diff --git a/horizon/views.py b/horizon/views.py
index 1e48d83d92..53da8af394 100644
--- a/horizon/views.py
+++ b/horizon/views.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class PageTitleMixin(object):
 
 def trace(name):
     def decorator(func):
+        # TODO(amotoki): Move OPENSTACK_PROFILER setting to horizon.
         if getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_PROFILER', {}).get('enabled', False):
             return profiler.trace(name, info=None, hide_args=False,
                                   allow_multiple_trace=True)(func)
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/context_processors.py b/openstack_dashboard/context_processors.py
index 08b7a93571..676e335e21 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/context_processors.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/context_processors.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def openstack(request):
             request.user.authorized_tenants if tenant.enabled]
 
     # Region context/support
-    available_regions = getattr(settings, 'AVAILABLE_REGIONS', [])
+    available_regions = settings.AVAILABLE_REGIONS
     regions = {'support': len(available_regions) > 1,
                'current': {'endpoint': request.session.get('region_endpoint'),
                            'name': request.session.get('region_name')},
@@ -84,19 +84,17 @@ def openstack(request):
     context['regions'] = regions
 
     # Adding webroot access
-    context['WEBROOT'] = getattr(settings, "WEBROOT", "/")
+    context['WEBROOT'] = settings.WEBROOT
 
-    user_menu_links = getattr(settings, "USER_MENU_LINKS", [])
-
-    context['USER_MENU_LINKS'] = user_menu_links
+    context['USER_MENU_LINKS'] = settings.USER_MENU_LINKS
 
     # Adding profiler support flag
-    profiler_settings = getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_PROFILER', {})
-    profiler_enabled = profiler_settings.get('enabled', False)
+    profiler_settings = settings.OPENSTACK_PROFILER
+    profiler_enabled = profiler_settings['enabled']
     context['profiler_enabled'] = profiler_enabled
     if profiler_enabled and 'profile_page' in request.COOKIES:
         index_view_id = request.META.get(profiler.ROOT_HEADER, '')
-        hmac_keys = profiler_settings.get('keys', [])
+        hmac_keys = profiler_settings['keys']
         context['x_trace_info'] = profiler.update_trace_headers(
             hmac_keys, parent_id=index_view_id)
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/dashboard.py b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/dashboard.py
index 81cffbcb7a..cdc5eb8271 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/dashboard.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/dashboard.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Developer(horizon.Dashboard):
     default_panel = "theme_preview"
 
     def allowed(self, context):
-        if not getattr(settings, 'DEBUG', False):
+        if not settings.DEBUG:
             return False
         return super(Developer, self).allowed(context)
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/api.py b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/api.py
index 44c22d8f3b..99482362b5 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/api.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/api.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 
 ROOT_HEADER = 'PARENT_VIEW_TRACE_ID'
-PROFILER_SETTINGS = getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_PROFILER', {})
+PROFILER_SETTINGS = settings.OPENSTACK_PROFILER
 
 
 def init_notifier(connection_str, host="localhost"):
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ def _get_engine_kwargs(request, connection_str):
         # option
         'ceilometer': lambda req: {
             'endpoint': base.url_for(req, 'metering'),
-            'insecure': getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_SSL_NO_VERIFY', False),
-            'cacert': getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_SSL_CACERT', None),
+            'insecure': settings.OPENSTACK_SSL_NO_VERIFY,
+            'cacert': settings.OPENSTACK_SSL_CACERT,
             'token': (lambda: req.user.token.id),
             'ceilometer_api_version': '2'
         }
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ def _get_engine_kwargs(request, connection_str):
 
 
 def _get_engine(request):
-    connection_str = PROFILER_SETTINGS.get(
-        'receiver_connection_string', "mongodb://")
+    connection_str = PROFILER_SETTINGS['receiver_connection_string']
     kwargs = _get_engine_kwargs(request, connection_str)
     return profiler_get_driver(connection_str, **kwargs)
 
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ def update_trace_headers(keys, **kwargs):
                        web.X_TRACE_HMAC: trace_data[1]})
 
