diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 61e8dafd7..87d04019d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -72,15 +72,12 @@ running. 4GB memory and 2 vCPUs, is the minimum resource requirement for the VM:
 
 2. Launch a VM with `Neutron trunk port. <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/TrunkPort>`_
 3. Inside VM, install and setup Kubernetes along with Kuryr using devstack:
-    - Since undercloud Neutron will be used by pods, neutron services should be
+    - Since undercloud Neutron will be used by pods, Neutron services should be
       disabled in localrc.
-    - git clone kuryr-kubernetes at ``/opt/stack/``.
-    - In the ``devstack/plugin.sh``, comment out `configure_neutron_defaults <https://github.com/openstack/kuryr-kubernetes/blob/master/devstack/plugin.sh#L453>`_.
-      This method is getting UUID of default Neutron resources project, pod_subnet etc. using local neutron client
-      and setting those values in ``/etc/kuryr/kuryr.conf``.
-      This will not work at the moment because Neutron is running remotely. Thats why this is being commented out
-      and manually these variables will be configured in ``/etc/kuryr/kuryr.conf``
     - Run devstack with ``devstack/local.conf.pod-in-vm.overcloud.sample``.
+      With this config devstack will not configure Neutron resources for the
+      local cloud. These variables have to be added manually
+      to ``/etc/kuryr/kuryr.conf``.
 4. Once devstack is done and all services are up inside VM:
     - Configure ``/etc/kuryr/kuryr.conf`` to set UUID of Neutron resources from undercloud Neutron::
 
@@ -103,7 +100,9 @@ running. 4GB memory and 2 vCPUs, is the minimum resource requirement for the VM:
        driver = kuryr.lib.binding.drivers.vlan
        link_iface = <VM interface name eg. eth0>
 
-    - Restart kuryr-k8s-controller from within devstack screen.
+    - Restart kuryr-k8s-controller::
+
+       sudo systemctl restart devstack@kuryr-kubernetes.service
 
 Now launch pods using kubectl, Undercloud Neutron will serve the networking.
 
diff --git a/devstack/local.conf.pod-in-vm.overcloud.sample b/devstack/local.conf.pod-in-vm.overcloud.sample
index 6defe675b..05d930d5c 100644
--- a/devstack/local.conf.pod-in-vm.overcloud.sample
+++ b/devstack/local.conf.pod-in-vm.overcloud.sample
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ KEYSTONE_SERVICE_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST
 MYSQL_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST
 RABBIT_HOST=$SERVICE_HOST
 
+KURYR_CONFIGURE_NEUTRON_DEFAULTS=False
+
 enable_service docker
 enable_service etcd
 enable_service kubernetes-api
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 6f6700a02..7d6418962 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -468,7 +468,10 @@ if is_service_enabled kuryr-kubernetes; then
     fi
 
     if [[ "$1" == "stack" && "$2" == "extra" ]]; then
-        configure_neutron_defaults
+        KURYR_CONFIGURE_NEUTRON_DEFAULTS=$(trueorfalse True KURYR_CONFIGURE_NEUTRON_DEFAULTS)
+        if [ "$KURYR_CONFIGURE_NEUTRON_DEFAULTS" == "True" ]; then
+            configure_neutron_defaults
+        fi
         # FIXME(limao): When Kuryr start up, it need to detect if neutron
         # support tag plugin.
         #
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 4098ebb36..290b678bc 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ KURYR_AUTH_CACHE_DIR=${KURYR_AUTH_CACHE_DIR:-/var/cache/kuryr}
 KURYR_DOCKER_ENGINE_SOCKET_FILE=${KURYR_DOCKER_ENGINE_SOCKET_FILE:-/var/run/docker.sock}
 
 # Neutron defaults
+KURYR_CONFIGURE_NEUTRON_DEFAULTS=${KURYR_CONFIGURE_NEUTRON_DEFAULTS:-True}
 KURYR_NEUTRON_DEFAULT_PROJECT=demo
 KURYR_NEUTRON_DEFAULT_POD_SUBNET=${PRIVATE_SUBNET_NAME}
 KURYR_NEUTRON_DEFAULT_SERVICE_SUBNET=k8s-service-subnet