diff --git a/tools/config/README b/tools/config/README
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--- a/tools/config/README
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-This generate_sample.sh tool is used to generate etc/nova/nova.conf.sample
-
-Run it from the top-level working directory i.e.
-
-  $> ./tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p nova -o etc/nova
-
-Watch out for warnings about modules like libvirt, qpid and zmq not
-being found - these warnings are significant because they result
-in options not appearing in the generated config file.
-
-
-The analyze_opts.py tool is used to find options which appear in
-/etc/nova/nova.conf but not in etc/nova/nova.conf.sample
-This helps identify options in the nova.conf file which are not used by nova.
-The tool also identifies any options which are set to the default value.
-
-Run it from the top-level working directory i.e.
-
-  $> ./tools/config/analyze_opts.py
-
diff --git a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
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--- a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-PROJECT_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME:-nova}
-CFGFILE_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample
-
-if [ -e etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
-    CFGFILE=etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME}
-elif [ -e etc/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
-    CFGFILE=etc/${CFGFILE_NAME}
-else
-    echo "${0##*/}: can not find config file"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/${PROJECT_NAME}.XXXXXX`
-trap "rm -rf $TEMPDIR" EXIT
-
-tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p ${PROJECT_NAME} -o ${TEMPDIR}
-
-if ! diff -u ${TEMPDIR}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ${CFGFILE}
-then
-   echo "${0##*/}: ${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample is not up to date."
-   echo "${0##*/}: Please run ${0%%${0##*/}}generate_sample.sh."
-   exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
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--- a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
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@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-print_hint() {
-    echo "Try \`${0##*/} --help' for more information." >&2
-}
-
-PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:m:l:o: \
-                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir:,module:,library: -- "$@")
-
-if [ $? != 0 ] ; then print_hint ; exit 1 ; fi
-
-eval set -- "$PARSED_OPTIONS"
-
-while true; do
-    case "$1" in
-        -h|--help)
-            echo "${0##*/} [options]"
-            echo ""
-            echo "options:"
-            echo "-h, --help                show brief help"
-            echo "-b, --base-dir=DIR        project base directory"
-            echo "-p, --package-name=NAME   project package name"
-            echo "-o, --output-dir=DIR      file output directory"
-            echo "-m, --module=MOD          extra python module to interrogate for options"
-            echo "-l, --library=LIB         extra library that registers options for discovery"
-            exit 0
-            ;;
-        -b|--base-dir)
-            shift
-            BASEDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
-            shift
-            ;;
-        -p|--package-name)
-            shift
-            PACKAGENAME=`echo $1`
-            shift
-            ;;
-        -o|--output-dir)
-            shift
-            OUTPUTDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
-            shift
-            ;;
-        -m|--module)
-            shift
-            MODULES="$MODULES -m $1"
-            shift
-            ;;
-        -l|--library)
-            shift
-            LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $1"
-            shift
-            ;;
-        --)
-            break
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-BASEDIR=${BASEDIR:-`pwd`}
-if ! [ -d $BASEDIR ]
-then
-    echo "${0##*/}: missing project base directory" >&2 ; print_hint ; exit 1
-elif [[ $BASEDIR != /* ]]
-then
-    BASEDIR=$(cd "$BASEDIR" && pwd)
-fi
-
-PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-${BASEDIR##*/}}
-TARGETDIR=$BASEDIR/$PACKAGENAME
-if ! [ -d $TARGETDIR ]
-then
-    echo "${0##*/}: invalid project package name" >&2 ; print_hint ; exit 1
-fi
-
-OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:-$BASEDIR/etc}
-# NOTE(bnemec): Some projects put their sample config in etc/,
-#               some in etc/$PACKAGENAME/
-if [ -d $OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME ]
-then
-    OUTPUTDIR=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME
-elif ! [ -d $OUTPUTDIR ]
-then
-    echo "${0##*/}: cannot access \`$OUTPUTDIR': No such file or directory" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-BASEDIRESC=`echo $BASEDIR | sed -e 's/\//\\\\\//g'`
-find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-FILES=$(find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.py" ! -path "*/tests/*" \
-        -exec grep -l "Opt(" {} + | sed -e "s/^$BASEDIRESC\///g" | sort -u)
-
-RC_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
-if test -r "$RC_FILE"
-then
-    source "$RC_FILE"
-fi
-
-for mod in ${NOVA_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_MODULES}; do
-    MODULES="$MODULES -m $mod"
-done
-
-for lib in ${NOVA_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_LIBRARIES}; do
-    LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $lib"
-done
-
-export EVENTLET_NO_GREENDNS=yes
-
-OS_VARS=$(set | sed -n '/^OS_/s/=[^=]*$//gp' | xargs)
-[ "$OS_VARS" ] && eval "unset \$OS_VARS"
-DEFAULT_MODULEPATH=nova.openstack.common.config.generator
-MODULEPATH=${MODULEPATH:-$DEFAULT_MODULEPATH}
-OUTPUTFILE=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME.conf.sample
-python -m $MODULEPATH $MODULES $LIBRARIES $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE
-
-# Hook to allow projects to append custom config file snippets
-CONCAT_FILES=$(ls $BASEDIR/tools/config/*.conf.sample 2>/dev/null)
-for CONCAT_FILE in $CONCAT_FILES; do
-    cat $CONCAT_FILE >> $OUTPUTFILE
-done
diff --git a/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc b/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc
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-NOVA_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_LIBRARIES=oslo.messaging
-NOVA_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_MODULES=keystoneclient.middleware.auth_token