diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17575d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libpq-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libxslt1-dev [platform:dpkg]
diff --git a/src/config.yaml b/src/config.yaml
index 1d9e207..fe514cc 100644
--- a/src/config.yaml
+++ b/src/config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,5 @@ options:
     type: string
     default:
     description: |
-      Setting multiple arbitrary config variables and these
-      will be converted into dictionary and masakarimonitors.conf will be populated
-      accordingly. This will enable an operator to have the flexibility for having
-      multiple arbitrary config flags.
+      Comma-separated list of key=value config flags. These values will be
+      placed in the masakarimonitors.conf [DEFAULT] section.
diff --git a/src/lib/charm/openstack/masakari_monitors.py b/src/lib/charm/openstack/masakari_monitors.py
index 0f47aa7..719deaa 100644
--- a/src/lib/charm/openstack/masakari_monitors.py
+++ b/src/lib/charm/openstack/masakari_monitors.py
@@ -59,9 +59,3 @@ class MasakariMonitorsCharm(charms_openstack.charm.OpenStackCharm):
 
     def install(self):
         super(MasakariMonitorsCharm, self).install()
-
-    # convert comma seprated list of config_flags into a dictionary
-    @charms_openstack.adapters.config_property
-    def user_config_flags(self):
-        return dict(map(lambda x: x.split('='),
-                        self.config.get('config-flags').split(', ')))
diff --git a/src/templates/masakarimonitors.conf b/src/templates/masakarimonitors.conf
index 74f1fd1..31689b3 100644
--- a/src/templates/masakarimonitors.conf
+++ b/src/templates/masakarimonitors.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 debug = {{ options.debug }}
 host = {{ options.hostname }}
+{% for key, value in options.user_config_flags.items() -%}
+{{ key }} = {{ value }}
+{% endfor -%}
 [api]
 {% if options.use_internal_endpoints == True -%}
 api_interface = internal
@@ -19,9 +22,6 @@ password = {{ identity_credentials.credentials_password }}
 project_domain_id = {{ identity_credentials.credentials_project_domain_id }}
 user_domain_id = {{ identity_credentials.credentials_user_domain_id }}
 region = {{ options.region }}
-{% for key, value in options.config_flags.items() -%}
-{{ key }} = {{ value }}
-{% endfor -%}
 [callback]
 [cors]
 [healthcheck]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e22fe48..f8b34f1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ commands = stestr run --slowest {posargs}
 [testenv:pep8]
 basepython = python3
 deps = flake8==3.9.2
-       charm-tools==2.8.3
+       git+https://github.com/juju/charm-tools.git
 commands = flake8 {posargs} src unit_tests
 
 [testenv:func-target]
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_masakari_monitors.py b/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_masakari_monitors.py
index 45e45ff..bee9687 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_masakari_monitors.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_masakari_monitors.py
@@ -51,11 +51,3 @@ class TestMasakariMonitorsCharm(Helper):
         c.request_credentials()
         keystone_relation.request_credentials.assert_called_once_with(
             'masakari-monitors', project='services')
-
-    def test_user_config_flags(self):
-        charm = self.\
-            _patch_config_and_charm({'config-flags': 'k1=v1, k2=v2'})
-        config = charm.user_config_flags()
-        # Add check here that configuration is as expected.
-        self.assertEqual(config.get('k1'), "v1")
-        self.assertEqual(config.get('k2'), "v2")