diff --git a/nova/conductor/api.py b/nova/conductor/api.py
index b1fa44065ec0..649e416a50f8 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/api.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/api.py
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ class LocalAPI(object):
     def instance_info_cache_delete(self, context, instance):
         return self._manager.instance_info_cache_delete(context, instance)
 
-    def instance_fault_create(self, context, values):
-        return self._manager.instance_fault_create(context, values)
-
     def migration_get_in_progress_by_host_and_node(self, context, host, node):
         return self._manager.migration_get_in_progress_by_host_and_node(
             context, host, node)
diff --git a/nova/conductor/manager.py b/nova/conductor/manager.py
index e01824cfa229..90a4d40d9b0b 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/manager.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/manager.py
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ class _ConductorManagerV2Proxy(object):
         return self.manager.instance_get_all_by_host(context, host, node,
                 columns_to_join)
 
+    # TODO(danms): This can be removed in version 3.0 of the RPC API
     def instance_fault_create(self, context, values):
         return self.manager.instance_fault_create(context, values)
 
diff --git a/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py b/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py
index 0b7d524376d1..6315d1a1b29e 100644
--- a/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py
+++ b/nova/conductor/rpcapi.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class ConductorAPI(object):
     ...  - Remove compute_unrescue()
     ...  - Remove instance_get_all_by_filters()
     ...  - Remove instance_get_active_by_window_joined()
+    ...  - Remove instance_fault_create()
     """
 
     VERSION_ALIASES = {
@@ -263,10 +264,6 @@ class ConductorAPI(object):
                           host=host, node=node,
                           columns_to_join=columns_to_join)
 
-    def instance_fault_create(self, context, values):
-        cctxt = self.client.prepare()
-        return cctxt.call(context, 'instance_fault_create', values=values)
-
     def action_event_start(self, context, values):
         values_p = jsonutils.to_primitive(values)
         cctxt = self.client.prepare()
diff --git a/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py b/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py
index f664b446a778..c31cb76188a9 100644
--- a/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py
+++ b/nova/tests/conductor/test_conductor.py
@@ -296,15 +296,6 @@ class _BaseTestCase(object):
         result = self.conductor.compute_node_delete(self.context, node)
         self.assertIsNone(result)
 
-    def test_instance_fault_create(self):
-        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(db, 'instance_fault_create')
-        db.instance_fault_create(self.context, 'fake-values').AndReturn(
-            'fake-result')
-        self.mox.ReplayAll()
-        result = self.conductor.instance_fault_create(self.context,
-                                                      'fake-values')
-        self.assertEqual(result, 'fake-result')
-
     def test_task_log_get(self):
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(db, 'task_log_get')
         db.task_log_get(self.context, 'task', 'begin', 'end', 'host',
@@ -918,6 +909,15 @@ class ConductorTestCase(_BaseTestCase, test.TestCase):
         self.conductor.instance_get_active_by_window_joined(
             self.context, 'fake-begin', 'fake-end', 'fake-proj', 'fake-host')
 
+    def test_instance_fault_create(self):
+        self.mox.StubOutWithMock(db, 'instance_fault_create')
+        db.instance_fault_create(self.context, 'fake-values').AndReturn(
+            'fake-result')
+        self.mox.ReplayAll()
+        result = self.conductor.instance_fault_create(self.context,
+                                                      'fake-values')
+        self.assertEqual(result, 'fake-result')
+
 
 class ConductorRPCAPITestCase(_BaseTestCase, test.TestCase):
     """Conductor RPC API Tests."""