diff --git a/etc/placement/config-generator.conf b/etc/placement/config-generator.conf
index 3b816a26b..ba8759878 100644
--- a/etc/placement/config-generator.conf
+++ b/etc/placement/config-generator.conf
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 output_file = etc/placement/placement.conf.sample
 wrap_width = 80
 namespace = placement.conf
+namespace = keystonemiddleware.auth_token
+# FIXME(mriedem): There are likely other missing 3rd party oslo library
+# options that should show up in the placement.conf docs, like oslo.policy.
diff --git a/placement/conf/__init__.py b/placement/conf/__init__.py
index 40fff7ed6..a40da7fad 100644
--- a/placement/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/placement/conf/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from placement.conf import api
 from placement.conf import base
 from placement.conf import database
-from placement.conf import keystone
 from placement.conf import paths
 from placement.conf import placement
 
@@ -28,6 +27,5 @@ CONF = cfg.CONF
 api.register_opts(CONF)
 base.register_opts(CONF)
 database.register_opts(CONF)
-keystone.register_opts(CONF)
 paths.register_opts(CONF)
 placement.register_opts(CONF)
diff --git a/placement/conf/keystone.py b/placement/conf/keystone.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e50ec4d62..000000000
--- a/placement/conf/keystone.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
-from keystoneauth1 import loading as ks_loading
-from oslo_config import cfg
-
-from placement.conf import utils as confutils
-
-
-DEFAULT_SERVICE_TYPE = 'identity'
-
-keystone_group = cfg.OptGroup(
-    'keystone',
-    title='Keystone Options',
-    help='Configuration options for the identity service')
-
-
-def register_opts(conf):
-    conf.register_group(keystone_group)
-    confutils.register_ksa_opts(conf, keystone_group.name,
-                                DEFAULT_SERVICE_TYPE, include_auth=False)
-
-
-def list_opts():
-    return {
-        keystone_group: (
-            ks_loading.get_session_conf_options() +
-            confutils.get_ksa_adapter_opts(DEFAULT_SERVICE_TYPE)
-        )
-    }
diff --git a/placement/conf/utils.py b/placement/conf/utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 929100220..000000000
--- a/placement/conf/utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017 OpenStack Foundation
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-"""Common utilities for conf providers.
-
-This module does not provide any actual conf options.
-"""
-from keystoneauth1 import loading as ks_loading
-from oslo_config import cfg
-
-
-_ADAPTER_VERSION_OPTS = ('version', 'min_version', 'max_version')
-
-
-def get_ksa_adapter_opts(default_service_type, deprecated_opts=None):
-    """Get auth, Session, and Adapter conf options from keystoneauth1.loading.
-
-    :param default_service_type: Default for the service_type conf option on
-                                 the Adapter.
-    :param deprecated_opts: dict of deprecated opts to register with the ksa
-                            Adapter opts.  Works the same as the
-                            deprecated_opts kwarg to:
-                    keystoneauth1.loading.session.Session.register_conf_options
-    :return: List of cfg.Opts.
-    """
-    opts = ks_loading.get_adapter_conf_options(include_deprecated=False,
-                                               deprecated_opts=deprecated_opts)
-
-    for opt in opts[:]:
-        # Remove version-related opts.  Required/supported versions are
-        # something the code knows about, not the operator.
-        if opt.dest in _ADAPTER_VERSION_OPTS:
-            opts.remove(opt)
-
-    # Override defaults that make sense for nova
-    cfg.set_defaults(opts,
-                     valid_interfaces=['internal', 'public'],
-                     service_type=default_service_type)
-    return opts
-
-
-def _dummy_opt(name):
-    # A config option that can't be set by the user, so it behaves as if it's
-    # ignored; but consuming code may expect it to be present in a conf group.
-    return cfg.Opt(name, type=lambda x: None)
-
-
-def register_ksa_opts(conf, group, default_service_type, include_auth=True,
-                      deprecated_opts=None):
-    """Register keystoneauth auth, Session, and Adapter opts.
-
-    :param conf: oslo_config.cfg.CONF in which to register the options
-    :param group: Conf group, or string name thereof, in which to register the
-                  options.
-    :param default_service_type: Default for the service_type conf option on
-                                 the Adapter.
-    :param include_auth: For service types where Nova is acting on behalf of
-                         the user, auth should come from the user context.
-                         In those cases, set this arg to False to avoid
-                         registering ksa auth options.
-    :param deprecated_opts: dict of deprecated opts to register with the ksa
-                            Session or Adapter opts.  See docstring for
-                            the deprecated_opts param of:
-                    keystoneauth1.loading.session.Session.register_conf_options
-    """
-    # ksa register methods need the group name as a string.  oslo doesn't care.
-    group = getattr(group, 'name', group)
-    ks_loading.register_session_conf_options(
-        conf, group, deprecated_opts=deprecated_opts)
-    if include_auth:
-        ks_loading.register_auth_conf_options(conf, group)
-    conf.register_opts(get_ksa_adapter_opts(
-        default_service_type, deprecated_opts=deprecated_opts), group=group)
-    # Have to register dummies for the version-related opts we removed
-    for name in _ADAPTER_VERSION_OPTS:
-        conf.register_opt(_dummy_opt(name), group=group)
-
-
-# NOTE(efried): Required for docs build.
-def list_opts():
-    return {}