 
-if not PROFILER_SETTINGS.get('enabled', False):
+if not PROFILER_SETTINGS['enabled']:
     def trace(function):
         return function
 else:
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/middleware.py b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/middleware.py
index fa3befb145..3ee4df6132 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/middleware.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/middleware.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ from openstack_dashboard.contrib.developer.profiler import api
 _REQUIRED_KEYS = ("base_id", "hmac_key")
 _OPTIONAL_KEYS = ("parent_id",)
 
-PROFILER_CONF = getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_PROFILER', {})
-PROFILER_ENABLED = PROFILER_CONF.get('enabled', False)
+PROFILER_CONF = settings.OPENSTACK_PROFILER
+PROFILER_ENABLED = PROFILER_CONF['enabled']
 
 
 class ProfilerClientMiddleware(object):
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ProfilerClientMiddleware(object):
             return None
 
         if 'profile_page' in request.COOKIES:
-            hmac_key = PROFILER_CONF.get('keys')[0]
+            hmac_key = PROFILER_CONF['keys'][0]
             profiler.init(hmac_key)
             for hdr_key, hdr_value in web.get_trace_id_headers().items():
                 request.META[hdr_key] = hdr_value
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ class ProfilerClientMiddleware(object):
 
 class ProfilerMiddleware(object):
     def __init__(self, get_response):
-        self.name = PROFILER_CONF.get('facility_name', 'horizon')
-        self.hmac_keys = PROFILER_CONF.get('keys', [])
+        self.name = PROFILER_CONF['facility_name']
+        self.hmac_keys = PROFILER_CONF['keys']
         self.get_response = get_response
         if PROFILER_ENABLED:
-            api.init_notifier(PROFILER_CONF.get('notifier_connection_string'))
+            api.init_notifier(PROFILER_CONF['notifier_connection_string'])
         else:
             raise exceptions.MiddlewareNotUsed()
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/panel.py b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/panel.py
index d09eb7b943..8d84632255 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/panel.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/contrib/developer/profiler/panel.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import horizon
 
 
-if getattr(settings, 'OPENSTACK_PROFILER', {}).get('enabled', False):
+if settings.OPENSTACK_PROFILER['enabled']:
     class Profiler(horizon.Panel):
         name = _("OpenStack Profiler")
         slug = 'profiler'
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/user/forms.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/user/forms.py
index 2e6cf249a7..63b8422275 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/user/forms.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/settings/user/forms.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from horizon.utils import functions
 
 
 class UserSettingsForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
-    max_value = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+    max_value = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
     language = forms.ChoiceField(label=_("Language"))
     timezone = forms.ChoiceField(label=_("Timezone"))
     pagesize = forms.IntegerField(label=_("Items Per Page"),
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/defaults.py b/openstack_dashboard/defaults.py
index 2d94a380df..fbe685ed1c 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/defaults.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/defaults.py
@@ -17,6 +17,32 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 # This must be configured
 # OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_URL = 'http://localhost/identity/v3'
 
+# WEBROOT is the location relative to Webserver root
+# should end with a slash.
+WEBROOT = '/'
+# NOTE: The following are calculated baed on WEBROOT
+# after loading local_settings
+# LOGIN_URL = WEBROOT + 'auth/login/'
+# LOGOUT_URL = WEBROOT + 'auth/logout/'
+# LOGIN_ERROR = WEBROOT + 'auth/error/'
+LOGIN_URL = None
+LOGOUT_URL = None
+LOGIN_ERROR = None
+# NOTE: The following are calculated baed on WEBROOT
+# after loading local_settings
+# LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL can be used as an alternative for
+# HORIZON_CONFIG.user_home, if user_home is not set.
+# Do not set it to '/home/', as this will cause circular redirect loop
+# LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = WEBROOT
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = None
+
+# NOTE: The following are calculated baed on WEBROOT
+# after loading local_settings
+MEDIA_ROOT = None
+MEDIA_URL = None
+STATIC_ROOT = None
+STATIC_URL = None
+
 # Dict used to restrict user private subnet cidr range.
 # An empty list means that user input will not be restricted
 # for a corresponding IP version. By default, there is
@@ -42,6 +68,13 @@ API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE = 20
 # ]
 AVAILABLE_REGIONS = []
 
