diff --git a/tempest/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
index c582826..5ce3be6 100644
--- a/tempest/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/rest_client.py
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
     def post(self, url, body, headers):
         return self.request('POST', url, headers, body)
 
-    def get(self, url, headers=None, wait=None):
-        return self.request('GET', url, headers, wait=wait)
+    def get(self, url, headers=None):
+        return self.request('GET', url, headers)
 
     def delete(self, url, headers=None):
         return self.request('DELETE', url, headers)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
             self.LOG.warning("status >= 400 response with empty body")
 
     def request(self, method, url,
-                headers=None, body=None, depth=0, wait=None):
+                headers=None, body=None, depth=0):
         """A simple HTTP request interface."""
 
         if (self.token is None) or (self.base_url is None):
@@ -276,13 +276,12 @@
         self._log_response(resp, resp_body)
         self.response_checker(method, url, headers, body, resp, resp_body)
 
-        self._error_checker(method, url, headers, body, resp, resp_body, depth,
-                            wait)
+        self._error_checker(method, url, headers, body, resp, resp_body, depth)
 
         return resp, resp_body
 
     def _error_checker(self, method, url,
-                       headers, body, resp, resp_body, depth=0, wait=None):
+                       headers, body, resp, resp_body, depth=0):
 
         # NOTE(mtreinish): Check for httplib response from glance_http. The
         # object can't be used here because importing httplib breaks httplib2.
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@
                 resp_body = self._parse_resp(resp_body)
             #Checking whether Absolute/Rate limit
             return self.check_over_limit(resp_body, method, url, headers, body,
-                                         depth, wait)
+                                         depth)
 
         if resp.status == 422:
             if parse_resp:
@@ -367,11 +366,11 @@
             raise exceptions.RestClientException(str(resp.status))
 
     def check_over_limit(self, resp_body, method, url,
-                         headers, body, depth, wait):
+                         headers, body, depth):
         self.is_absolute_limit(resp_body['overLimit'])
         return self.is_rate_limit_retry_max_recursion_depth(
             resp_body['overLimit'], method, url, headers,
-            body, depth, wait)
+            body, depth)
 
     def is_absolute_limit(self, resp_body):
         if 'exceeded' in resp_body['message']:
@@ -380,15 +379,14 @@
             return
 
     def is_rate_limit_retry_max_recursion_depth(self, resp_body, method,
-                                                url, headers, body, depth,
-                                                wait):
+                                                url, headers, body, depth):
         if 'retryAfter' in resp_body:
             if depth < MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH:
                 delay = resp_body['retryAfter']
                 time.sleep(int(delay))
                 return self.request(method, url, headers=headers,
                                     body=body,
-                                    depth=depth + 1, wait=wait)
+                                    depth=depth + 1)
             else:
                 raise exceptions.RateLimitExceeded(
                     message=resp_body['overLimitFault']['message'],
@@ -422,8 +420,8 @@
         return xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(body))
 
     def check_over_limit(self, resp_body, method, url,
-                         headers, body, depth, wait):
+                         headers, body, depth):
         self.is_absolute_limit(resp_body)
         return self.is_rate_limit_retry_max_recursion_depth(
             resp_body, method, url, headers,
-            body, depth, wait)
+            body, depth)
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py
index e4271d9..d12b97b 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/volumes_extensions_client.py
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         return resp, body['volumes']
 
-    def get_volume(self, volume_id, wait=None):
+    def get_volume(self, volume_id):
         """Returns the details of a single volume."""
         url = "os-volumes/%s" % str(volume_id)
-        resp, body = self.get(url, wait=wait)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
         return resp, body['volume']
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py
index 69b9bac..06cfcfb 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/volumes_extensions_client.py
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@
             volumes += [self._parse_volume(vol) for vol in list(body)]
         return resp, volumes
 
-    def get_volume(self, volume_id, wait=None):
+    def get_volume(self, volume_id):
         """Returns the details of a single volume."""
         url = "os-volumes/%s" % str(volume_id)
-        resp, body = self.get(url, self.headers, wait=wait)
+        resp, body = self.get(url, self.headers)
         body = etree.fromstring(body)
         return resp, self._parse_volume(body)
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py b/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py
index 277075e..cd2b57c 100644
--- a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py
@@ -191,15 +191,15 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         return resp, body['images']
 
-    def get_image(self, image_id, wait=None):
+    def get_image(self, image_id):
         url = 'v1/images/%s' % image_id
-        resp, __ = self.get(url, wait=wait)
+        resp, __ = self.get(url)
         body = self._image_meta_from_headers(resp)
         return resp, body
 
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
         try:
-            self.get_image(id, wait=True)
+            self.get_image(id)
         except exceptions.NotFound:
             return True
         return False
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/account_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/account_client.py
index fec273c..a71a287 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/account_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/account_client.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         self.service = self.config.object_storage.catalog_type
         self.format = 'json'
 
-    def request(self, method, url, headers=None, body=None, wait=None):
+    def request(self, method, url, headers=None, body=None):
         """A simple HTTP request interface."""
         self.http_obj = httplib2.Http()
         if headers is None:
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
index ac1859a..9626b6b 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         self.service = self.config.object_storage.catalog_type
         self.format = 'json'
 
-    def request(self, method, url, headers=None, body=None, wait=None):
+    def request(self, method, url, headers=None, body=None):
         """A simple HTTP request interface."""
         dscv = self.config.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation
         self.http_obj = httplib2.Http(disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv)
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py
index ff1556f..6b0befd 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/json/volumes_client.py
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
         body = json.loads(body)
         return resp, body['volumes']
 
-    def get_volume(self, volume_id, wait=None):
+    def get_volume(self, volume_id):
         """Returns the details of a single volume."""
         url = "volumes/%s" % str(volume_id)
-        resp, body = self.get(url, wait=wait)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
         return resp, body['volume']
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py b/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py
index 5041869..4c15256 100644
--- a/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/volume/xml/volumes_client.py
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
             volumes += [self._parse_volume(vol) for vol in list(body)]
         return resp, volumes
 
-    def get_volume(self, volume_id, wait=None):
+    def get_volume(self, volume_id):
         """Returns the details of a single volume."""
         url = "volumes/%s" % str(volume_id)
-        resp, body = self.get(url, self.headers, wait=wait)
+        resp, body = self.get(url, self.headers)
         body = etree.fromstring(body)
         return resp, self._parse_volume(body)