diff --git a/etc/keystone.conf.sample b/etc/keystone.conf.sample
index cf7aa9723b..9fe4e0beb9 100644
--- a/etc/keystone.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/keystone.conf.sample
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@
 # but is insecure. (boolean value)
 #insecure_debug = false
 
-#
-# From keystone.notifications
-#
-
 # Default publisher_id for outgoing notifications (string value)
 #default_publisher_id = <None>
 
diff --git a/keystone/common/config.py b/keystone/common/config.py
index 642d44881b..2e4fc615f7 100644
--- a/keystone/common/config.py
+++ b/keystone/common/config.py
@@ -153,6 +153,24 @@ FILE_OPTIONS = {
                          'or authenticated user to get more information than '
                          'normal, such as why authentication failed. This may '
                          'be useful for debugging but is insecure.'),
+        cfg.StrOpt('default_publisher_id',
+                   help='Default publisher_id for outgoing notifications'),
+        cfg.StrOpt('notification_format', default='basic',
+                   choices=['basic', 'cadf'],
+                   help='Define the notification format for Identity Service '
+                        'events. A "basic" notification has information about '
+                        'the resource being operated on. A "cadf" '
+                        'notification has the same information, as well as '
+                        'information about the initiator of the event.'),
+        cfg.MultiStrOpt('notification_opt_out', default=[],
+                        help='Define the notification options to opt-out '
+                             'from. The value expected is: '
+                             'identity.<resource_type>.<operation>. This '
+                             'field can be set multiple times in order to add '
+                             'more notifications to opt-out from. For example:'
+                             '\n notification_opt_out=identity.user.created'
+                             '\n notification_opt_out=identity.authenticate.'
+                             'success'),
     ],
     'identity': [
         cfg.StrOpt('default_domain_id', default='default',
diff --git a/keystone/notifications.py b/keystone/notifications.py
index 5dc1224d8f..55a7159f0d 100644
--- a/keystone/notifications.py
+++ b/keystone/notifications.py
@@ -36,29 +36,6 @@ from keystone.common import utils
 
 _CATALOG_HELPER_OBJ = None
 
-notifier_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('default_publisher_id',
-               help='Default publisher_id for outgoing notifications'),
-    cfg.StrOpt('notification_format', default='basic',
-               choices=['basic', 'cadf'],
-               help='Define the notification format for Identity Service '
-                    'events. A "basic" notification has information about '
-                    'the resource being operated on. A "cadf" notification '
-                    'has the same information, as well as information about '
-                    'the initiator of the event.'),
-    cfg.MultiStrOpt('notification_opt_out', default=[],
-                    help='Define the notification options to opt-out from. '
-                         'The value expected is: '
-                         'identity.<resource_type>.<operation>. This field '
-                         'can be set multiple times in order to add more '
-                         'notifications to opt-out from. For example:\n '
-                         'notification_opt_out=identity.user.created\n '
-                         'notification_opt_out=identity.authenticate.success'),
-]
-
-config_section = None
-list_opts = lambda: [(config_section, notifier_opts), ]
-
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 # NOTE(gyee): actions that can be notified. One must update this list whenever
 # a new action is supported.
@@ -93,7 +70,6 @@ SERVICE = 'identity'
 
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(notifier_opts)
 
 # NOTE(morganfainberg): Special case notifications that are only used
 # internally for handling token persistence token deletions
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 41e5ac882b..138c4bb509 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ keystone.revoke =
 
 oslo.config.opts =
     keystone = keystone.common.config:list_opts
-    keystone.notifications = keystone.notifications:list_opts
 
 oslo.config.opts.defaults =
     keystone = keystone.common.config:set_external_opts_defaults