+# Modules that provide /auth routes that can be used to handle different types
+# of user authentication. Add auth plugins that require extra route handling to
+# this list.
+AUTHENTICATION_URLS = [
+    'openstack_auth.urls',
+]
+
 # Set Console type:
 # valid options are "AUTO"(default), "VNC", "SPICE", "RDP", "SERIAL", "MKS"
 # or None. Set to None explicitly if you want to deactivate the console.
@@ -61,6 +94,17 @@ CONSOLE_TYPE = "AUTO"
 # }
 CREATE_INSTANCE_FLAVOR_SORT = {}
 
+# DISALLOW_IFRAME_EMBED can be used to prevent Horizon from being embedded
+# within an iframe. Legacy browsers are still vulnerable to a Cross-Frame
+# Scripting (XFS) vulnerability, so this option allows extra security hardening
+# where iframes are not used in deployment. Default setting is True.
+# For more information see:
+# http://tinyurl.com/anticlickjack
+DISALLOW_IFRAME_EMBED = True
+
+# Specify a maximum number of items to display in a dropdown.
+DROPDOWN_MAX_ITEMS = 30
+
 ENABLE_CLIENT_TOKEN = True
 # Set this to True to display an 'Admin Password' field on the Change Password
 # form to verify that it is indeed the admin logged-in who wants to change
@@ -136,10 +180,21 @@ LAUNCH_INSTANCE_DEFAULTS = {
     'enable_scheduler_hints': True,
 }
 
+# The absolute path to the directory where message files are collected.
+# The message file must have a .json file extension. When the user logins to
+# horizon, the message files collected are processed and displayed to the user.
+MESSAGES_PATH = None
+
 OPENRC_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE = 'project/api_access/openrc.sh.template'
 OPENSTACK_CLOUDS_YAML_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE = ('project/api_access/'
                                          'clouds.yaml.template')
 
+# The default date range in the Overview panel meters - either <today> minus N
+# days (if the value is integer N), or from the beginning of the current month
+# until today (if set to None). This setting should be used to limit the amount
+# of data fetched by default when rendering the Overview panel.
+OVERVIEW_DAYS_RANGE = 1
+
 # Projects and users can have extra attributes as defined by keystone v3.
 # Horizon has the ability to display these extra attributes via this setting.
 # If you'd like to display extra data in the project or user tables, set the
@@ -187,6 +242,10 @@ SHOW_OPENSTACK_CLOUDS_YAML = True
 # The size of chunk in bytes for downloading objects from Swift
 SWIFT_FILE_TRANSFER_CHUNK_SIZE = 512 * 1024
 
+# NOTE: The default value of USER_MENU_LINKS will be set after loading
+# local_settings if it is not configured.
+USER_MENU_LINKS = None
+
 # Overrides for OpenStack API versions. Use this setting to force the
 # OpenStack dashboard to use a specific API version for a given service API.
 # Versions specified here should be integers or floats, not strings.
@@ -363,6 +422,14 @@ OPENSTACK_CLOUDS_YAML_NAME = 'openstack'
 # If this cloud has a vendor profile in os-client-config, put it's name here.
 OPENSTACK_CLOUDS_YAML_PROFILE = ''
 
+OPENSTACK_PROFILER = {
+    'enabled': False,
+    'facility_name': 'horizon',
+    'keys': [],
+    'receiver_connection_string': "mongodb://",
+    'notifier_connection_string': None,
+}
+
 # AngularJS requires some settings to be made available to
 # the client side. Some settings are required by in-tree / built-in horizon
 # features. These settings must be added to REST_API_REQUIRED_SETTINGS in the
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example b/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example
index eeccc20a02..23d891de38 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py.example
@@ -21,18 +21,6 @@ DEBUG = True
 # for more information
 #COMPRESS_OFFLINE = not DEBUG
 
