diff --git a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py
index 02fb9747..1c586762 100644
--- a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py
+++ b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ class ServiceManager(SSHClient):
         self.config_path = getattr(conf, 'config_path', None)
         self.start_command = getattr(conf, 'start_command', None)
         self.stop_command = getattr(conf, 'stop_command', None)
-        self.restart_command = getattr(conf, 'restart_command', None)
         self.mask_command = getattr(conf, 'mask_command', None)
         self.unmask_command = getattr(conf, 'unmask_command', None)
 
@@ -174,7 +173,8 @@ class ServiceManager(SSHClient):
             self.execute(self.mask_command, sudo=True)
 
     def restart(self):
-        self.execute(self.restart_command, sudo=True)
+        self.stop()
+        self.start()
 
 
 class NovaServiceManager(ServiceManager):
@@ -206,10 +206,6 @@ class NovaServiceManager(ServiceManager):
                                             'down')
         return result
 
-    def restart(self):
-        self.stop()
-        self.start()
-
 
 class NUMAClient(SSHClient):
     """A client to get host NUMA information. `numactl` needs to be installed
diff --git a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/tests/test_clients.py b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/tests/test_clients.py
index 4406cbe8..f9cc06fd 100644
--- a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/tests/test_clients.py
+++ b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/tests/test_clients.py
@@ -147,21 +147,15 @@ class ServiceManagerTestCase(base.WhiteboxPluginTestCase):
                               service.get_conf_opt, 'section', 'foo')
 
     def test_commands(self):
-        # NOTE(artom) There is currently no service that has all 3 start, stop
-        # and restart, so we set up a fake one for testing.
         CONF.register_group(cfg.OptGroup(name='whitebox-fake-service'))
         CONF.register_opt(cfg.StrOpt('start_command'),
                           group='whitebox-fake-service')
         CONF.register_opt(cfg.StrOpt('stop_command'),
                           group='whitebox-fake-service')
-        CONF.register_opt(cfg.StrOpt('restart_command'),
-                          group='whitebox-fake-service')
         self.flags(start_command='fake start command',
                    group='whitebox-fake-service')
         self.flags(stop_command='fake stop command',
                    group='whitebox-fake-service')
-        self.flags(restart_command='fake restart command',
-                   group='whitebox-fake-service')
         service = clients.ServiceManager('fake-host', 'fake-service')
         with mock.patch.object(service, 'execute') as mock_exec:
             # Start
@@ -172,9 +166,6 @@ class ServiceManagerTestCase(base.WhiteboxPluginTestCase):
             service.stop()
             mock_exec.assert_called_with('fake stop command', sudo=True)
             mock_exec.reset_mock()
-            # Restart
-            service.restart()
-            mock_exec.assert_called_with('fake restart command', sudo=True)
 
 
 class NUMAClientTestCase(base.WhiteboxPluginTestCase):