diff --git a/files/debs/nova b/files/debs/nova
index 0194f00f2c..5c00ad72d9 100644
--- a/files/debs/nova
+++ b/files/debs/nova
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 conntrack
 curl
-dnsmasq-base
-dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release
 ebtables
 genisoimage # required for config_drive
 iptables
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index 1cc2f62ea5..082b9aca22 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 cdrkit-cdrtools-compat # dist:sle12
 conntrack-tools
 curl
-dnsmasq
-dnsmasq-utils # dist:opensuse-12.3,opensuse-13.1
 ebtables
 iptables
 iputils
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index 9522e5729d..f2824ee2c4 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 conntrack-tools
 curl
-dnsmasq # for q-dhcp
-dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release
 ebtables
 genisoimage # not:rhel9 required for config_drive
 iptables
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index da3a10edd0..6de1d3382f 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -107,20 +107,6 @@ NOVA_FILTERS="AvailabilityZoneFilter,ComputeFilter,ComputeCapabilitiesFilter,Ima
 
 QEMU_CONF=/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
 
-# Set default defaults here as some hypervisor drivers override these
-PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=br100
-# Set ``GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT`` to some interface on the box so that
-# the default isn't completely crazy. This will match ``eth*``, ``em*``, or
-# the new ``p*`` interfaces, then basically picks the first
-# alphabetically. It's probably wrong, however it's less wrong than
-# always using ``eth0`` which doesn't exist on new Linux distros at all.
-GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=$(ip link \
-    | grep 'state UP' \
-    | awk '{print $2}' \
-    | sed 's/://' \
-    | grep ^[ep] \
-    | head -1)
-
 # ``NOVA_VNC_ENABLED`` can be used to forcibly enable VNC configuration.
 # In multi-node setups allows compute hosts to not run ``n-novnc``.
 NOVA_VNC_ENABLED=$(trueorfalse False NOVA_VNC_ENABLED)
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index df283bbe50..c99189e6dc 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -1152,7 +1152,8 @@ fi
 # ----
 
 if is_service_enabled q-dhcp; then
-    # Delete traces of nova networks from prior runs
+    # TODO(frickler): These are remnants from n-net, check which parts are really
+    # still needed for Neutron.
     # Do not kill any dnsmasq instance spawned by NetworkManager
     netman_pid=$(pidof NetworkManager || true)
     if [ -z "$netman_pid" ]; then
@@ -1212,12 +1213,7 @@ if is_service_enabled nova; then
     echo_summary "Configuring Nova"
     init_nova
 
-    # Additional Nova configuration that is dependent on other services
-    # TODO(stephenfin): Is it possible for neutron to *not* be enabled now? If
-    # not, remove the if here
-    if is_service_enabled neutron; then
-        async_runfunc configure_neutron_nova
-    fi
+    async_runfunc configure_neutron_nova
 fi