diff --git a/data/interfaces/v1.py b/data/interfaces/v1.py
index 8aeb2a008..055808f14 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/v1.py
+++ b/data/interfaces/v1.py
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ class DockerRegistryV1DataInterface(object):
   Interface that represents all data store interactions required by a Docker Registry v1.
   """
 
-  @abstractmethod
-  def placement_locations_docker_v1(self, namespace_name, repo_name, image_id):
-    """
-    Returns all the placements for the image with the given V1 Docker ID, found under the given
-    repository or None if no image was found.
-    """
-    pass
-
   @abstractmethod
   def placement_locations_and_path_docker_v1(self, namespace_name, repo_name, image_id):
     """
@@ -233,12 +225,6 @@ class PreOCIModel(DockerRegistryV1DataInterface):
   PreOCIModel implements the data model for the v1 Docker Registry protocol using a database schema
   before it was changed to support the OCI specification.
   """
-  def placement_locations_docker_v1(self, namespace_name, repo_name, image_id):
-    repo_image = model.image.get_repo_image_and_storage(namespace_name, repo_name, image_id)
-    if repo_image is None or repo_image.storage is None:
-      return None
-    return repo_image.storage.locations
-
   def placement_locations_and_path_docker_v1(self, namespace_name, repo_name, image_id):
     repo_image = model.image.get_repo_image_extended(namespace_name, repo_name, image_id)
     if not repo_image or repo_image.storage is None:
diff --git a/endpoints/v1/registry.py b/endpoints/v1/registry.py
index 9deb113b1..ea4f1f2e4 100644
--- a/endpoints/v1/registry.py
+++ b/endpoints/v1/registry.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def head_image_layer(namespace, repository, image_id, headers):
   logger.debug('Checking repo permissions')
   if permission.can() or model.repository_is_public(namespace, repository):
     logger.debug('Looking up placement locations')
-    locations = model.placement_locations_docker_v1(namespace, repository, image_id)
+    locations, _ = model.placement_locations_and_path_docker_v1(namespace, repository, image_id)
     if locations is None:
       logger.debug('Could not find any blob placement locations')
       abort(404, 'Image %(image_id)s not found', issue='unknown-image',
diff --git a/test/registry_tests.py b/test/registry_tests.py
index 2892d4f7c..218f5576b 100644
--- a/test/registry_tests.py
+++ b/test/registry_tests.py
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ class V1RegistryPullMixin(V1RegistryMixin):
       response = self.conduct('GET', image_prefix + 'json', auth='sig')
       self.assertEquals(image_id, response.json()['id'])
 
+      # Ensure we can HEAD the image layer.
+      self.conduct('HEAD', image_prefix + 'layer', auth='sig')
+
+      # And retrieve the layer data.
       response = self.conduct('GET', image_prefix + 'layer', auth='sig')
 
       # Ensure we can parse the layer bytes and that they contain the contents.
@@ -1145,10 +1149,10 @@ class V2RegistryTests(V2RegistryPullMixin, V2RegistryPushMixin, RegistryTestsMix
   """ Tests for V2 registry. """
   def test_numeric_tag(self):
     # Push a new repository.
-    self.do_push('public', 'newrepo', 'public', 'password', tag_name='1234')
+    self.do_push('public', 'new-repo', 'public', 'password', tag_name='1234')
 
     # Pull the repository.
-    self.do_pull('public', 'newrepo', 'public', 'password', manifest_id='1234')
+    self.do_pull('public', 'new-repo', 'public', 'password', manifest_id='1234')
 
   def test_label_invalid_manifest(self):
     images = [{