diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
index 85e4e1278..a06f02ba8 100644
--- a/.stestr.conf
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 test_path=./placement/tests/unit
 top_dir=./
+# The group_regex describes how stestr will group tests into the same process
+# when running concurently. The following ensures that gabbi tests coming from
+# the same YAML file are all in the same process. This is important because
+# each YAML file represents an ordered sequence of HTTP requests. Note that
+# tests which do not match this regex will not be grouped in any special way.
+# See the following for more details.
+# http://stestr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MANUAL.html#grouping-tests
+# https://gabbi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#purpose
+group_regex=placement\.tests\.functional\.test_api(?:\.|_)([^_]+)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index de807acdb..02c055c3b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -72,15 +72,7 @@ envdir = {toxworkdir}/py27
 setenv = {[testenv]setenv}
 commands =
   {[testenv]commands}
-# NOTE(cdent): The group_regex describes how stestr will group tests into the
-# same process when running concurently. The following ensures that gabbi tests
-# coming from the same YAML file are all in the same process. This is important
-# because each YAML file represents an ordered sequence of HTTP requests. Note
-# that tests which do not match this regex will not be grouped in any
-# special way. See the following for more details.
-# http://stestr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MANUAL.html#grouping-tests
-# https://gabbi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#purpose
-  stestr --test-path=./placement/tests/functional --group_regex=placement\.tests\.functional\.test_api(?:\.|_)([^_]+) run {posargs}
+  stestr --test-path=./placement/tests/functional run {posargs}
   stestr slowest
 
 # TODO(gcb) Merge this into [testenv:functional] when functional tests are gating
@@ -121,7 +113,7 @@ setenv =
 commands =
   {[testenv]commands}
   coverage erase
-  stestr --test-path=./placement/tests --group_regex=placement\.tests\.functional\.test_api(?:\.|_)([^_]+) run {posargs}
+  stestr --test-path=./placement/tests run {posargs}
   coverage combine
   coverage html -d cover
   coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml