diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/local.conf b/doc/source/contributor/local.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b66d569f..000000000
--- a/doc/source/contributor/local.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-[[local|localrc]]
-# Configure passwords and the Swift Hash
-MYSQL_PASSWORD=DEVSTACK_PASSWORD
-RABBIT_PASSWORD=DEVSTACK_PASSWORD
-SERVICE_TOKEN=DEVSTACK_PASSWORD
-ADMIN_PASSWORD=DEVSTACK_PASSWORD
-SERVICE_PASSWORD=DEVSTACK_PASSWORD
-SWIFT_HASH=DEVSTACK_PASSWORD
-
-# Configure the stable OpenStack branches used by DevStack
-# For stable branches see
-# http://opendev.org/openstack-dev/devstack
-CINDER_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-CEILOMETER_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-GLANCE_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-HEAT_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-HORIZON_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-KEYSTONE_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-NEUTRON_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-NOVA_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-SWIFT_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-ZAQAR_BRANCH=stable/OPENSTACK_VERSION
-
-# Enable Swift
-enable_service s-proxy
-enable_service s-object
-enable_service s-container
-enable_service s-account
-
-# Disable Nova Network and enable Neutron
-disable_service n-net
-enable_service q-svc
-enable_service q-agt
-enable_service q-dhcp
-enable_service q-l3
-enable_service q-meta
-enable_service q-metering
-
-# Enable Zaqar
-enable_plugin zaqar https://github.com/openstack/zaqar
-enable_service zaqar-server
-
-# Enable Heat
-enable_service h-eng
-enable_service h-api
-enable_service h-api-cfn
-enable_service h-api-cw
-
-# Automatically download and register a VM image that Heat can launch
-# For more information on Heat and DevStack see
-# https://docs.openstack.org/heat/latest/getting_started/on_devstack.html
-IMAGE_URL_SITE="http://download.fedoraproject.org"
-IMAGE_URL_PATH="/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/CloudImages/x86_64/images/"
-IMAGE_URL_FILE="Fedora-Cloud-Base-25-1.3.x86_64.qcow2"
-IMAGE_URLS+=","$IMAGE_URL_SITE$IMAGE_URL_PATH$IMAGE_URL_FILE
-
-# Logging
-LOGDAYS=1
-LOGFILE=/opt/stack/logs/stack.sh.log
-LOGDIR=/opt/stack/logs
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/testing.rst b/doc/source/contributor/testing.rst
index c72946c9b..c45b88049 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/testing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/testing.rst
@@ -42,24 +42,6 @@ public clouds but first and foremost they must be run against OpenStack. In
practice, this means that the tests should initially be run against a stable
branch of `DevStack `_.
-DevStack
-********
-
-There are many ways to run and configure DevStack. The link above will show
-you how to run DevStack a number of ways. You'll need to choose a method
-you're familiar with and can run in your environment. Wherever DevStack is
-running, we need to make sure that openstacksdk contributors are
-using the same configuration.
-
-This is the ``local.conf`` file we use to configure DevStack.
-
-.. literalinclude:: local.conf
-
-Replace ``DEVSTACK_PASSWORD`` with a password of your choice.
-
-Replace ``OPENSTACK_VERSION`` with a `stable branch `_
-of OpenStack (without the ``stable/`` prefix on the branch name).
-
os-client-config
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