diff --git a/nova/cmd/console.py b/nova/cmd/console.py
index 83d64f15cd50..ae3bb3b36e34 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/console.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/console.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from nova import service
 from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 12538e574da9..9e726efd8c39 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ CONF.register_opts(interval_opts)
 CONF.register_opts(timeout_opts)
 CONF.register_opts(running_deleted_opts)
 CONF.register_opts(instance_cleaning_opts)
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
 CONF.import_opt('host', 'nova.netconf')
 CONF.import_opt('enabled', 'nova.spice', group='spice')
 
diff --git a/nova/conf/__init__.py b/nova/conf/__init__.py
index f1062c1bbb43..b0af97408ae2 100644
--- a/nova/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/conf/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from nova.conf import cloudpipe
 from nova.conf import compute
 from nova.conf import conductor
 from nova.conf import configdrive
-# from nova.conf import console
+from nova.conf import console
 from nova.conf import consoleauth
 # from nova.conf import cors
 # from nova.conf import cors.subdomain
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cloudpipe.register_opts(CONF)
 compute.register_opts(CONF)
 conductor.register_opts(CONF)
 configdrive.register_opts(CONF)
-# console.register_opts(CONF)
+console.register_opts(CONF)
 consoleauth.register_opts(CONF)
 # cors.register_opts(CONF)
 # cors.subdomain.register_opts(CONF)
diff --git a/nova/conf/console.py b/nova/conf/console.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..975e7beb0781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/conf/console.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2016 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import socket
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+
+console_opts = [
+    cfg.ListOpt('console_allowed_origins',
+                default=[],
+                help='Allowed Origin header hostnames for access to console '
+                     'proxy servers'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('console_topic',
+                default='console',
+                help='The topic console proxy nodes listen on'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('console_driver',
+                default='nova.console.xvp.XVPConsoleProxy',
+                help='Driver to use for the console proxy'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('stub_compute',
+                default=False,
+                help='Stub calls to compute worker for tests'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('console_public_hostname',
+                default=socket.gethostname(),
+                help='Publicly visible name for this console host'),
+]
+
+
+def register_opts(conf):
+    conf.register_opts(console_opts)
+
+
+def list_opts():
+    return {"DEFAULT": console_opts}
diff --git a/nova/console/api.py b/nova/console/api.py
index 3f772b8c29ad..1bba7bf727e2 100644
--- a/nova/console/api.py
+++ b/nova/console/api.py
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
 
 """Handles ConsoleProxy API requests."""
 
-from oslo_config import cfg
 
 from nova.compute import rpcapi as compute_rpcapi
+import nova.conf
 from nova.console import rpcapi as console_rpcapi
 from nova.db import base
 from nova import objects
 
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
 
 class API(base.Base):
diff --git a/nova/console/manager.py b/nova/console/manager.py
index b5854910c5c3..52e1b9f26d0c 100644
--- a/nova/console/manager.py
+++ b/nova/console/manager.py
@@ -15,34 +15,19 @@
 
 """Console Proxy Service."""
 
-import socket
-
-from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import oslo_messaging as messaging
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 
 from nova.compute import rpcapi as compute_rpcapi
+import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _LI
 from nova import manager
 from nova import utils
 
 
-console_manager_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('console_driver',
-               default='nova.console.xvp.XVPConsoleProxy',
-               help='Driver to use for the console proxy'),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('stub_compute',
-                default=False,
-                help='Stub calls to compute worker for tests'),
-    cfg.StrOpt('console_public_hostname',
-               default=socket.gethostname(),
-               help='Publicly visible name for this console host'),
-    ]
-
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(console_manager_opts)
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/nova/console/rpcapi.py b/nova/console/rpcapi.py
index 5002396749fa..b0b26a314d8d 100644
--- a/nova/console/rpcapi.py
+++ b/nova/console/rpcapi.py
@@ -16,20 +16,12 @@
 Client side of the console RPC API.
 """
 
-from oslo_config import cfg
 import oslo_messaging as messaging
 
 import nova.conf
 from nova import rpc
 
-rpcapi_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('console_topic',
-               default='console',
-               help='The topic console proxy nodes listen on'),
-]
-
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(rpcapi_opts)
 
 
 class ConsoleAPI(object):
diff --git a/nova/console/websocketproxy.py b/nova/console/websocketproxy.py
index 7dc68e16f84c..f7104f79652e 100644
--- a/nova/console/websocketproxy.py
+++ b/nova/console/websocketproxy.py
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ Leverages websockify.py by Joel Martin
 import socket
 import sys
 
-from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from six.moves import http_cookies as Cookie
 import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 import websockify
 
+import nova.conf
 from nova.consoleauth import rpcapi as consoleauth_rpcapi
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
@@ -34,14 +34,7 @@ from nova.i18n import _
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-console_origin_opts = [
-    cfg.ListOpt('console_allowed_origins',
-                default=[],
-                help='Allowed Origin header hostnames for access to console '
-                     'proxy servers'),
-]
-CONF.register_opts(console_origin_opts)
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
 
 class NovaProxyRequestHandlerBase(object):
diff --git a/nova/opts.py b/nova/opts.py
index b6a415e80638..a9128c687c29 100644
--- a/nova/opts.py
+++ b/nova/opts.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import nova.cmd.spicehtml5proxy
 import nova.conductor.rpcapi
 import nova.conductor.tasks.live_migrate
 import nova.conf
-import nova.console.manager
 import nova.console.rpcapi
 import nova.console.serial
 import nova.console.xvp
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ def list_opts():
              [nova.db.base.db_driver_opt],
              [nova.ipv6.api.ipv6_backend_opt],
              [nova.servicegroup.api.servicegroup_driver_opt],
-             nova.console.manager.console_manager_opts,
-             nova.console.rpcapi.rpcapi_opts,
              nova.console.xvp.xvp_opts,
              nova.db.api.db_opts,
              nova.db.sqlalchemy.api.db_opts,
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/console/test_console.py b/nova/tests/unit/console/test_console.py
index f5bbc45a8da9..8eefa13bdea0 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/console/test_console.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/console/test_console.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from nova import objects
 from nova import test
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('console_driver', 'nova.console.manager')
 
 
 class ConsoleTestCase(test.TestCase):