diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/revert-always-plug-port-for-ovs-hybrid-plug-false-dc015985cbc5443b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/revert-always-plug-port-for-ovs-hybrid-plug-false-dc015985cbc5443b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba4d7460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/revert-always-plug-port-for-ovs-hybrid-plug-false-dc015985cbc5443b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+security:
+  - |
+    In 1.13.0 it was reported that bug #1734320 was partially resolved by
+    change Iaf15fa7a678ec2624f7c12f634269c465fbad930. It has since emerged
+    that that change introduced another bug due to an interaction with
+    libvirt. It was understood that libvirt would not recreate the ovs port
+    if it was present on the ovs bridge when spawning a vm however on
+    inspection of the libvirt code this is not the case. In this release
+    we have reverted the change to os-vif and libvirt will be the only
+    entity to create the ovs port when vif_type is set to ovs and
+    hybrid_plug is set to false in the neutron port binding details.
+    Bug #1734320 is not expected to be present if hybrid_plug=true or
+    vif_type vhost-user is used on linux. On windows if hybrid_plug is false
+    on bug #1734320 is also not expected to be present. A new mitigation to
+    bug #1734320 will be developed for the remaining case of
+    hybrid_plug=false on linux.
diff --git a/vif_plug_ovs/ovs.py b/vif_plug_ovs/ovs.py
index ccd962aa..83fefcdb 100644
--- a/vif_plug_ovs/ovs.py
+++ b/vif_plug_ovs/ovs.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class OvsPlugin(plugin.PluginBase):
                    choices=list(ovsdb_api.interface_map),
                    default='vsctl',
                    help='The interface for interacting with the OVSDB'),
-        # Note(sean-k-mooney): This value is a bool for two reasons.
+        # NOTE(sean-k-mooney): This value is a bool for two reasons.
         # First I want to allow this config option to be reusable with
         # non ml2/ovs deployment in the future if required, as such I do not
         # want to encode how the isolation is done in the config option.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class OvsPlugin(plugin.PluginBase):
 
     def _create_vif_port(self, vif, vif_name, instance_info, **kwargs):
         mtu = self._get_mtu(vif)
-        # Note(sean-k-mooney): As part of a partial fix to bug #1734320
+        # NOTE(sean-k-mooney): As part of a partial fix to bug #1734320
         # we introduced the isolate_vif config option to enable isolation
         # of the vif prior to neutron wiring up the interface. To do
         # this we take advantage of the fact the ml2/ovs uses the
@@ -232,7 +232,20 @@ class OvsPlugin(plugin.PluginBase):
         """Create a per-VIF OVS port."""
         self.ovsdb.ensure_ovs_bridge(vif.network.bridge,
                                      self._get_vif_datapath_type(vif))
-        self._create_vif_port(vif, vif.vif_name, instance_info)
+        # NOTE(sean-k-mooney): as part of a partial revert of
+        # change Iaf15fa7a678ec2624f7c12f634269c465fbad930
+        # (always create ovs port during plug), we stopped calling
+        # self._create_vif_port(vif, vif.vif_name, instance_info).
+        # Calling _create_vif_port here was intended to ensure
+        # that the vif was wired up by neutron before the vm was
+        # spawned on boot or live migration to partially resolve
+        # #1734320. When the "always create ovs port during plug" change
+        # was written it was understood by me that libvirt would not
+        # modify ovs if the port exists but in fact it deletes and
+        # recreates the port. This both undoes the effort to resolve
+        # bug #1734320 and intoduces other issues for neutron.
+        # this comment will be removed when we actully fix #1734320 in
+        # all cases.
 
     def _plug_vf_passthrough(self, vif, instance_info):
         self.ovsdb.ensure_ovs_bridge(
@@ -294,6 +307,9 @@ class OvsPlugin(plugin.PluginBase):
 
     def _unplug_vif_generic(self, vif, instance_info):
         """Remove port from OVS."""
+        # NOTE(sean-k-mooney): even with the partial revert of change
+        # Iaf15fa7a678ec2624f7c12f634269c465fbad930 this should be correct
+        # so this is not removed.
         self.ovsdb.delete_ovs_vif_port(vif.network.bridge, vif.vif_name)
 
     def _unplug_vf_passthrough(self, vif, instance_info):
diff --git a/vif_plug_ovs/tests/unit/test_plugin.py b/vif_plug_ovs/tests/unit/test_plugin.py
index 545198a0..4b7377a0 100644
--- a/vif_plug_ovs/tests/unit/test_plugin.py
+++ b/vif_plug_ovs/tests/unit/test_plugin.py
@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ class PluginTest(testtools.TestCase):
         plugin = ovs.OvsPlugin.load(constants.PLUGIN_NAME)
         plugin._plug_vif_generic(self.vif_ovs, self.instance)
         ensure_bridge.assert_called_once()
-        create_port.assert_called_once_with(self.vif_ovs,
-            self.vif_ovs.vif_name, self.instance)
+        # NOTE(sean-k-mooney): the interface will be plugged
+        # by libvirt so we assert _create_vif_port is not called.
+        create_port.assert_not_called()
 
     @mock.patch.object(linux_net, 'set_interface_state')
     @mock.patch.object(ovsdb_lib.BaseOVS, 'ensure_ovs_bridge')