diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/deploy.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/deploy.py
index bbd4d24eb56b..fb3f18d224ce 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/deploy.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/deploy.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from nova.api.openstack.placement import fault_wrap
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import handler
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import requestlog
-from nova import objects
 
 
 # TODO(cdent): NAME points to the config project being used, so for
@@ -27,11 +26,6 @@ from nova import objects
 NAME = "nova"
 
 
-# Make sure that objects are registered for this running of the
-# placement API.
-objects.register_all()
-
-
 def deploy(conf):
     """Assemble the middleware pipeline leading to the placement app."""
     if conf.api.auth_strategy == 'noauth2':
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/aggregate.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/aggregate.py
index 07e445e42d43..fdd73cb52d1e 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/aggregate.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/aggregate.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import aggregate as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 def _send_aggregates(req, aggregate_uuids):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation.py
index cef212cfc309..61d733adbda6 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation.py
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import allocation as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation_candidate.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation_candidate.py
index 7ee87f8e4317..d5511827712e 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation_candidate.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/allocation_candidate.py
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import six
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import allocation_candidate as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 def _transform_allocation_requests_dict(alloc_reqs):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/inventory.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/inventory.py
index ad3a8ba7c7c9..f3f22e45be04 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/inventory.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/inventory.py
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import inventory as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova.db import constants as db_const
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 # NOTE(cdent): We keep our own representation of inventory defaults
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_class.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_class.py
index 72576cd5c5cf..5268131eae31 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_class.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_class.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import resource_class as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 def _serialize_links(environ, rc):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_provider.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_provider.py
index 0312fc16cb42..f30ad602c269 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_provider.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_provider.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import resource_provider as rp_schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 def _serialize_links(environ, resource_provider):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/trait.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/trait.py
index 558020100c63..c48d9cdda4ed 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/trait.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/trait.py
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import trait as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 def _normalize_traits_qs_param(qs):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/usage.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/usage.py
index fe5e869ca16f..b9acb7bb46a8 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/usage.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/usage.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement.schemas import usage as schema
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import wsgi_wrapper
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 
 
 def _serialize_usages(resource_provider, usage):
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/placement/objects/__init__.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/objects/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/nova/objects/resource_provider.py b/nova/api/openstack/placement/objects/resource_provider.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nova/objects/resource_provider.py
rename to nova/api/openstack/placement/objects/resource_provider.py
diff --git a/nova/test.py b/nova/test.py
index 1294d90198c0..36187ddec53e 100644
--- a/nova/test.py
+++ b/nova/test.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from oslotest import moxstubout
 import six
 import testtools
 
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider
 from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import exception
@@ -309,8 +310,8 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         utils._IS_NEUTRON = None
 
         # Reset the traits sync and rc cache flags
-        objects.resource_provider._TRAITS_SYNCED = False
-        objects.resource_provider._RC_CACHE = None
+        resource_provider._TRAITS_SYNCED = False
+        resource_provider._RC_CACHE = None
         # Reset the global QEMU version flag.
         images.QEMU_VERSION = None
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/fixtures.py b/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/fixtures.py
index 549643c5dcc1..741b39b47a30 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/fixtures.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/fixtures.py
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ from oslo_middleware import cors
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import deploy
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import conf
 from nova import config
 from nova import context
-from nova import objects
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.tests import fixtures
 
 
@@ -96,8 +95,8 @@ class APIFixture(fixture.GabbiFixture):
         # flag to make sure the next run will recreate the traits and
         # reset the _RC_CACHE so that any cached resource classes
         # are flushed.
-        objects.resource_provider._TRAITS_SYNCED = False
-        objects.resource_provider._RC_CACHE = None
+        rp_obj._TRAITS_SYNCED = False
+        rp_obj._RC_CACHE = None
 
         self.output_stream_fixture.cleanUp()
         self.standard_logging_fixture.cleanUp()
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_allocation_candidates.py b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_allocation_candidates.py
index 7ea0886870ac..08942de00c5e 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_allocation_candidates.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_allocation_candidates.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import lib as placement_lib
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import rc_fields as fields
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import fixtures
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_resource_provider.py b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_resource_provider.py
index f59171955d9f..375de7c0ad40 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_resource_provider.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_resource_provider.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ from oslo_db import exception as db_exc
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 
 import nova
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import rc_fields as fields
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import fixtures
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ class ResourceProviderTestCase(ResourceProviderBaseCase):
         # NOTE(jaypipes): This is just disabling the online data migration that
         # occurs in _from_db_object() that sets root provider ID to ensure we
         # don't have any migrations messing with the end result.
-        with mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider.'
-                        '_set_root_provider_id'):
+        with mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.'
+                        'resource_provider._set_root_provider_id'):
             rps = rp_obj.ResourceProviderList.get_all_by_filters(
                 self.ctx,
                 filters={
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ class ResourceProviderTestCase(ResourceProviderBaseCase):
                           rp.set_inventory,
                           inv_list)
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider.LOG')
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.LOG')
     def test_set_inventory_over_capacity(self, mock_log):
         rp = rp_obj.ResourceProvider(context=self.ctx,
                                      uuid=uuidsentinel.rp_uuid,
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ class ResourceProviderTestCase(ResourceProviderBaseCase):
         self.assertIn('No inventory of class DISK_GB found',
                       str(error))
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider.LOG')
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.LOG')
     def test_update_inventory_violates_allocation(self, mock_log):
         # Compute nodes that are reconfigured have to be able to set
         # their inventory to something that violates allocations so
@@ -2027,8 +2027,9 @@ class ResourceClassTestCase(ResourceProviderBaseCase):
         rc.create()
         self.assertEqual(min_id + 1, rc.id)
 
