diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e23f75cf5..5b95aa367 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.hpcloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mon-influxdb</artifactId>
+            <version>${mon.common.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hpcloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>mon-model</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/MonApiConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/MonApiConfiguration.java
index b0ccdb4f4..b3b602b54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/MonApiConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/MonApiConfiguration.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.hpcloud.messaging.kafka.KafkaConfiguration;
 import com.hpcloud.mon.infrastructure.middleware.MiddlewareConfiguration;
 import com.hpcloud.mon.infrastructure.persistence.DatabaseConfiguration;
-import com.hpcloud.mon.infrastructure.persistence.influxdb.InfluxDbConfig;
 
+import com.hpcloud.mon.infrastructure.persistence.influxdb.InfluxDbConfiguration;
 import io.dropwizard.Configuration;
 import io.dropwizard.db.DataSourceFactory;
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
+
 public class MonApiConfiguration extends Configuration {
   @NotEmpty
   public String region;
@@ -52,9 +53,8 @@ public class MonApiConfiguration extends Configuration {
   @NotNull
   public MiddlewareConfiguration middleware;
   @Valid
-  public InfluxDbConfig influxDB;
+  public InfluxDbConfiguration influxDB;
   @Valid
-  @NotNull
   @JsonProperty
   public DatabaseConfiguration databaseConfiguration;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/infrastructure/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDbConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/infrastructure/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDbConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba95982c..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/hpcloud/mon/infrastructure/persistence/influxdb/InfluxDbConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- * 
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
- * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
- * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
- * the License.
- */
-package com.hpcloud.mon.infrastructure.persistence.influxdb;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-
-public class InfluxDbConfig {
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  String name;
-
-  public String getName() {
-    return name;
-  }
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  int replicationFactor;
-
-  public int getReplicationFactor() {
-    return replicationFactor;
-  }
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  String url;
-
-  public String getUrl() {
-    return url;
-  }
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  String user;
-
-  public String getUser() {
-    return user;
-  }
-
-  @JsonProperty
-  String password;
-
-  public String getPassword() {
-    return password;
-  }
-
-}