1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py b/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py
index 8adb9e75..8d3512db 100644
--- a/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/cloudinit/tests/helpers.py
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from contextlib2 import ExitStack, contextmanager
 
-try:
-    from configparser import ConfigParser
-except ImportError:
-    from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
-
 from cloudinit.config.schema import (
     SchemaValidationError, validate_cloudconfig_schema)
 from cloudinit import cloud
@@ -114,16 +109,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest2.TestCase):
         self.addCleanup(m.stop)
         setattr(self, attr, p)
 
-    # prefer python3 read_file over readfp but allow fallback
-    def parse_and_read(self, contents):
-        parser = ConfigParser()
-        if hasattr(parser, 'read_file'):
-            parser.read_file(contents)
-        elif hasattr(parser, 'readfp'):
-            # pylint: disable=W1505
-            parser.readfp(contents)
-        return parser
-
 
 class CiTestCase(TestCase):
     """This is the preferred test case base class unless user