diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py
index f72d36e..5eb588c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_rescue.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
 from tempest.common.utils.data_utils import rand_name
-import tempest.config
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.test import attr
 
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@
 class ServerRescueTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
     _interface = 'json'
 
-    run_ssh = tempest.config.TempestConfig().compute.run_ssh
-
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ServerRescueTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()