diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3380312f3c..291f25c96f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ build/*
 ChangeLog
 cover/*
 dist/*
-doc/build/*
-doc/source/sourcecode
+doc/build
+doc/source/api/
 etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf
 subunit.log
 tools/lintstack.head.py
diff --git a/doc/source/api/index.rst b/doc/source/api/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e6b2a803f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/api/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+===================
+ Source Code Index
+===================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   autoindex
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 1d3ea5e8c2..fcddf70b6d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -23,108 +23,6 @@ sys.path.insert(0, BASE_DIR)
 # This is required for ReadTheDocs.org, but isn't a bad idea anyway.
 os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'openstack_dashboard.settings'
 
-
-def write_autodoc_index():
-
-    def find_autodoc_modules(module_name, sourcedir):
-        """Return a list of modules in the SOURCE directory."""
-        modlist = []
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(sourcedir, module_name))
-        print("SEARCHING %s" % sourcedir)
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
-            for filename in files:
-                if filename.endswith(".py"):
-                    # remove the pieces of the root
-                    elements = root.split(os.path.sep)
-                    # replace the leading "." with the module name
-                    elements[0] = module_name
-                    # and get the base module name
-                    base, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
-                    if not (base == "__init__"):
-                        elements.append(base)
-                    result = ".".join(elements)
-                    #print result
-                    modlist.append(result)
-        return modlist
-
-    RSTDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "sourcecode"))
-    SRCS = {'ceilometer': ROOT}
-
-    EXCLUDED_MODULES = ('ceilometer.tests',)
-    CURRENT_SOURCES = {}
-
-    if not(os.path.exists(RSTDIR)):
-        os.mkdir(RSTDIR)
-    CURRENT_SOURCES[RSTDIR] = ['autoindex.rst']
-
-    INDEXOUT = open(os.path.join(RSTDIR, "autoindex.rst"), "w")
-    INDEXOUT.write("=================\n")
-    INDEXOUT.write("Source Code Index\n")
-    INDEXOUT.write("=================\n")
-
-    for modulename, path in SRCS.items():
-        sys.stdout.write("Generating source documentation for %s\n" %
-                         modulename)
-        INDEXOUT.write("\n%s\n" % modulename.capitalize())
-        INDEXOUT.write("%s\n" % ("=" * len(modulename),))
-        INDEXOUT.write(".. toctree::\n")
-        INDEXOUT.write("   :maxdepth: 1\n")
-        INDEXOUT.write("\n")
-
-        MOD_DIR = os.path.join(RSTDIR, modulename)
-        CURRENT_SOURCES[MOD_DIR] = []
-        if not(os.path.exists(MOD_DIR)):
-            os.mkdir(MOD_DIR)
-        for module in find_autodoc_modules(modulename, path):
-            if any([module.startswith(exclude)
-                    for exclude
-                    in EXCLUDED_MODULES]):
-                print("Excluded module %s." % module)
-                continue
-            mod_path = os.path.join(path, *module.split("."))
-            generated_file = os.path.join(MOD_DIR, "%s.rst" % module)
-
-            INDEXOUT.write("   %s/%s\n" % (modulename, module))
-
-            # Find the __init__.py module if this is a directory
-            if os.path.isdir(mod_path):
-                source_file = ".".join((os.path.join(mod_path, "__init__"),
-                                        "py",))
-            else:
-                source_file = ".".join((os.path.join(mod_path), "py"))
-
-            CURRENT_SOURCES[MOD_DIR].append("%s.rst" % module)
-            # Only generate a new file if the source has changed or we don't
-            # have a doc file to begin with.
-            if not os.access(generated_file, os.F_OK) or \
-                    os.stat(generated_file).st_mtime < \
-                    os.stat(source_file).st_mtime:
-                print("Module %s updated, generating new documentation." \
-                      % module)
-                FILEOUT = open(generated_file, "w")
-                header = "The :mod:`%s` Module" % module
-                FILEOUT.write("%s\n" % ("=" * len(header),))
-                FILEOUT.write("%s\n" % header)
-                FILEOUT.write("%s\n" % ("=" * len(header),))
-                FILEOUT.write(".. automodule:: %s\n" % module)
-                FILEOUT.write("  :members:\n")
-                FILEOUT.write("  :undoc-members:\n")
-                FILEOUT.write("  :show-inheritance:\n")
-                FILEOUT.write("  :noindex:\n")
-                FILEOUT.close()
-
-    INDEXOUT.close()
-
-    # Delete auto-generated .rst files for sources which no longer exist
-    for directory, subdirs, files in list(os.walk(RSTDIR)):
-        for old_file in files:
-            if old_file not in CURRENT_SOURCES.get(directory, []):
-                print("Removing outdated file for %s" % old_file)
-                os.remove(os.path.join(directory, old_file))
-
-
-write_autodoc_index()
-
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index fa86bec10f..8cac5155b6 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Appendix
 
    releasenotes/index
    glossary
-   sourcecode/autoindex
+   api/index
 
 
 .. update index
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 730f9c4312..71c2f7aaee 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ source-dir = doc/source
 
 [pbr]
 warnerrors = true
+autodoc_index_modules = true
 
 [extract_messages]
 keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext