diff --git a/nova/scheduler/driver.py b/nova/scheduler/driver.py
index ced7d8236cb2..a45e21a16ca1 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/driver.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/driver.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ scheduler_driver_opts = [
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.register_opts(scheduler_driver_opts)
-CONF.import_opt('compute_topic', 'nova.compute.rpcapi')
 CONF.import_opt('instances_path', 'nova.compute.manager')
 CONF.import_opt('libvirt_type', 'nova.virt.libvirt.driver')