diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py
index c8738eb5ce..3e68f08685 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_vif.py
@@ -975,13 +975,11 @@ class LibvirtVifTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
     @mock.patch.object(pci_utils, 'get_vf_num_by_pci_address', return_value=1)
     @mock.patch('nova.privsep.linux_net.set_device_macaddr')
     @mock.patch('nova.privsep.linux_net.set_device_macaddr_and_vlan')
-    def _test_hw_veb_op(self, op, vlan, mock_set_macaddr_and_vlan,
-                        mock_set_macaddr, mock_get_vf_num,
-                        mock_get_ifname):
+    def test_unplug_hw_veb(self, mock_set_macaddr_and_vlan,
+                           mock_set_macaddr, mock_get_vf_num,
+                           mock_get_ifname):
+        d = vif.LibvirtGenericVIFDriver()
         mock_get_ifname.side_effect = ['eth1', 'eth13']
-        port_state = 'up' if vlan > 0 else 'down'
-        mac = ('00:00:00:00:00:00' if op.__name__ == 'unplug'
-               else self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap['address'])
         calls = {
             'get_ifname':
                 [mock.call(self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap['profile']['pci_slot'],
@@ -989,24 +987,17 @@ class LibvirtVifTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                  mock.call(self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap['profile']['pci_slot'])],
             'get_vf_num':
                 [mock.call(self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap['profile']['pci_slot'])],
-            'set_macaddr': [mock.call('eth13', mac, port_state=port_state)]
+            'set_macaddr': [mock.call(
+                'eth13', '00:00:00:00:00:00', port_state='down')]
         }
-        op(self.instance, self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap)
+
+        d.unplug(self.instance, self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap)
+
         mock_get_ifname.assert_has_calls(calls['get_ifname'])
         mock_get_vf_num.assert_has_calls(calls['get_vf_num'])
         mock_set_macaddr.assert_has_calls(calls['set_macaddr'])
         mock_set_macaddr_and_vlan.assert_called_once_with(
-            'eth1', 1, mock.ANY, vlan)
-
-    def test_plug_hw_veb(self):
-        d = vif.LibvirtGenericVIFDriver()
-        self._test_hw_veb_op(
-            d.plug,
-            self.vif_hw_veb_macvtap['details'][network_model.VIF_DETAILS_VLAN])
-
-    def test_unplug_hw_veb(self):
-        d = vif.LibvirtGenericVIFDriver()
-        self._test_hw_veb_op(d.unplug, 0)
+            'eth1', 1, mock.ANY, 0)
 
     @mock.patch('nova.network.linux_net.set_vf_trusted')
     def test_plug_hw_veb_trusted(self, mset_vf_trusted):
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/vif.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/vif.py
index cc1d5dcac4..ddc27f6092 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/vif.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/vif.py
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ def set_vf_interface_vlan(pci_addr, mac_addr, vlan=0):
 
     # Bring up/down the VF's interface
     # TODO(edand): The mac is assigned as a workaround for the following issue
-    #              https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372944
-    #              once resolved it will be removed
+    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415609 and should be removed
+    # once we bump the libvirt minimum to 3.2.0, as noted in
+    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372944
     port_state = 'up' if vlan > 0 else 'down'
     nova.privsep.linux_net.set_device_macaddr(vf_ifname, mac_addr,
                                               port_state=port_state)
@@ -640,15 +641,7 @@ class LibvirtGenericVIFDriver(object):
                           instance=instance)
 
     def plug_hw_veb(self, instance, vif):
-        # TODO(vladikr): This code can be removed once the minimum version of
-        # Libvirt is incleased above 1.3.5, as vlan will be set by libvirt
-        if vif['vnic_type'] == network_model.VNIC_TYPE_MACVTAP:
-            set_vf_interface_vlan(
-                vif['profile']['pci_slot'],
-                mac_addr=vif['address'],
-                vlan=vif['details'][network_model.VIF_DETAILS_VLAN])
-
-        elif vif['vnic_type'] == network_model.VNIC_TYPE_DIRECT:
+        if vif['vnic_type'] == network_model.VNIC_TYPE_DIRECT:
             trusted = strutils.bool_from_string(
                 vif['profile'].get('trusted', "False"))
             if trusted: