diff --git a/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf b/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
index d6acda41363e..e51e18ba6d34 100644
--- a/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
+++ b/etc/nova/nova-config-generator.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ namespace = nova.cache_utils
 namespace = nova.cells
 namespace = nova.compute
 namespace = nova.network
-namespace = nova.virt
 namespace = oslo.cache
 namespace = oslo.log
 namespace = oslo.messaging
diff --git a/nova/conf/libvirt.py b/nova/conf/libvirt.py
index ca063781deab..f910c54aec54 100644
--- a/nova/conf/libvirt.py
+++ b/nova/conf/libvirt.py
@@ -390,6 +390,14 @@ libvirt_volume_smbfs_opts = [
                     'libvirt-qemu uid and gid must be specified.'),
 ]
 
+libvirt_remotefs_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('remote_filesystem_transport',
+               default='ssh',
+               choices=('ssh', 'rsync'),
+               help='Use ssh or rsync transport for creating, copying, '
+                    'removing files on the remote host.'),
+]
+
 ALL_OPTS = list(itertools.chain(
     libvirt_general_opts,
     libvirt_imagebackend_opts,
@@ -407,6 +415,7 @@ ALL_OPTS = list(itertools.chain(
     libvirt_volume_quobyte_opts,
     libvirt_volume_scality_opts,
     libvirt_volume_smbfs_opts,
+    libvirt_remotefs_opts
 ))
 
 
@@ -415,8 +424,5 @@ def register_opts(conf):
     conf.register_opts(ALL_OPTS, group=libvirt_group)
 
 
-# TODO(hieulq): if not using group name, oslo config will generate duplicate
-# config section. This need to be remove when completely move all libvirt
-# options to this place.
 def list_opts():
-    return {libvirt_group.name: ALL_OPTS}
+    return {libvirt_group: ALL_OPTS}
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py
index 254e5cc22258..eafb56565a35 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/volume/remotefs.py
@@ -19,26 +19,17 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
-from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 import six
 
+import nova.conf
 from nova.i18n import _LE, _LW
 from nova import utils
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-libvirt_opts = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('remote_filesystem_transport',
-               default='ssh',
-               choices=('ssh', 'rsync'),
-               help='Use ssh or rsync transport for creating, copying, '
-                    'removing files on the remote host.'),
-    ]
-
-CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.register_opts(libvirt_opts, 'libvirt')
+CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
 
 def mount_share(mount_path, export_path,
diff --git a/nova/virt/opts.py b/nova/virt/opts.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 01c0ab47d2ac..000000000000
--- a/nova/virt/opts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# 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 itertools
-
-import nova.virt.libvirt.volume.remotefs
-import nova.virt.xenapi.agent
-import nova.virt.xenapi.vmops
-
-
-def list_opts():
-    return [
-        ('libvirt',
-         itertools.chain(
-             nova.virt.libvirt.volume.remotefs.libvirt_opts,
-         )),
-    ]