diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index a1482343bb0..dd3f289e4d2 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/azure_rm_common_rest.py future-imp
 test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/azure_rm_common_rest.py metaclass-boilerplate
 test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/cloud.py future-import-boilerplate
 test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/cloud.py metaclass-boilerplate
-test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/network.py future-import-boilerplate
-test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/network.py metaclass-boilerplate
 test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py future-import-boilerplate
 test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py metaclass-boilerplate
 test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-unicode-literals
diff --git a/test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/__init__.py b/test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/network.py b/test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/network.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cf79db511e7..00000000000
--- a/test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/common/network.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat Inc
-# Simplified BSD License (see licenses/simplified_bsd.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
-
-# General networking tools that may be used by all modules
-
-import re
-from struct import pack
-from socket import inet_ntoa
-
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import zip
-
-
-VALID_MASKS = [2**8 - 2**i for i in range(0, 9)]
-
-
-def is_netmask(val):
-    parts = str(val).split('.')
-    if not len(parts) == 4:
-        return False
-    for part in parts:
-        try:
-            if int(part) not in VALID_MASKS:
-                raise ValueError
-        except ValueError:
-            return False
-    return True
-
-
-def is_masklen(val):
-    try:
-        return 0 <= int(val) <= 32
-    except ValueError:
-        return False
-
-
-def to_netmask(val):
-    """ converts a masklen to a netmask """
-    if not is_masklen(val):
-        raise ValueError('invalid value for masklen')
-
-    bits = 0
-    for i in range(32 - int(val), 32):
-        bits |= (1 << i)
-
-    return inet_ntoa(pack('>I', bits))
-
-
-def to_masklen(val):
-    """ converts a netmask to a masklen """
-    if not is_netmask(val):
-        raise ValueError('invalid value for netmask: %s' % val)
-
-    bits = list()
-    for x in val.split('.'):
-        octet = bin(int(x)).count('1')
-        bits.append(octet)
-
-    return sum(bits)
-
-
-def to_subnet(addr, mask, dotted_notation=False):
-    """ coverts an addr / mask pair to a subnet in cidr notation """
-    try:
-        if not is_masklen(mask):
-            raise ValueError
-        cidr = int(mask)
-        mask = to_netmask(mask)
-    except ValueError:
-        cidr = to_masklen(mask)
-
-    addr = addr.split('.')
-    mask = mask.split('.')
-
-    network = list()
-    for s_addr, s_mask in zip(addr, mask):
-        network.append(str(int(s_addr) & int(s_mask)))
-
-    if dotted_notation:
-        return '%s %s' % ('.'.join(network), to_netmask(cidr))
-    return '%s/%s' % ('.'.join(network), cidr)
-
-
-def to_ipv6_subnet(addr):
-    """ IPv6 addresses are eight groupings. The first four groupings (64 bits) comprise the subnet address. """
-
-    # https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2374.txt
-
-    # Split by :: to identify omitted zeros
-    ipv6_prefix = addr.split('::')[0]
-
-    # Get the first four groups, or as many as are found + ::
-    found_groups = []
-    for group in ipv6_prefix.split(':'):
-        found_groups.append(group)
-        if len(found_groups) == 4:
-            break
-    if len(found_groups) < 4:
-        found_groups.append('::')
-
-    # Concatenate network address parts
-    network_addr = ''
-    for group in found_groups:
-        if group != '::':
-            network_addr += str(group)
-        network_addr += str(':')
-
-    # Ensure network address ends with ::
-    if not network_addr.endswith('::'):
-        network_addr += str(':')
-    return network_addr
-
-
-def to_ipv6_network(addr):
-    """ IPv6 addresses are eight groupings. The first three groupings (48 bits) comprise the network address. """
-
-    # Split by :: to identify omitted zeros
-    ipv6_prefix = addr.split('::')[0]
-
-    # Get the first three groups, or as many as are found + ::
-    found_groups = []
-    for group in ipv6_prefix.split(':'):
-        found_groups.append(group)
-        if len(found_groups) == 3:
-            break
-    if len(found_groups) < 3:
-        found_groups.append('::')
-
-    # Concatenate network address parts
-    network_addr = ''
-    for group in found_groups:
-        if group != '::':
-            network_addr += str(group)
-        network_addr += str(':')
-
-    # Ensure network address ends with ::
-    if not network_addr.endswith('::'):
-        network_addr += str(':')
-    return network_addr
-
-
-def to_bits(val):
-    """ converts a netmask to bits """
-    bits = ''
-    for octet in val.split('.'):
-        bits += bin(int(octet))[2:].zfill(8)
-    return str
-
-
-def is_mac(mac_address):
-    """
-    Validate MAC address for given string
-    Args:
-        mac_address: string to validate as MAC address
-
-    Returns: (Boolean) True if string is valid MAC address, otherwise False
-    """
-    mac_addr_regex = re.compile('[0-9a-f]{2}([-:])[0-9a-f]{2}(\\1[0-9a-f]{2}){4}$')
-    return bool(mac_addr_regex.match(mac_address.lower()))