1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/cmd/cloud_id.py b/cloudinit/cmd/cloud_id.py
index 97608921..0cdc9675 100755
--- a/cloudinit/cmd/cloud_id.py
+++ b/cloudinit/cmd/cloud_id.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import argparse
 import json
 import sys
 
+from cloudinit.util import error
 from cloudinit.sources import (
     INSTANCE_JSON_FILE, METADATA_UNKNOWN, canonical_cloud_id)
 
@@ -40,11 +41,6 @@ def get_parser(parser=None):
     return parser
 
 
-def error(msg):
-    sys.stderr.write('ERROR: %s\n' % msg)
-    return 1
-
-
 def handle_args(name, args):
     """Handle calls to 'cloud-id' cli.