diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-old-data-utils-e0966f882f7fe23a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-old-data-utils-e0966f882f7fe23a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac20340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-old-data-utils-e0966f882f7fe23a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The old deprecated ``data-ultis`` from ``tempest.common.utils`` has been
+    removed. If you are still using this, use the stable version
+    of ``data-utils`` from new location ``tempest.lib.common.utils``.
diff --git a/tempest/api/network/test_floating_ips.py b/tempest/api/network/test_floating_ips.py
index eb31d24..64f6e80 100644
--- a/tempest/api/network/test_floating_ips.py
+++ b/tempest/api/network/test_floating_ips.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 from tempest.api.network import base
 from tempest.common import utils
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common.utils import net_utils
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index d2fb3eb..6db43db 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
             # config option to see if the alternate_image_endpoint is set.
             self.image_client_remote = self.image_v2.ImagesClient(
                 service=CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint,
-                endpoint_type=CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint_type)
+                endpoint_type=CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint_type,
+                region=CONF.image.region)
 
     def _set_compute_clients(self):
         self.agents_client = self.compute.AgentsClient()
diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/__init__.py b/tempest/common/utils/__init__.py
index 38881ee..88a16b7 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/__init__.py
@@ -13,37 +13,17 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import functools
-from functools import partial
 
 import testtools
 
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.exceptions import InvalidServiceTag
-from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils as lib_data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
 
-class DataUtils(object):
-    def __getattr__(self, attr):
-
-        if attr == 'rand_name':
-            # NOTE(flwang): This is a proxy to generate a random name that
-            # includes a random number and a prefix 'tempest'
-            attr_obj = partial(lib_data_utils.rand_name,
-                               prefix='tempest')
-        else:
-            attr_obj = getattr(lib_data_utils, attr)
-
-        self.__dict__[attr] = attr_obj
-        return attr_obj
-
-
-data_utils = DataUtils()
-
-
 def get_service_list():
     service_list = {
         'compute': CONF.service_available.nova,