diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
index 8329e97663..1076469ddc 100644
--- a/HACKING.rst
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Nova Specific Commandments
 - [N329] Validate that LOG.exception messages use _LE.
 - [N330] Validate that LOG.warning and LOG.warn messages use _LW.
 - [N332] Check that the api_version decorator is the first decorator on a method
-- [N333] Check for oslo library imports use the non-namespaced packages
 - [N334] Change assertTrue/False(A in/not in B, message) to the more specific
   assertIn/NotIn(A, B, message)
 - [N335] Check for usage of deprecated assertRaisesRegexp
diff --git a/nova/hacking/checks.py b/nova/hacking/checks.py
index 36a41eb52e..5696ab8ccf 100644
--- a/nova/hacking/checks.py
+++ b/nova/hacking/checks.py
@@ -97,21 +97,6 @@ dict_constructor_with_list_copy_re = re.compile(r".*\bdict\((\[)?(\(|\[)")
 decorator_re = re.compile(r"@.*")
 http_not_implemented_re = re.compile(r"raise .*HTTPNotImplemented\(")
 
-# TODO(dims): When other oslo libraries switch over non-namespace'd
-# imports, we need to add them to the regexp below.
-oslo_namespace_imports = re.compile(r"from[\s]*oslo[.]"
-                                    r"(concurrency|config|context|db|i18n|"
-                                    r"log|messaging|middleware|rootwrap|"
-                                    r"serialization|utils|vmware)")
-oslo_namespace_imports_2 = re.compile(r"from[\s]*oslo[\s]*import[\s]*"
-                                    r"(concurrency|config|context|db|i18n|"
-                                    r"log|messaging|middleware|rootwrap|"
-                                    r"serialization|utils|vmware)")
-oslo_namespace_imports_3 = re.compile(r"import[\s]*oslo\."
-                                    r"(concurrency|config|context|db|i18n|"
-                                    r"log|messaging|middleware|rootwrap|"
-                                    r"serialization|utils|vmware)")
-
 
 class BaseASTChecker(ast.NodeVisitor):
     """Provides a simple framework for writing AST-based checks.
@@ -475,24 +460,6 @@ class CheckForTransAdd(BaseASTChecker):
         super(CheckForTransAdd, self).generic_visit(node)
 
 
-def check_oslo_namespace_imports(logical_line, blank_before, filename):
-    if re.match(oslo_namespace_imports, logical_line):
-        msg = ("N333: '%s' must be used instead of '%s'.") % (
-               logical_line.replace('oslo.', 'oslo_'),
-               logical_line)
-        yield(0, msg)
-    match = re.match(oslo_namespace_imports_2, logical_line)
-    if match:
-        msg = ("N333: 'module %s should not be imported "
-               "from oslo namespace.") % match.group(1)
-        yield(0, msg)
-    match = re.match(oslo_namespace_imports_3, logical_line)
-    if match:
-        msg = ("N333: 'module %s should not be imported "
-               "from oslo namespace.") % match.group(1)
-        yield(0, msg)
-
-
 def assert_true_or_false_with_in(logical_line):
     """Check for assertTrue/False(A in B), assertTrue/False(A not in B),
     assertTrue/False(A in B, message) or assertTrue/False(A not in B, message)
@@ -574,7 +541,6 @@ def factory(register):
     register(check_api_version_decorator)
     register(CheckForStrUnicodeExc)
     register(CheckForTransAdd)
-    register(check_oslo_namespace_imports)
     register(assert_true_or_false_with_in)
     register(dict_constructor_with_list_copy)
     register(assert_equal_in)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_hacking.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_hacking.py
index 7dbdf827ce..800b3647bc 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_hacking.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_hacking.py
@@ -431,27 +431,6 @@ class HackingTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self._assert_has_errors(code, checks.check_api_version_decorator,
                                 expected_errors=[(2, 0, "N332")])
 
-    def test_oslo_namespace_imports_check(self):
-        code = """
-               from oslo.concurrency import processutils
-               """
-        self._assert_has_errors(code, checks.check_oslo_namespace_imports,
-                                expected_errors=[(1, 0, "N333")])
-
-    def test_oslo_namespace_imports_check_2(self):
-        code = """
-               from oslo import i18n
-               """
-        self._assert_has_errors(code, checks.check_oslo_namespace_imports,
-                                expected_errors=[(1, 0, "N333")])
-
-    def test_oslo_namespace_imports_check_3(self):
-        code = """
-               import oslo.messaging
-               """
-        self._assert_has_errors(code, checks.check_oslo_namespace_imports,
-                                expected_errors=[(1, 0, "N333")])
-
     def test_oslo_assert_raises_regexp(self):
         code = """
                self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError,