diff --git a/etc/dhcp_agent.ini b/etc/dhcp_agent.ini
index 21e12488fa8..a7e5547ba31 100644
--- a/etc/dhcp_agent.ini
+++ b/etc/dhcp_agent.ini
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@
 # If the timeout expires, ovs commands will fail with ALARMCLOCK error.
 # ovs_vsctl_timeout = 10
 
-# DHCP lease duration (in seconds). Use -1 for infinite lease times.
-# dhcp_lease_duration = 86400
-
 [AGENT]
 # Log agent heartbeats from this DHCP agent
 # log_agent_heartbeats = False
diff --git a/etc/neutron.conf b/etc/neutron.conf
index 763786b8192..3140c2c352e 100644
--- a/etc/neutron.conf
+++ b/etc/neutron.conf
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
 # Maximum amount of retries to generate a unique MAC address
 # mac_generation_retries = 16
 
+# DHCP Lease duration (in seconds).  Use -1 to
+# tell dnsmasq to use infinite lease times.
+# dhcp_lease_duration = 86400
+
 # Domain to use for building the hostnames
 # dns_domain = openstacklocal
 
diff --git a/neutron/agent/dhcp/config.py b/neutron/agent/dhcp/config.py
index 837b7467ae5..a6c00b9e17f 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/dhcp/config.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/dhcp/config.py
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ DHCP_OPTS = [
                       'neutron.conf as dns_domain. It will removed from here '
                       'in a future release'),
                deprecated_for_removal=True),
-    cfg.IntOpt('dhcp_lease_duration', default=86400,
-               deprecated_name='dhcp_lease_time',
-               help=_('DHCP lease duration (in seconds). Use -1 for infinite '
-                      'lease times.')),
 ]
 
 DNSMASQ_OPTS = [
diff --git a/neutron/common/config.py b/neutron/common/config.py
index 38ae94f384e..1f07ba00a0d 100644
--- a/neutron/common/config.py
+++ b/neutron/common/config.py
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ core_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('ipv6_pd_enabled', default=False,
                 help=_("Enables IPv6 Prefix Delegation for automatic subnet "
                        "CIDR allocation")),
+    cfg.IntOpt('dhcp_lease_duration', default=86400,
+               deprecated_name='dhcp_lease_time',
+               help=_("DHCP lease duration (in seconds). Use -1 to tell "
+                      "dnsmasq to use infinite lease times.")),
     cfg.StrOpt('dns_domain',
                default='openstacklocal',
                help=_('Domain to use for building the hostnames')),