diff --git a/hooks/neutron_api_context.py b/hooks/neutron_api_context.py
index 329dea67..a9538f9f 100644
--- a/hooks/neutron_api_context.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_api_context.py
@@ -154,9 +154,14 @@ class NeutronCCContext(context.NeutronContext):
             for k, v in _config.iteritems():
                 if k.startswith('vsd'):
                     ctxt[k.replace('-', '_')] = v
-            if 'vsd-address' in _config:
-                ctxt['vsd_server'] = _config['vsd-address']
-            elif 'vsd_server' not in ctxt:
+            for rid in relation_ids('vsd-rest-api'):
+                for unit in related_units(rid):
+                    rdata = relation_get(rid=rid, unit=unit)
+                    vsd_ip = rdata.get('vsd-ip-address')
+                    log('relation data:vsd-ip-address: {}'.format(vsd_ip))
+                    if vsd_ip is not None:
+                        ctxt['vsd_server'] = '{}:8443'.format(vsd_ip)
+            if 'vsd_server' not in ctxt:
                 ctxt['vsd_server'] = '1.1.1.1:8443'
 
         ctxt['verbose'] = config('verbose')
diff --git a/hooks/neutron_api_hooks.py b/hooks/neutron_api_hooks.py
index cb9f7b0c..b50ae295 100755
--- a/hooks/neutron_api_hooks.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_api_hooks.py
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ def install():
                 key = config('neutron-plugin-ppa-key')
             add_source(config('neutron-plugin-repository-url'), key)
             packages += config('vsp-packages').split()
-        if config('vsd-server'):
-            save_vsd_address_to_config(config('vsd-server'))
 
     apt_update()
     apt_install(packages, fatal=True)
@@ -171,18 +169,11 @@ def vsd_changed(relation_id=None, remote_unit=None):
         if not vsd_ip_address:
             return
         vsd_address = '{}:8443'.format(vsd_ip_address)
-        save_vsd_address_to_config(vsd_address)
         log('vsd-rest-api-relation-changed: ip address:{}'.format(vsd_address))
         vsd_config_file = config('vsd-config-file')
         update_config_file(vsd_config_file, 'server', vsd_address)
 
 
-def save_vsd_address_to_config(vsd_address):
-    _config = config()
-    _config['vsd-address'] = vsd_address
-    _config.save()
-
-
 @hooks.hook('upgrade-charm')
 @hooks.hook('config-changed')
 @restart_on_change(restart_map(), stopstart=True)
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py b/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py
index 8cd78052..120cf1dd 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_neutron_api_hooks.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ TO_PATCH = [
     'update_nrpe_config',
     'service_reload',
     'IdentityServiceContext',
-    'save_vsd_address_to_config',
     'update_config_file',
 ]
 NEUTRON_CONF_DIR = "/etc/neutron"