-# WEBROOT is the location relative to Webserver root
-# should end with a slash.
-WEBROOT = '/'
-#LOGIN_URL = WEBROOT + 'auth/login/'
-#LOGOUT_URL = WEBROOT + 'auth/logout/'
-#LOGIN_ERROR = WEBROOT + 'auth/error/'
-#
-# LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL can be used as an alternative for
-# HORIZON_CONFIG.user_home, if user_home is not set.
-# Do not set it to '/home/', as this will cause circular redirect loop
-#LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = WEBROOT
-
 # If horizon is running in production (DEBUG is False), set this
 # with the list of host/domain names that the application can serve.
 # For more information see:
@@ -51,11 +39,6 @@ WEBROOT = '/'
 #CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 #SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 
-# The absolute path to the directory where message files are collected.
-# The message file must have a .json file extension. When the user logins to
-# horizon, the message files collected are processed and displayed to the user.
-#MESSAGES_PATH=None
-
 # Set this to True if you want available domains displayed as a dropdown menu
 # on the login screen. It is strongly advised NOT to enable this for public
 # clouds, as advertising enabled domains to unauthenticated customers
@@ -257,20 +240,10 @@ IMAGE_RESERVED_CUSTOM_PROPERTIES = []
 # The default number of lines displayed for instance console log.
 INSTANCE_LOG_LENGTH = 35
 
-# Specify a maximum number of items to display in a dropdown.
-DROPDOWN_MAX_ITEMS = 30
-
 # The timezone of the server. This should correspond with the timezone
 # of your entire OpenStack installation, and hopefully be in UTC.
 TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
 
-# Modules that provide /auth routes that can be used to handle different types
-# of user authentication. Add auth plugins that require extra route handling to
-# this list.
-#AUTHENTICATION_URLS = [
-#    'openstack_auth.urls',
-#]
-
 # The Horizon Policy Enforcement engine uses these values to load per service
 # policy rule files. The content of these files should match the files the
 # OpenStack services are using to determine role based access control in the
@@ -561,14 +534,6 @@ SECURITY_GROUP_RULES = {
 # See Metadata Definitions on:
 # https://docs.openstack.org/glance/latest/user/glancemetadefcatalogapi.html
 
-# DISALLOW_IFRAME_EMBED can be used to prevent Horizon from being embedded
-# within an iframe. Legacy browsers are still vulnerable to a Cross-Frame
-# Scripting (XFS) vulnerability, so this option allows extra security hardening
-# where iframes are not used in deployment. Default setting is True.
-# For more information see:
-# http://tinyurl.com/anticlickjack
-#DISALLOW_IFRAME_EMBED = True
-
 # Help URL can be made available for the client. To provide a help URL, edit the
 # following attribute to the URL of your choice.
 #HORIZON_CONFIG["help_url"] = "http://openstack.mycompany.org"
@@ -591,12 +556,6 @@ SECURITY_GROUP_RULES = {
 #        " [%(http_status)s] [%(param)s]"),
 #}
 
-# The default date range in the Overview panel meters - either <today> minus N
-# days (if the value is integer N), or from the beginning of the current month
-# until today (if set to None). This setting should be used to limit the amount
-# of data fetched by default when rendering the Overview panel.
-#OVERVIEW_DAYS_RANGE = 1
-
 # Password will have an expiration date when using keystone v3 and enabling the
 # feature.
 # This setting allows you to set the number of days that the user will be alerted
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/settings.py b/openstack_dashboard/settings.py
index ee0499987f..1655706a68 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/settings.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/settings.py
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ DEBUG = False
 
 SITE_BRANDING = 'OpenStack Dashboard'
 
-WEBROOT = '/'
-LOGIN_URL = None
-LOGOUT_URL = None
-LOGIN_ERROR = None
-LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = None
-MEDIA_ROOT = None
-MEDIA_URL = None
-STATIC_ROOT = None
-STATIC_URL = None
 SELECTABLE_THEMES = None
 INTEGRATION_TESTS_SUPPORT = False
 NG_TEMPLATE_CACHE_AGE = 2592000
@@ -177,7 +168,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 ]
 
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('openstack_auth.backend.KeystoneBackend',)
-AUTHENTICATION_URLS = ['openstack_auth.urls']
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'openstack_auth.User'
 MESSAGE_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback.FallbackStorage'
 
@@ -270,10 +260,6 @@ LOCAL_PATH = None
 
 ADD_INSTALLED_APPS = []
 
-# NOTE: The default value of USER_MENU_LINKS will be set after loading
-# local_settings if it is not configured.
-USER_MENU_LINKS = None
-
 # 'key', 'label', 'path'
 AVAILABLE_THEMES = [
     (
@@ -316,10 +302,6 @@ ANGULAR_FEATURES = {
 # Notice all customizable configurations should be above this line
 XSTATIC_MODULES = settings_utils.BASE_XSTATIC_MODULES
 
