diff --git a/hooks/amqp-relation-broken b/hooks/amqp-relation-broken
deleted file mode 120000
index 55aa8e52..00000000
--- a/hooks/amqp-relation-broken
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-neutron_ovs_hooks.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hooks/amqp-relation-changed b/hooks/amqp-relation-changed
deleted file mode 120000
index 55aa8e52..00000000
--- a/hooks/amqp-relation-changed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-neutron_ovs_hooks.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hooks/amqp-relation-departed b/hooks/amqp-relation-departed
deleted file mode 120000
index 55aa8e52..00000000
--- a/hooks/amqp-relation-departed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-neutron_ovs_hooks.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hooks/amqp-relation-joined b/hooks/amqp-relation-joined
deleted file mode 120000
index 55aa8e52..00000000
--- a/hooks/amqp-relation-joined
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-neutron_ovs_hooks.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py b/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py
index acecab25..a294a82c 100644
--- a/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_ovs_context.py
@@ -16,33 +16,6 @@ OVS_BRIDGE = 'br-int'
 
 class OSContextError(Exception):
     pass
-class NovaComputeAMQPContext(context.OSContextGenerator):
-    def __call__(self):
-        conf = config()
-        try:
-            username = conf['rabbit-user']
-            vhost = conf['rabbit-vhost']
-        except KeyError as e:
-            log('Could not generate shared_db context. '
-                'Missing required charm config options: %s.' % e)
-            raise OSContextError
-        ctxt = {}
-        for rid in relation_ids('neutron-plugin'):
-            for unit in related_units(rid):
-                if relation_get('clustered', rid=rid, unit=unit):
-                    ctxt['clustered'] = True
-                    ctxt['rabbitmq_host'] = relation_get('vip', rid=rid,
-                                                         unit=unit)
-                else:
-                    ctxt['rabbitmq_host'] = relation_get('private-address',
-                                                         rid=rid, unit=unit)
-                ctxt.update({
-                    'rabbitmq_user': username,
-                    'rabbitmq_password': relation_get('rabbitmq_password', rid=rid,
-                                                      unit=unit),
-                    'rabbitmq_virtual_host': vhost,
-                })
-        return ctxt
 
 def _neutron_security_groups():
     '''
diff --git a/hooks/neutron_ovs_hooks.py b/hooks/neutron_ovs_hooks.py
index 913e2c49..26c43e66 100755
--- a/hooks/neutron_ovs_hooks.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_ovs_hooks.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 import sys
+import json
 
 from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
     Hooks,
     UnregisteredHookError,
-    config,
     log,
     relation_set,
 )
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from neutron_ovs_utils import (
     determine_packages,
     register_configs,
     restart_map,
-    NEUTRON_CONF,
+    NEUTRON_SETTINGS,
 )
 
 hooks = Hooks()
@@ -39,27 +39,16 @@ def install():
 def config_changed():
     CONFIGS.write_all()
 
+@hooks.hook('neutron-plugin-relation-joined')
+def neutron_plugin_relation_joined():
+    #relation_set(core_plugin='LYneutron.plugins.ml2.plugin.Ml2Plugin')
+    relation_set(subordinate_configuration=json.dumps(NEUTRON_SETTINGS))
+
 @restart_on_change(restart_map())
 @hooks.hook('neutron-plugin-relation-changed')
 def neutron_plugin_relation_changed():
     CONFIGS.write_all()
 
-@hooks.hook('amqp-relation-joined')
-def amqp_joined(relation_id=None):
-    relation_set(relation_id=relation_id,
-                 username=config('rabbit-user'),
-                 vhost=config('rabbit-vhost'))
-
-
-@hooks.hook('amqp-relation-changed')
-@hooks.hook('amqp-relation-departed')
-@restart_on_change(restart_map())
-def amqp_changed():
-    if 'amqp' not in CONFIGS.complete_contexts():
-        log('amqp relation incomplete. Peer not ready?')
-        return
-    CONFIGS.write(NEUTRON_CONF)
-
 def main():
     try:
         hooks.execute(sys.argv)
diff --git a/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py b/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py
index e626066e..c5129068 100644
--- a/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
 from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.neutron import neutron_plugin_attribute
 from copy import deepcopy
 
-from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack import context, templating
+from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack import templating
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from charmhelpers.contrib.openstack.utils import (
         os_release,
 )
 import neutron_ovs_context
-from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import is_relation_made
 
 NOVA_CONF_DIR = "/etc/nova"
 NEUTRON_CONF_DIR = "/etc/neutron"
-NEUTRON_CONF = '%s/neutron.conf' % NEUTRON_CONF_DIR
-NEUTRON_DEFAULT = '/etc/default/neutron-server'
+NEUTRON_CONF = "%s/neutron.conf" % NEUTRON_CONF_DIR
 ML2_CONF = '%s/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini' % NEUTRON_CONF_DIR
 
 BASE_RESOURCE_MAP = OrderedDict([
-    (NEUTRON_CONF, {
-        'services': ['neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent'],
-        'contexts': [neutron_ovs_context.OVSPluginContext()],
-    }),
     (ML2_CONF, {
         'services': ['neutron-plugin-openvswitch-agent'],
         'contexts': [neutron_ovs_context.OVSPluginContext()],
@@ -27,6 +21,18 @@ BASE_RESOURCE_MAP = OrderedDict([
 ])
 TEMPLATES = 'templates/'
 
+NEUTRON_SETTINGS = {
+        "neutron": {
+            NEUTRON_CONF: {
+                "sections": {
+                    "DEFAULT": [
+                        ('core_plugin', 'LYneutron.plugins.ml2.plugin.Ml2Plugin'),
+                    ]
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+}
+
 def determine_packages():
     ovs_pkgs = []
     pkgs = neutron_plugin_attribute('ovs', 'packages',
@@ -50,10 +56,6 @@ def resource_map():
     hook execution.
     '''
     resource_map = deepcopy(BASE_RESOURCE_MAP)
-    if is_relation_made('amqp'):
-        resource_map[NEUTRON_CONF]['contexts'].append(context.AMQPContext())
-    else:
-        resource_map[NEUTRON_CONF]['contexts'].append(neutron_ovs_context.NovaComputeAMQPContext())
     return resource_map
 
 def restart_map():
diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index 8d09b884..afdac68f 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ provides:
     interface: neutron-plugin
     scope: container
 requires:
-  amqp:
-    interface: rabbitmq
   container:
     interface: juju-info
     scope: container