diff --git a/logical/lease.go b/logical/lease.go
index 834242fd2..32ccb6597 100644
--- a/logical/lease.go
+++ b/logical/lease.go
@@ -46,22 +46,8 @@ func (l *LeaseOptions) LeaseTotal() time.Duration {
 // ExpirationTime computes the time until expiration including the grace period
 func (l *LeaseOptions) ExpirationTime() time.Time {
 	var expireTime time.Time
-	if !l.LeaseIssue.IsZero() && l.Lease > 0 {
-		expireTime = l.LeaseIssue.UTC().Add(l.LeaseTotal())
+	if l.LeaseEnabled() {
+		expireTime = time.Now().UTC().Add(l.LeaseTotal())
 	}
-
 	return expireTime
 }
-
-// IncrementedLease returns the lease duration that would need to set
-// in order to increment the _current_ lease by the given duration
-// if the auth were re-issued right now.
-func (l *LeaseOptions) IncrementedLease(inc time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	var result time.Duration
-	expireTime := l.ExpirationTime()
-	if expireTime.IsZero() {
-		return result
-	}
-
-	return expireTime.Add(inc).Sub(time.Now().UTC())
-}
diff --git a/logical/lease_test.go b/logical/lease_test.go
index ba74c0642..02916bc81 100644
--- a/logical/lease_test.go
+++ b/logical/lease_test.go
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestLeaseOptionsIncrementedLease(t *testing.T) {
-	var l LeaseOptions
-	l.Lease = 1 * time.Second
-	l.LeaseIssue = time.Now().UTC()
-
-	actual := l.IncrementedLease(1 * time.Second)
-	if actual > 3*time.Second || actual < 1*time.Second {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", actual)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestLeaseOptionsLeaseTotal(t *testing.T) {
 	var l LeaseOptions
 	l.Lease = 1 * time.Hour
@@ -66,12 +55,11 @@ func TestLeaseOptionsLeaseTotal_negGrace(t *testing.T) {
 func TestLeaseOptionsExpirationTime(t *testing.T) {
 	var l LeaseOptions
 	l.Lease = 1 * time.Hour
-	l.LeaseIssue = time.Now().UTC()
 
-	actual := l.ExpirationTime()
-	expected := l.LeaseIssue.Add(l.Lease)
-	if !actual.Equal(expected) {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", actual)
+	limit := time.Now().UTC().Add(time.Hour)
+	exp := l.ExpirationTime()
+	if exp.Before(limit) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", exp)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -79,11 +67,10 @@ func TestLeaseOptionsExpirationTime_grace(t *testing.T) {
 	var l LeaseOptions
 	l.Lease = 1 * time.Hour
 	l.LeaseGracePeriod = 30 * time.Minute
-	l.LeaseIssue = time.Now().UTC()
 
+	limit := time.Now().UTC().Add(time.Hour + 30*time.Minute)
 	actual := l.ExpirationTime()
-	expected := l.LeaseIssue.Add(l.Lease + l.LeaseGracePeriod)
-	if !actual.Equal(expected) {
+	if actual.Before(limit) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", actual)
 	}
 }
@@ -92,11 +79,10 @@ func TestLeaseOptionsExpirationTime_graceNegative(t *testing.T) {
 	var l LeaseOptions
 	l.Lease = 1 * time.Hour
 	l.LeaseGracePeriod = -1 * 30 * time.Minute
-	l.LeaseIssue = time.Now().UTC()
 
+	limit := time.Now().UTC().Add(time.Hour)
 	actual := l.ExpirationTime()
-	expected := l.LeaseIssue.Add(l.Lease)
-	if !actual.Equal(expected) {
+	if actual.Before(limit) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", actual)
 	}
 }