-OPENSTACK_PROFILER = {
-    'enabled': False
-}
-
 # Load default values
 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 from openstack_dashboard.defaults import *  # noqa: F403,H303
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/templatetags/context_selection.py b/openstack_dashboard/templatetags/context_selection.py
index 562791d94a..23e38bc78e 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/templatetags/context_selection.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/templatetags/context_selection.py
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ def is_multi_region_configured(request):
 
 def is_multidomain_supported():
     return (keystone.VERSIONS.active >= 3 and
-            getattr(settings,
-                    'OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_MULTIDOMAIN_SUPPORT',
-                    False))
+            settings.OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_MULTIDOMAIN_SUPPORT)
 
 
 @register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ def show_domain_list(context):
 @register.inclusion_tag('context_selection/_project_list.html',
                         takes_context=True)
 def show_project_list(context):
-    max_proj = getattr(settings, 'DROPDOWN_MAX_ITEMS', 30)
+    max_proj = settings.DROPDOWN_MAX_ITEMS
     if 'request' not in context:
         return {}
     request = context['request']
@@ -110,10 +108,7 @@ def show_region_list(context):
 @register.inclusion_tag('context_selection/_anti_clickjack.html',
                         takes_context=True)
 def iframe_embed_settings(context):
-    disallow_iframe_embed = getattr(settings,
-                                    'DISALLOW_IFRAME_EMBED',
-                                    True)
-    context = {'disallow_iframe_embed': disallow_iframe_embed}
+    context = {'disallow_iframe_embed': settings.DISALLOW_IFRAME_EMBED}
     return context
 
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
index c71a136469..b68a6297f2 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def _apply_panel_mocks(patchers=None):
     """Global mocks on panels that get called on all views."""
     if patchers is None:
         patchers = {}
-    mocked_methods = getattr(settings, 'TEST_GLOBAL_MOCKS_ON_PANELS', {})
+    mocked_methods = settings.TEST_GLOBAL_MOCKS_ON_PANELS
     for name, mock_config in mocked_methods.items():
         method = mock_config['method']
         mock_params = {}
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/settings.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/settings.py
index 39ea21a89b..ead3a954b1 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/settings.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/settings.py
@@ -31,14 +31,22 @@ monkeypatch_escape()
 # Load default values
 from openstack_dashboard.defaults import *  # noqa: F403,H303
 
-TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+WEBROOT = '/'
 
+# The following need to Set explicitly
+# as they defaults to None in openstack_dashboard.defaults.
+# TODO(amotoki): Move them to a common function.
+LOGIN_URL = '/auth/login/'
+LOGOUT_URL = '/auth/logout/'
+LOGIN_ERROR = '/auth/error/'
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 ROOT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(TEST_DIR, ".."))
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(ROOT_PATH, '..', 'media'))
-MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(ROOT_PATH, '..', 'static'))
-STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-WEBROOT = '/'
 
 SECRET_KEY = secret_key.generate_or_read_from_file(
     os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), '.secret_key_store'))
@@ -122,8 +130,6 @@ settings_utils.update_dashboards(
     INSTALLED_APPS,
 )
 
-OPENSTACK_PROFILER = {'enabled': False}
-
 settings_utils.find_static_files(HORIZON_CONFIG, AVAILABLE_THEMES,
                                  THEME_COLLECTION_DIR, ROOT_PATH)
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_glance.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_glance.py
index efd015a998..8d87a284fe 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_glance.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_glance.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         api_images = self.images_api.list()
         expected_images = self.images.list()  # Wrapped Images
         filters = {}
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
 
         glanceclient = mock_glanceclient.return_value
         mock_images_list = glanceclient.images.list
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         api_images = self.images_api.list()
         expected_images = self.images.list()  # Wrapped Images
         filters = {}
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
         sort_dir = 'asc'
         sort_key = 'min_disk'
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         # page_size images.
         filters = {}
         page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
 
         api_images = self.images_api.list()
         expected_images = self.images.list()  # Wrapped Images
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         # more, prev should return False.
         filters = {}
         page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
 
