diff --git a/elements/config-applier/README.md b/elements/config-applier/README.md
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-Installs config-applier to handle Heat Metadata based configuration of
-the system.
diff --git a/elements/config-applier/element-deps b/elements/config-applier/element-deps
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-source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/config-applier/install.d/20-config-applier b/elements/config-applier/install.d/20-config-applier
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-home=$(dirname $0)
-set -uex
-
-install-packages python-pip
-
-cd /opt/stack/config-applier
-pip install -e . -U
-
-install -m 0644 -o root -g root $home/config-applier.upstart /etc/init/config-applier.conf
diff --git a/elements/config-applier/install.d/config-applier.upstart b/elements/config-applier/install.d/config-applier.upstart
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-start on runlevel [2345]
-
-task
-
-author "Clint Byrum <clint@fewbar.com>"
-description "Config Applier"
-
-exec config-applier
diff --git a/elements/config-applier/source-repository-config-applier b/elements/config-applier/source-repository-config-applier
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-config-applier git /opt/stack/config-applier https://git.openstack.org/openstack/os-apply-config.git