diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
index e2a10b73bc..04b196b916 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ project_name = service
 username = {{ neutron_keystone_user }}
 password = {{ neutron_keystone_password }}
 
+{% if not service_name.startswith('nova-compute') %}
 [database]
 connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ nova_database_user }}:{{ nova_database_password }}@{{ nova_database_address }}/{{ nova_database_name }}
 max_pool_size = 50
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ max_retries = -1
 [api_database]
 connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ nova_api_database_user }}:{{ nova_api_database_password }}@{{ nova_api_database_address }}/{{ nova_api_database_name }}
 max_retries = -1
+{% endif %}
 
 [cache]
 backend = oslo_cache.memcache_pool