diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache_placement.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache_placement.pp
index dc7653448..b95738eb1 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache_placement.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache_placement.pp
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@
 #     apache::vhost ssl parameters.
 #     Optional. Default to apache::vhost 'ssl_*' defaults.
 #
-# == Dependencies
-#
-#   requires Class['apache'] & Class['nova'] & Class['nova::api']
-#
 # == Examples
 #
 #   include apache
@@ -109,10 +105,6 @@ class nova::wsgi::apache_placement (
     include ::apache::mod::ssl
   }
 
-  if ! defined(Class[::nova::api]) {
-    fail('::nova::api class must be declared in composition layer.')
-  }
-
   nova::generic_service { 'placement-api':
     service_name   => false,
     package_name   => $::nova::params::placement_package_name,
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_placement_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_placement_spec.rb
index 11603b870..3f0781fdd 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_placement_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_placement_spec.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_placement' do
     class { '::nova::keystone::authtoken':
       password => 'secrete',
     }
-    class { '::nova::api':
-      service_name   => 'httpd',
-    }"
+    "
  end
 
   shared_examples_for 'apache serving nova with mod_wsgi' do
@@ -33,9 +31,7 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_placement' do
          class { '::nova::keystone::authtoken':
            password => 'secrete',
          }
-         class { '::nova::api':
-           service_name   => 'httpd',
-         }"
+         "
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_package('nova-placement-api').with(
@@ -103,9 +99,7 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_placement' do
          class { '::nova::keystone::authtoken':
            password => 'secrete',
          }
-         class { '::nova::api':
-           service_name   => 'httpd',
-         }"
+         "
       end
 
       let :params do
@@ -141,15 +135,6 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_placement' do
       )}
     end
 
-    describe 'when ::nova::api is missing in the composition layer' do
-
-      let :pre_condition do
-        "include nova"
-      end
-
-      it { is_expected.to raise_error Puppet::Error, /::nova::api class must be declared in composition layer./ }
-    end
-
   end
 
   on_supported_os({