         api_images = self.images_api.list()
         expected_images = self.images.list()  # Wrapped Images
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         # page_size images. more, prev should return False
         filters = {}
         page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
 
         api_images = self.images_api.list()
         expected_images = self.images.list()  # Wrapped Images
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         # Tests getting a second page with a marker.
         filters = {}
         page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
         marker = 'nonsense'
 
         api_images = self.images_api.list()[page_size:]
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
         # Tests getting previous page with a marker.
         filters = {}
         page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
         marker = 'nonsense'
 
         api_images = self.images_api.list()[page_size:]
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
     @mock.patch.object(api.glance, 'glanceclient')
     def test_metadefs_namespace_list(self, mock_glanceclient):
         metadata_defs = self.metadata_defs.list()
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
 
         glanceclient = mock_glanceclient.return_value
         mock_metadefs_list = glanceclient.metadefs_namespace.list
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class GlanceApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
     def test_metadefs_namespace_list_with_properties_target(self,
                                                             mock_glanceclient):
         metadata_defs = self.metadata_defs.list()
-        limit = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_LIMIT', 1000)
+        limit = settings.API_RESULT_LIMIT
         filters = {'resource_types': ['OS::Cinder::Volume'],
                    'properties_target': 'user'}
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_nova.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_nova.py
index 52e71f8300..744d7dd7a4 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_nova.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/unit/api/test_nova.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class ComputeApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
 
     @mock.patch.object(api._nova, 'novaclient')
     def test_server_list_pagination(self, mock_novaclient):
-        page_size = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE', 20)
+        page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
         servers = self.servers.list()
         novaclient = mock_novaclient.return_value
         self._mock_current_version(novaclient, '2.45')
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class ComputeApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
     @override_settings(API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE=1)
     @mock.patch.object(api._nova, 'novaclient')
     def test_server_list_pagination_more(self, mock_novaclient):
-        page_size = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE', 1)
+        page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
         servers = self.servers.list()
         novaclient = mock_novaclient.return_value
         self._mock_current_version(novaclient, '2.45')
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class ComputeApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
     @mock.patch.object(api._nova, 'novaclient')
     def _test_flavor_list_paged(self, mock_novaclient,
                                 reversed_order=False, paginate=True):
-        page_size = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE', 20)
+        page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
         flavors = self.flavors.list()
         order = 'asc' if reversed_order else 'desc'
         novaclient = mock_novaclient.return_value
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class ComputeApiTests(test.APIMockTestCase):
     @override_settings(API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE=1)
     @mock.patch.object(api._nova, 'novaclient')
     def test_flavor_list_pagination_more_and_prev(self, mock_novaclient):
-        page_size = getattr(settings, 'API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE', 1)
+        page_size = settings.API_RESULT_PAGE_SIZE
         flavors = self.flavors.list()
         marker = flavors[0].id
         novaclient = mock_novaclient.return_value
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/urls.py b/openstack_dashboard/urls.py
index 17765076da..09a309bce2 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/urls.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/urls.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ngdetails_url = url(r'^ngdetails/',
 urlpatterns.append(ngdetails_url)
 horizon.base._decorate_urlconf([ngdetails_url], require_auth)
 
-for u in getattr(settings, 'AUTHENTICATION_URLS', ['openstack_auth.urls']):
+for u in settings.AUTHENTICATION_URLS:
     urlpatterns.append(url(r'^auth/', include(u)))
 
 # Development static app and project media serving using the staticfiles app.
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/usage/base.py b/openstack_dashboard/usage/base.py
index 7107efa802..6674b6e9c3 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/usage/base.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/usage/base.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BaseUsage(object):
 
     @property
     def first_day(self):
-        days_range = getattr(settings, 'OVERVIEW_DAYS_RANGE', 1)
+        days_range = settings.OVERVIEW_DAYS_RANGE
         if days_range:
             return self.today.date() - datetime.timedelta(days=days_range)
         else:
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/views.py b/openstack_dashboard/views.py
index 1ef89f5ac8..fed92528c6 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/views.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/views.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from horizon import notifications
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-MESSAGES_PATH = getattr(settings, 'MESSAGES_PATH', None)
+MESSAGES_PATH = settings.MESSAGES_PATH
 
 
 def get_user_home(user):