-    @mock.patch.object(nova.objects.resource_provider.ResourceClass,
-                       "_get_next_id")
+    @mock.patch.object(
+        nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.ResourceClass,
+        "_get_next_id")
     def test_create_duplicate_id_retry(self, mock_get):
         # This order of ID generation will create rc1 with an ID of 42, try to
         # create rc2 with the same ID, and then return 43 in the retry loop.
@@ -2046,8 +2047,9 @@ class ResourceClassTestCase(ResourceProviderBaseCase):
         self.assertEqual(rc1.id, 42)
         self.assertEqual(rc2.id, 43)
 
-    @mock.patch.object(nova.objects.resource_provider.ResourceClass,
-                       "_get_next_id")
+    @mock.patch.object(
+        nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.ResourceClass,
+        "_get_next_id")
     def test_create_duplicate_id_retry_failing(self, mock_get):
         """negative case for test_create_duplicate_id_retry"""
         # This order of ID generation will create rc1 with an ID of 44, try to
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/objects/__init__.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/objects/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_resource_provider.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/objects/test_resource_provider.py
similarity index 94%
rename from nova/tests/unit/objects/test_resource_provider.py
rename to nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/objects/test_resource_provider.py
index ff2d9205b29c..c721e2d7cd71 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_resource_provider.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/objects/test_resource_provider.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import six
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 
 import nova
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider
 from nova import context
 from nova.db.sqlalchemy import api_models as models
 from nova import exception
-from nova.objects import resource_provider
 from nova import rc_fields as fields
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests.unit.objects import test_objects
@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ class TestResourceProvider(test_objects._LocalTest):
 class TestInventoryNoDB(test_objects._LocalTest):
     USES_DB = False
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider._ensure_rc_cache',
-                side_effect=_fake_ensure_cache)
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider._get_inventory_by_provider_id')
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
+                '_ensure_rc_cache', side_effect=_fake_ensure_cache)
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
+                '_get_inventory_by_provider_id')
     def test_get_all_by_resource_provider(self, mock_get, mock_ensure_cache):
         expected = [dict(_INVENTORY_DB,
                          resource_provider_id=_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_ID),
@@ -350,8 +351,8 @@ class TestInventoryList(test_objects._LocalTest):
 class TestAllocation(test_objects._LocalTest):
     USES_DB = True
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider._ensure_rc_cache',
-            side_effect=_fake_ensure_cache)
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
+                '_ensure_rc_cache', side_effect=_fake_ensure_cache)
     def test_create(self, mock_ensure_cache):
         rp = resource_provider.ResourceProvider(context=self.context,
                                                 uuid=_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_UUID,
@@ -415,9 +416,10 @@ class TestAllocation(test_objects._LocalTest):
 class TestAllocationListNoDB(test_objects._LocalTest):
     USES_DB = False
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider._ensure_rc_cache',
-            side_effect=_fake_ensure_cache)
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider.'
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
+                '_ensure_rc_cache',
+                side_effect=_fake_ensure_cache)
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
                 '_get_allocations_by_provider_id',
                 return_value=[_ALLOCATION_DB])
     def test_get_allocations(self, mock_get_allocations_from_db,
@@ -462,18 +464,21 @@ class TestTraits(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.project_id = 'fake-project'
         self.context = context.RequestContext(self.user_id, self.project_id)
 
-    @mock.patch("nova.objects.resource_provider._trait_sync")
+    @mock.patch("nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider."
+                "_trait_sync")
     def test_sync_flag(self, mock_sync):
-        synced = nova.objects.resource_provider._TRAITS_SYNCED
+        rp_obj = nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider
+        synced = rp_obj._TRAITS_SYNCED
         self.assertFalse(synced)
         # Sync the traits
-        nova.objects.resource_provider._ensure_trait_sync(self.context)
-        synced = nova.objects.resource_provider._TRAITS_SYNCED
+        rp_obj._ensure_trait_sync(self.context)
+        synced = rp_obj._TRAITS_SYNCED
         self.assertTrue(synced)
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider.ResourceProvider.'
-                'obj_reset_changes')
-    @mock.patch('nova.objects.resource_provider._set_traits')
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
+                'ResourceProvider.obj_reset_changes')
+    @mock.patch('nova.api.openstack.placement.objects.resource_provider.'
+                '_set_traits')
     def test_set_traits_resets_changes(self, mock_set_traits, mock_reset):
         trait = resource_provider.Trait(name="HW_CPU_X86_AVX2")
         traits = resource_provider.TraitList(objects=[trait])
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py
index 0dea037bb231..df74e79d7888 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/placement/test_util.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import lib as pl
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import microversion
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.api.openstack.placement import util
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import uuidsentinel
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py b/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
index 9aee8e49da85..552362af39ee 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ from keystoneauth1 import loading as keystone
 from keystoneauth1 import session
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 
+from nova.api.openstack.placement.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova.cmd import status
 import nova.conf
 from nova import context
 # NOTE(mriedem): We only use objects as a convenience to populate the database
 # in the tests, we don't use them in the actual CLI.
 from nova import objects
-from nova.objects import resource_provider as rp_obj
 from nova import rc_fields as fields
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import fixtures as nova_fixtures