diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/snapshots.py b/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/snapshots.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a524b..0000000
--- a/tempest/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/snapshots.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Fujitsu(fnst) 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.
-
-common_snapshot_info = {
-    'type': 'object',
-    'properties': {
-        'id': {'type': 'string'},
-        'volumeId': {'type': 'string'},
-        'status': {'type': 'string'},
-        'size': {'type': 'integer'},
-        'createdAt': {'type': 'string'},
-        'displayName': {'type': ['string', 'null']},
-        'displayDescription': {'type': ['string', 'null']}
-    },
-    'additionalProperties': False,
-    'required': ['id', 'volumeId', 'status', 'size',
-                 'createdAt', 'displayName', 'displayDescription']
-}
-
-create_get_snapshot = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'snapshot': common_snapshot_info
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        'required': ['snapshot']
-    }
-}
-
-list_snapshots = {
-    'status_code': [200],
-    'response_body': {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'snapshots': {
-                'type': 'array',
-                'items': common_snapshot_info
-            }
-        },
-        'additionalProperties': False,
-        'required': ['snapshots']
-    }
-}
-
-delete_snapshot = {
-    'status_code': [202]
-}
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index 6a9bad7..68c1c38 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 from tempest_lib.services.compute.security_groups_client import \
     SecurityGroupsClient
 from tempest_lib.services.compute.services_client import ServicesClient
+from tempest_lib.services.compute.snapshots_client import \
+    SnapshotsClient as ComputeSnapshotsClient
 from tempest_lib.services.identity.v2.token_client import TokenClient
 from tempest_lib.services.identity.v3.token_client import V3TokenClient
 
@@ -70,8 +72,6 @@
 from tempest.services.compute.json.server_groups_client import \
     ServerGroupsClient
 from tempest.services.compute.json.servers_client import ServersClient
-from tempest.services.compute.json.snapshots_client import \
-    SnapshotsClient as ComputeSnapshotsClient
 from tempest.services.compute.json.tenant_networks_client import \
     TenantNetworksClient
 from tempest.services.compute.json.tenant_usages_client import \
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/snapshots_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/snapshots_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f92db..0000000
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/snapshots_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Fujitsu(fnst) 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.
-
-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 snapshots as schema
-from tempest.common import service_client
-
-
-class SnapshotsClient(service_client.ServiceClient):
-
-    def create_snapshot(self, volume_id, **kwargs):
-        post_body = {
-            'volume_id': volume_id
-        }
-        post_body.update(kwargs)
-        post_body = json.dumps({'snapshot': post_body})
-        resp, body = self.post('os-snapshots', post_body)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.create_get_snapshot, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def show_snapshot(self, snapshot_id):
-        url = "os-snapshots/%s" % snapshot_id
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.create_get_snapshot, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def list_snapshots(self, detail=False, params=None):
-        url = 'os-snapshots'
-
-        if detail:
-            url += '/detail'
-        if params:
-            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
-        resp, body = self.get(url)
-        body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.list_snapshots, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def delete_snapshot(self, snapshot_id):
-        resp, body = self.delete("os-snapshots/%s" % snapshot_id)
-        self.validate_response(schema.delete_snapshot, resp, body)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
-
-    def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
-        try:
-            self.show_snapshot(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 'snapshot'
diff --git a/tempest/tests/services/compute/test_snapshots_client.py b/tempest/tests/services/compute/test_snapshots_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c24c6ae..0000000
--- a/tempest/tests/services/compute/test_snapshots_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +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.
-
-from oslotest import mockpatch
-from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-
-from tempest.services.compute.json import snapshots_client
-from tempest.tests import fake_auth_provider
-from tempest.tests.services.compute import base
-
-
-class TestSnapshotsClient(base.BaseComputeServiceTest):
-
-    FAKE_SNAPSHOT = {
-        "createdAt": "2015-10-02T16:27:54.724209",
-        "displayDescription": u"Another \u1234.",
-        "displayName": u"v\u1234-001",
-        "id": "100",
-        "size": 100,
-        "status": "available",
-        "volumeId": "12"
-    }
-
-    FAKE_SNAPSHOTS = {"snapshots": [FAKE_SNAPSHOT]}
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        super(TestSnapshotsClient, self).setUp()
-        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
-        self.client = snapshots_client.SnapshotsClient(
-            fake_auth, 'compute', 'regionOne')
-
-    def _test_create_snapshot(self, bytes_body=False):
-        self.check_service_client_function(
-            self.client.create_snapshot,
-            'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.post',
-            {"snapshot": self.FAKE_SNAPSHOT},
-            to_utf=bytes_body, status=200,
-            volume_id=self.FAKE_SNAPSHOT["volumeId"])
-
-    def test_create_snapshot_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_create_snapshot()
-
-    def test_create_shapshot_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_create_snapshot(bytes_body=True)
-
-    def _test_show_snapshot(self, bytes_body=False):
-        self.check_service_client_function(
-            self.client.show_snapshot,
-            'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.get',
-            {"snapshot": self.FAKE_SNAPSHOT},
-            to_utf=bytes_body, snapshot_id=self.FAKE_SNAPSHOT["id"])
-
-    def test_show_snapshot_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_show_snapshot()
-
-    def test_show_snapshot_with_bytes_body(self):
-        self._test_show_snapshot(bytes_body=True)
-
-    def _test_list_snapshots(self, bytes_body=False, **params):
-        self.check_service_client_function(
-            self.client.list_snapshots,
-            'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.get',
-            self.FAKE_SNAPSHOTS, to_utf=bytes_body, **params)
-
-    def test_list_snapshots_with_str_body(self):
-        self._test_list_snapshots()
-
-    def test_list_snapshots_with_byte_body(self):
-        self._test_list_snapshots(bytes_body=True)
-
-    def test_list_snapshots_with_params(self):
-        self._test_list_snapshots('fake')
-
-    def test_delete_snapshot(self):
-        self.check_service_client_function(
-            self.client.delete_snapshot,
-            'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.delete',
-            {}, status=202, snapshot_id=self.FAKE_SNAPSHOT['id'])
-
-    def test_is_resource_deleted_true(self):
-        module = ('tempest.services.compute.json.snapshots_client.'
-                  'SnapshotsClient.show_snapshot')
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.Patch(
-            module, side_effect=lib_exc.NotFound))
-        self.assertTrue(self.client.is_resource_deleted('fake-id'))
-
-    def test_is_resource_deleted_false(self):
-        module = ('tempest.services.compute.json.snapshots_client.'
-                  'SnapshotsClient.show_snapshot')
-        self.useFixture(mockpatch.Patch(
-            module, return_value={}))
-        self.assertFalse(self.client.is_resource_deleted('fake-id'))