diff --git a/awx/main/managers.py b/awx/main/managers.py
index 0bc30f649c..fd8ab44f81 100644
--- a/awx/main/managers.py
+++ b/awx/main/managers.py
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ class InstanceManager(models.Manager):
         else:
             return (False, self.me())
 
-    def active_count(self):
-        """Return count of active Tower nodes for licensing."""
-        return self.exclude(node_type='hop').count()
-
 
 class InstanceGroupManager(models.Manager):
     """A custom manager class for the Instance model.
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_instances.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_instances.py
index b669423b9e..c8efd8b39e 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_instances.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_instances.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_instance_dup(org_admin, organization, project, instance_factory, instan
     ig_all = instance_group_factory("all", instances=[i1, i2, i3])
     ig_dup = instance_group_factory("duplicates", instances=[i1])
     project.organization.instance_groups.add(ig_all, ig_dup)
-    actual_num_instances = Instance.objects.active_count()
+    actual_num_instances = Instance.objects.count()
     list_response = get(reverse('api:instance_list'), user=system_auditor)
     api_num_instances_auditor = list(list_response.data.items())[0][1]