TokenClient
 from tempest_lib.services.identity.v3.token_client import V3TokenClient
 
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@
 from tempest.services import botoclients
 from tempest.services.compute.json.floating_ips_client import \
     FloatingIPsClient as ComputeFloatingIPsClient
-from tempest.services.compute.json.images_client import ImagesClient
 from tempest.services.compute.json.instance_usage_audit_log_client import \
     InstanceUsagesAuditLogClient
 from tempest.services.compute.json.interfaces_client import \
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 99fdfe6..0000000
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
-# 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.
-
-from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
-from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
-from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-
-from tempest.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import images as schema
-from tempest.common import service_client
-
-
-class ImagesClient(service_client.ServiceClient):
-
-    def create_image(self, server_id, **kwargs):
-        """Creates an image of the original server."""
-
-        post_body = {'createImage': kwargs}
-        post_body = json.dumps(post_body)
-        resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/action' % server_id,
-                               post_body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.create_image, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_images(self, detail=False, **params):
-        """Returns a list of all images filtered by any parameters."""
-        url = 'images'
-        _schema = schema.list_images
-        if detail:
-            url += '/detail'
-            _schema = schema.list_images_details
-
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(_schema, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_image(self, image_id):
-        """Returns the details of a single image."""
-        resp, body = self.get("images/%s" % image_id)
-        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.get_image, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_image(self, image_id):
-        """Deletes the provided image."""
-        resp, body = self.delete("images/%s" % image_id)
-        self.validate_response(schema.delete, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_image_metadata(self, image_id):
-        """Lists all metadata items for an image."""
-        resp, body = self.get("images/%s/metadata" % image_id)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.image_metadata, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def set_image_metadata(self, image_id, meta):
-        """Sets the metadata for an image."""
-        post_body = json.dumps({'metadata': meta})
-        resp, body = self.put('images/%s/metadata' % image_id, post_body)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.image_metadata, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def update_image_metadata(self, image_id, meta):
-        """Updates the metadata for an image."""
-        post_body = json.dumps({'metadata': meta})
-        resp, body = self.post('images/%s/metadata' % image_id, post_body)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.image_metadata, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key):
-        """Returns the value for a specific image metadata key."""
-        resp, body = self.get("images/%s/metadata/%s" % (image_id, key))
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.image_meta_item, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def set_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key, meta):
-        """Sets the value for a specific image metadata key."""
-        post_body = json.dumps({'meta': meta})
-        resp, body = self.put('images/%s/metadata/%s' % (image_id, key),
-                              post_body)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.image_meta_item, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key):
-        """Deletes a single image metadata key/value pair."""
-        resp, body = self.delete("images/%s/metadata/%s" %
-                                 (image_id, key))
-        self.validate_response(schema.delete, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
-        try:
-            self.show_image(id)
-        except lib_exc.NotFound:
-            return True
-        return False
-
-    @property
-    def resource_type(self):
-        """Returns the primary type of resource this client works with."""
-        return 'image'
diff --git a/tempest/tests/services/compute/test_images_client.py b/tempest/tests/services/compute/test_images_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d532b7..0000000
--- a/tempest/tests/services/compute/test_images_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,240 +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 copy
-
-from oslotest import mockpatch
-from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-
-from tempest.services.compute.json import images_client
-from tempest.tests import fake_auth_provider
-from tempest.tests.services.compute import base
-
-
-class TestImagesClient(base.BaseComputeServiceTest):
-    # Data Dictionaries used for testing #
-    FAKE_IMAGE_METADATA = {
-        "list":
-            {"metadata": {
-             "auto_disk_config": "True",
-             "Label": "Changed"
-             }},
-        "set_item":
-            {"meta": {
-             "auto_disk_config": "True"
-             }},
-        "show_item":
-            {"meta": {
-             "kernel_id": "nokernel",
-             }},
-        "update":
-            {"metadata": {
-             "kernel_id": "False",
-             "Label": "UpdatedImage"
-             }},
-        "set":
-            {"metadata": {
-             "Label": "Changed",
-             "auto_disk_config": "True"
-             }},
-        "delete_item": {}
-        }
-
-    FAKE_IMAGE_DATA = {
-        "list":
-            {"images": [
-             {"id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
-              "links": [
-                    {"href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack" +
-                             "/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
-                     "rel": "self"
-                     }
-              ],
-              "name": "fakeimage7"
-              }]},
-        "show": {"image": {
-            "created": "2011-01-01T01:02:03Z",
-            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
-            "links": [
-                {
-                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack" +
-                            "/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
-                    "rel": "self"
-                },
-            ],
-            "metadata": {
