diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 29835123..78583703 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ class glance::api(
     )
   }
 
-  Package[$glance::params::api_package_name] -> File['/etc/glance/']
   Package[$glance::params::api_package_name] -> Class['glance::policy']
 
   # adding all of this stuff b/c it devstack says glance-api uses the
@@ -312,15 +311,6 @@ class glance::api(
   Class['glance::policy'] ~> Service['glance-api']
   Service['glance-api']   ~> Glance_image<||>
 
-  File {
-    ensure  => present,
-    owner   => 'glance',
-    group   => 'glance',
-    mode    => '0640',
-    notify  => Service['glance-api'],
-    require => Class['glance']
-  }
-
   # basic service config
   glance_api_config {
     'DEFAULT/bind_host':               value => $bind_host;
@@ -428,15 +418,6 @@ class glance::api(
     }
   }
 
-  resources { 'glance_api_config':
-    purge => $purge_config,
-  }
-
-  file { ['/etc/glance/glance-api.conf',
-          '/etc/glance/glance-api-paste.ini',
-          '/etc/glance/glance-cache.conf']:
-  }
-
   if $manage_service {
     if $enabled {
       $service_ensure = 'running'
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 0ef95c34..367b9d0e 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ class glance(
 
   include ::glance::params
 
-  file { '/etc/glance/':
-    ensure => directory,
-    owner  => 'glance',
-    group  => 'root',
-    mode   => '0770',
-  }
-
   if ( $glance::params::api_package_name == $glance::params::registry_package_name ) {
     package { $::glance::params::api_package_name :
       ensure => $package_ensure,
diff --git a/manifests/registry.pp b/manifests/registry.pp
index af81ab71..3f9c7140 100644
--- a/manifests/registry.pp
+++ b/manifests/registry.pp
@@ -203,19 +203,8 @@ class glance::registry(
     )
   }
 
-  Package[$glance::params::registry_package_name] -> File['/etc/glance/']
-
   Glance_registry_config<||> ~> Service['glance-registry']
 
-  File {
-    ensure  => present,
-    owner   => 'glance',
-    group   => 'glance',
-    mode    => '0640',
-    notify  => Service['glance-registry'],
-    require => Class['glance']
-  }
-
   glance_registry_config {
     'DEFAULT/workers':                value => $workers;
     'DEFAULT/bind_host':              value => $bind_host;
@@ -278,14 +267,6 @@ class glance::registry(
     }
   }
 
-  resources { 'glance_registry_config':
-    purge => $purge_config
-  }
-
-  file { ['/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf',
-          '/etc/glance/glance-registry-paste.ini']:
-  }
-
   if $sync_db {
     include ::glance::db::sync
   }
@@ -306,7 +287,6 @@ class glance::registry(
     enable     => $enabled,
     hasstatus  => true,
     hasrestart => true,
-    subscribe  => File['/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf'],
     require    => Class['glance'],
     tag        => 'glance-service',
   }
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb
index a80b3b62..3819a1c3 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_registry_spec.rb
@@ -61,15 +61,14 @@ describe 'glance::registry' do
         it { is_expected.to contain_class 'glance::registry::db' }
         it { is_expected.to contain_class 'glance::registry::logging' }
 
-        it { is_expected.to contain_service('glance-registry').with(
-            'ensure'     => (param_hash[:manage_service] && param_hash[:enabled]) ? 'running' : 'stopped',
-            'enable'     => param_hash[:enabled],
-            'hasstatus'  => true,
-            'hasrestart' => true,
-            'subscribe'  => 'File[/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf]',
-            'require'    => 'Class[Glance]',
-            'tag'        => 'glance-service',
-        )}
+      it { is_expected.to contain_service('glance-registry').with(
+          'ensure'     => (param_hash[:manage_service] && param_hash[:enabled]) ? 'running' : 'stopped',
+          'enable'     => param_hash[:enabled],
+          'hasstatus'  => true,
+          'hasrestart' => true,
+          'require'    => 'Class[Glance]',
+          'tag'        => 'glance-service',
+      )}
 
         it 'is_expected.to not sync the db if sync_db is set to false' do
 
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@ describe 'glance::registry' do
             'enable'     => false,
             'hasstatus'  => true,
             'hasrestart' => true,
-            'subscribe'  => 'File[/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf]',
             'require'    => 'Class[Glance]',
             'tag'        => 'glance-service',
         )}
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb
index fe5c3a1f..c23d39b9 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_spec.rb
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ describe 'glance' do
     describe "when using default class parameters" do
       let(:params) { default_params }
 
-      it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/glance/').with(
-        'ensure'  => 'directory',
-        'owner'   => 'glance',
-        'mode'    => '0770'
-      )}
-
       it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-openstackclient').with(
         :tag => 'openstack'
       )}