diff --git a/bin/nova-all b/bin/nova-all
index 531116d69285..dbbd508872ec 100755
--- a/bin/nova-all
+++ b/bin/nova-all
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.objectstore import s3server
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index 776152e43d5c..5bb7f31b7bee 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-api-ec2 b/bin/nova-api-ec2
index f165b5ce94a0..c7b08845db26 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api-ec2
+++ b/bin/nova-api-ec2
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-api-metadata b/bin/nova-api-metadata
index f50e5ce8452c..e7cac260d0bf 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api-metadata
+++ b/bin/nova-api-metadata
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-api-os-compute b/bin/nova-api-os-compute
index 5cf5f6910c83..02f16a04a055 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api-os-compute
+++ b/bin/nova-api-os-compute
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-cert b/bin/nova-cert
index 441bda9e54f4..ffda0e547371 100755
--- a/bin/nova-cert
+++ b/bin/nova-cert
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(POSSIBLE_TOPDIR, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-clear-rabbit-queues b/bin/nova-clear-rabbit-queues
index 66b996c2e25c..90e9128f3f61 100755
--- a/bin/nova-clear-rabbit-queues
+++ b/bin/nova-clear-rabbit-queues
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 from nova import config
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import cfg
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova.openstack.common import rpc
diff --git a/bin/nova-compute b/bin/nova-compute
index f850e1b8ceb0..78f4efd206bd 100755
--- a/bin/nova-compute
+++ b/bin/nova-compute
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(POSSIBLE_TOPDIR, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-console b/bin/nova-console
index c75e088c82a2..6a363c1e7f9f 100755
--- a/bin/nova-console
+++ b/bin/nova-console
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 
diff --git a/bin/nova-consoleauth b/bin/nova-consoleauth
index 36c9c843bdc4..791ac2de5707 100755
--- a/bin/nova-consoleauth
+++ b/bin/nova-consoleauth
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.consoleauth import manager
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 
diff --git a/bin/nova-dhcpbridge b/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
index fff965064c90..21cd5db00e12 100755
--- a/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
+++ b/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 from nova import config
 from nova import context
 from nova import db
-from nova import flags
 from nova.network import linux_net
 from nova.network import rpcapi as network_rpcapi
 from nova.openstack.common import importutils
diff --git a/bin/nova-manage b/bin/nova-manage
index 152042a1d323..cca67398cdde 100755
--- a/bin/nova-manage
+++ b/bin/nova-manage
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova.db import migration
 from nova import exception
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import cfg
 from nova.openstack.common import importutils
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-network b/bin/nova-network
index def7782d7dee..fe90e4ccebfd 100755
--- a/bin/nova-network
+++ b/bin/nova-network
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-novncproxy b/bin/nova-novncproxy
index 1ba43aa015c2..ad901656d802 100755
--- a/bin/nova-novncproxy
+++ b/bin/nova-novncproxy
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import websockify
 from nova import config
 from nova.consoleauth import rpcapi as consoleauth_rpcapi
 from nova import context
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import cfg
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova.openstack.common import rpc
diff --git a/bin/nova-objectstore b/bin/nova-objectstore
index 9b9e2b7a7936..8ec9fbf351b4 100755
--- a/bin/nova-objectstore
+++ b/bin/nova-objectstore
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.objectstore import s3server
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
diff --git a/bin/nova-rpc-zmq-receiver b/bin/nova-rpc-zmq-receiver
index d6849ce9d205..e9093f1a50fb 100755
--- a/bin/nova-rpc-zmq-receiver
+++ b/bin/nova-rpc-zmq-receiver
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(POSSIBLE_TOPDIR, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 from nova import config
 from nova import exception
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova.openstack.common import rpc
 from nova.openstack.common.rpc import impl_zmq
diff --git a/bin/nova-scheduler b/bin/nova-scheduler
index 73dfab2070f0..7730c5cb0ed1 100755
--- a/bin/nova-scheduler
+++ b/bin/nova-scheduler
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
 from nova import utils
diff --git a/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy b/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy
index b816bf2e9fd5..7882645adacf 100755
--- a/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy
+++ b/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
 
 
 from nova import config
-from nova import flags
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova.openstack.common import rpc
 from nova import service