diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiServerService.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiServerService.java
index 1f6d3d50375..54fda7e36b8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiServerService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiServerService.java
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@ public interface ApiServerService {
     public String handleRequest(Map<String, Object[]> params, String responseType, StringBuilder auditTrailSb) throws ServerApiException;
 
     public Class<?> getCmdClass(String cmdName);
-
-    public boolean isValidApiName(String apiName);
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/acl/ImportRoleCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/acl/ImportRoleCmd.java
index 3afac9fbea0..c5d9c3f99e6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/acl/ImportRoleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/acl/ImportRoleCmd.java
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ public class ImportRoleCmd extends RoleCmd {
             if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(rule)) {
                 throw new ServerApiException(ApiErrorCode.PARAM_ERROR, "Empty rule provided in rules param");
             }
-            if (!rule.contains("*") && !_apiServer.isValidApiName(rule)) {
-                throw new ServerApiException(ApiErrorCode.PARAM_ERROR, "Invalid api name: " + rule + " provided in rules param");
-            }
             ruleDetails.put(ApiConstants.RULE, new Rule(rule));
 
             String permission = detail.get(ApiConstants.PERMISSION);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
index 586d80b4745..cf0891fb606 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
@@ -1208,17 +1208,6 @@ public class ApiServer extends ManagerBase implements HttpRequestHandler, ApiSer
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isValidApiName(String apiName) {
-        if (apiName == null || apiName.isEmpty())
-            return false;
-
-        if (!s_apiNameCmdClassMap.containsKey(apiName))
-            return false;
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
     // FIXME: rather than isError, we might was to pass in the status code to give more flexibility
     private void writeResponse(final HttpResponse resp, final String responseText, final int statusCode, final String responseType, final String reasonPhrase) {
         try {