-                "architecture": "x86_64",
-                "auto_disk_config": "True",
-                "kernel_id": "nokernel",
-                "ramdisk_id": "nokernel"
-            },
-            "minDisk": 0,
-            "minRam": 0,
-            "name": "fakeimage7",
-            "progress": 100,
-            "status": "ACTIVE",
-            "updated": "2011-01-01T01:02:03Z"}},
-        "delete": {}
-        }
-    func2mock = {
-        'get': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.get',
-        'post': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.post',
-        'put': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.put',
-        'delete': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.delete'}
-    # Variable definition
-    FAKE_IMAGE_ID = FAKE_IMAGE_DATA['show']['image']['id']
-    FAKE_CREATE_INFO = {'location': 'None'}
-    FAKE_METADATA = FAKE_IMAGE_METADATA['show_item']['meta']
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestImagesClient, self).setUp()
-        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
-        self.client = images_client.ImagesClient(fake_auth,
-                                                 "compute", "regionOne")
-
-    def _test_image_operation(self, operation="delete", bytes_body=False):
-        response_code = 200
-        mock_operation = self.func2mock['get']
-        expected_op = self.FAKE_IMAGE_DATA[operation]
-        params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID}
-        if operation == 'list':
-            function = self.client.list_images
-        elif operation == 'show':
-            function = self.client.show_image
-        else:
-            function = self.client.delete_image
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['delete']
-            response_code = 204
-
-        self.check_service_client_function(
-            function, mock_operation, expected_op,
-            bytes_body, response_code, **params)
-
-    def _test_image_metadata(self, operation="set_item", bytes_body=False):
-        response_code = 200
-        expected_op = self.FAKE_IMAGE_METADATA[operation]
-        if operation == 'list':
-            function = self.client.list_image_metadata
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['get']
-            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID}
-
-        elif operation == 'set':
-            function = self.client.set_image_metadata
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['put']
-            params = {"image_id": "_dummy_data",
-                      "meta": self.FAKE_METADATA}
-
-        elif operation == 'update':
-            function = self.client.update_image_metadata
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['post']
-            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
-                      "meta": self.FAKE_METADATA}
-
-        elif operation == 'show_item':
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['get']
-            function = self.client.show_image_metadata_item
-            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
-                      "key": "123"}
-
-        elif operation == 'delete_item':
-            function = self.client.delete_image_metadata_item
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['delete']
-            response_code = 204
-            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
-                      "key": "123"}
-
-        else:
-            function = self.client.set_image_metadata_item
-            mock_operation = self.func2mock['put']
-            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
-                      "key": "123",
-                      "meta": self.FAKE_METADATA}
-
-        self.check_service_client_function(
-            function, mock_operation, expected_op,
-            bytes_body, response_code, **params)
-
-    def _test_resource_deleted(self, bytes_body=False):
-        params = {"id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID}
-        expected_op = self.FAKE_IMAGE_DATA['show']['image']
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.Patch('tempest.services.compute.json'
-                        '.images_client.ImagesClient.show_image',
-                                        side_effect=lib_exc.NotFound))
-        self.assertEqual(True, self.client.is_resource_deleted(**params))
-        tempdata = copy.deepcopy(self.FAKE_IMAGE_DATA['show'])
-        tempdata['image']['id'] = None
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.Patch('tempest.services.compute.json'
-                        '.images_client.ImagesClient.show_image',
-                                        return_value=expected_op))
-        self.assertEqual(False, self.client.is_resource_deleted(**params))
-
-    def test_list_images_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_operation('list')
-
-    def test_list_images_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_operation('list', True)
-
-    def test_show_image_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_operation('show')
-
-    def test_show_image_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_operation('show', True)
-
-    def test_delete_image_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_operation('delete')
-
-    def test_delete_image_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_operation('delete', True)
-
-    def test_list_image_metadata_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('list')
-
-    def test_list_image_metadata_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('list', True)
-
-    def test_set_image_metadata_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('set')
-
-    def test_set_image_metadata_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('set', True)
-
-    def test_update_image_metadata_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('update')
-
-    def test_update_image_metadata_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('update', True)
-
-    def test_set_image_metadata_item_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata()
-
-    def test_set_image_metadata_item_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata(bytes_body=True)
-
-    def test_show_image_metadata_item_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('show_item')
-
-    def test_show_image_metadata_item_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('show_item', True)
-
-    def test_delete_image_metadata_item_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('delete_item')
-
-    def test_delete_image_metadata_item_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_image_metadata('delete_item', True)
-
-    def test_resource_delete_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_resource_deleted()
-
-    def test_resource_delete_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_resource_deleted(True)