diff --git a/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf b/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
index 98ff3b16b29c..7c820ad483ee 100644
--- a/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
+++ b/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace = nova.openstack.common.policy
 namespace = oslo.log
 namespace = oslo.messaging
 namespace = oslo.policy
-namespace = oslo.reports
 namespace = oslo.service.periodic_task
 namespace = oslo.service.service
 namespace = oslo.service.sslutils
diff --git a/nova/cmd/api.py b/nova/cmd/api.py
index 75e11be8e6da..b025f7fce97e 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/api.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/api.py
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('enabled_apis', 'nova.service')
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     launcher = service.process_launcher()
     for api in CONF.enabled_apis:
         should_use_ssl = api in CONF.enabled_ssl_apis
diff --git a/nova/cmd/api_ec2.py b/nova/cmd/api_ec2.py
index 5751b629bea2..5e3f861e2bf3 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/api_ec2.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/api_ec2.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     should_use_ssl = 'ec2' in CONF.enabled_ssl_apis
     server = service.WSGIService('ec2', use_ssl=should_use_ssl,
                                  max_url_len=16384)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/api_metadata.py b/nova/cmd/api_metadata.py
index 5b1e570aa661..ae0d36447b2c 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/api_metadata.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/api_metadata.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova.conductor import rpcapi as conductor_rpcapi
 from nova import config
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ from nova import objects
 from nova.objects import base as objects_base
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     if not CONF.conductor.use_local:
         objects_base.NovaObject.indirection_api = \
             conductor_rpcapi.ConductorAPI()
diff --git a/nova/cmd/api_os_compute.py b/nova/cmd/api_os_compute.py
index fdd5690a44b5..9a7008083124 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/api_os_compute.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/api_os_compute.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     should_use_ssl = 'osapi_compute' in CONF.enabled_ssl_apis
     server = service.WSGIService('osapi_compute', use_ssl=should_use_ssl)
     service.serve(server, workers=server.workers)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py b/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py
index 0aef8fb5c99f..6b08a2665d5d 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/baseproxy.py
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova.console import websocketproxy
+from nova import version
 
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ def proxy(host, port):
 
     logging.setup(CONF, "nova")
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     # Create and start the NovaWebSockets proxy
     websocketproxy.NovaWebSocketProxy(
         listen_host=host,
diff --git a/nova/cmd/cells.py b/nova/cmd/cells.py
index 0e9b4ec2a13c..7996fc530723 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/cells.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/cells.py
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('topic', 'nova.cells.opts', group='cells')
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-cells',
                                     topic=CONF.cells.topic,
                                     manager=CONF.cells.manager)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/cert.py b/nova/cmd/cert.py
index 7ddf69fd80c5..e07df8d0fd27 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/cert.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/cert.py
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('cert_topic', 'nova.cert.rpcapi')
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-cert', topic=CONF.cert_topic)
     service.serve(server)
     service.wait()
diff --git a/nova/cmd/compute.py b/nova/cmd/compute.py
index f46902e9ba3e..71434a225d6d 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/compute.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/compute.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova.conductor import rpcapi as conductor_rpcapi
 from nova import config
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ from nova import objects
 from nova.objects import base as objects_base
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('compute_topic', 'nova.compute.rpcapi')
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     if not CONF.conductor.use_local:
         block_db_access()
         objects_base.NovaObject.indirection_api = \
diff --git a/nova/cmd/conductor.py b/nova/cmd/conductor.py
index 2949f0b37d10..da3d8643d143 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/conductor.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/conductor.py
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import sys
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('topic', 'nova.conductor.api', group='conductor')
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-conductor',
                                     topic=CONF.conductor.topic,
                                     manager=CONF.conductor.manager)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/console.py b/nova/cmd/console.py
index dd46e7662d5a..83d64f15cd50 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/console.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/console.py
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('console_topic', 'nova.console.rpcapi')
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ def main():
     logging.setup(CONF, "nova")
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-console',
                                     topic=CONF.console_topic)
     service.serve(server)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/consoleauth.py b/nova/cmd/consoleauth.py
index 3e634860e2a4..ecfd44dcd1eb 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/consoleauth.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/consoleauth.py
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ def main():
     logging.setup(CONF, "nova")
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-consoleauth',
                                     topic=CONF.consoleauth_topic)
     service.serve(server)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/network.py b/nova/cmd/network.py
index dc19b6b39197..c55975893169 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/network.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/network.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova.conductor import rpcapi as conductor_rpcapi
 from nova import config
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ from nova import objects
 from nova.objects import base as objects_base
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('network_topic', 'nova.network.rpcapi')
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     if not CONF.conductor.use_local:
         block_db_access()
         objects_base.NovaObject.indirection_api = \
diff --git a/nova/cmd/objectstore.py b/nova/cmd/objectstore.py
index 1d6fa02eebc8..e15d84409969 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/objectstore.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/objectstore.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 import sys
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.objectstore import s3server
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 
 def main():
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ def main():
     logging.setup(config.CONF, "nova")
     utils.monkey_patch()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = s3server.get_wsgi_server()
     service.serve(server)
     service.wait()
diff --git a/nova/cmd/scheduler.py b/nova/cmd/scheduler.py
index fa166e1db56f..43ffcee689d6 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/scheduler.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/scheduler.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import sys
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
+from nova import version
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.import_opt('scheduler_topic', 'nova.scheduler.rpcapi')
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ def main():
     utils.monkey_patch()
     objects.register_all()
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-scheduler',
                                     topic=CONF.scheduler_topic)
     service.serve(server)
diff --git a/nova/cmd/xvpvncproxy.py b/nova/cmd/xvpvncproxy.py
index 2aa0c8217057..6240f76dd373 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/xvpvncproxy.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/xvpvncproxy.py
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 import sys
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import service
+from nova import version
 from nova.vnc import xvp_proxy
 
 
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ def main():
     config.parse_args(sys.argv)
     logging.setup(config.CONF, "nova")
 
+    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version)
+
     wsgi_server = xvp_proxy.get_wsgi_server()
     service.serve(wsgi_server)
     service.wait()
diff --git a/nova/config.py b/nova/config.py
index f4084818b491..b3c9902efba2 100644
--- a/nova/config.py
+++ b/nova/config.py
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_db import options
 from oslo_log import log
-from oslo_reports import guru_meditation_report as gmr
-from oslo_reports import opts as gmr_opts
-
 
 from nova.db.sqlalchemy import api as sqlalchemy_api
 from nova import debugger
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@ _DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONTEXT_FORMAT = ('%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d '
 def parse_args(argv, default_config_files=None, configure_db=True):
     log.set_defaults(_DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONTEXT_FORMAT, _DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
     log.register_options(CONF)
-    gmr_opts.set_defaults(CONF)
     options.set_defaults(CONF, connection=_DEFAULT_SQL_CONNECTION,
                          sqlite_db='nova.sqlite')
     rpc.set_defaults(control_exchange='nova')
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ def parse_args(argv, default_config_files=None, configure_db=True):
          project='nova',
          version=version.version_string(),
          default_config_files=default_config_files)
-    gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(version, conf=CONF)
     rpc.init(CONF)
 
     if configure_db:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/new-oslo-reports-option-619c3dbf3ae320fb.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/new-oslo-reports-option-619c3dbf3ae320fb.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e0899ddfc511..000000000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/new-oslo-reports-option-619c3dbf3ae320fb.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-features:
-  - You can now specify a directory for generating GMR logs
-    by adding a "log_dir" key under the "[oslo_report]" section in
-    nova.conf. If you do not specify this option, you will see the GMR
-    output in Nova logs.
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