diff --git a/nova/api/validation/parameter_types.py b/nova/api/validation/parameter_types.py
index 2bb58696ee..29253aa583 100644
--- a/nova/api/validation/parameter_types.py
+++ b/nova/api/validation/parameter_types.py
@@ -341,15 +341,6 @@ description = {
     'maxLength': 255,
 }
 
-# TODO(stephenfin): This is no longer used and should be removed
-tcp_udp_port = {
-    'type': ['integer', 'string'],
-    'pattern': '^[0-9]*$',
-    'minimum': 0,
-    'maximum': 65535,
-    'minLength': 1,
-}
-
 project_id = {
     'type': 'string',
     'pattern': '^[a-zA-Z0-9-]*$',
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_api_validation.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_api_validation.py
index 357e9bb5e2..badd4b1fdd 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_api_validation.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_api_validation.py
@@ -764,31 +764,6 @@ class NameOrNoneTestCase(APIValidationTestCase):
                                     expected_detail=detail)
 
 
-class TcpUdpPortTestCase(APIValidationTestCase):
-
-    post_schema = {
-        'type': 'object',
-        'properties': {
-            'foo': parameter_types.tcp_udp_port,
-        },
-    }
-
-    def test_validate_tcp_udp_port(self):
-        self.post(body={'foo': 1024}, req=FakeRequest())
-        self.post(body={'foo': '1024'}, req=FakeRequest())
-
-    def test_validate_tcp_udp_port_fails(self):
-        detail = ("Invalid input for field/attribute foo. Value: True."
-                  " True is not of type 'integer', 'string'")
-        self.check_validation_error(self.post, body={'foo': True},
-                                    expected_detail=detail)
-
-        detail = ("Invalid input for field/attribute foo. Value: 65536."
-                  " 65536 is greater than the maximum of 65535")
-        self.check_validation_error(self.post, body={'foo': 65536},
-                                    expected_detail=detail)
-
-
 class CidrFormatTestCase(APIValidationTestCase):
 
     post_schema = {