diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 1e14201ff..942663af4 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -328,9 +328,15 @@ as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server")
 
   if !$nova_metadata_wsgi_enabled {
     nova_config {
-      'DEFAULT/metadata_workers':                    value => $metadata_workers;
-      'DEFAULT/metadata_listen':                     value => $metadata_listen;
-      'DEFAULT/metadata_listen_port':                value => $metadata_listen_port;
+      'DEFAULT/metadata_workers':     value => $metadata_workers;
+      'DEFAULT/metadata_listen':      value => $metadata_listen;
+      'DEFAULT/metadata_listen_port': value => $metadata_listen_port;
+    }
+  } else {
+    nova_config {
+      'DEFAULT/metadata_workers':     ensure => absent;
+      'DEFAULT/metadata_listen':      ensure => absent;
+      'DEFAULT/metadata_listen_port': ensure => absent;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index 645f1a4fb..dcbf46e9f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -221,8 +221,9 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
     context 'when running nova API in wsgi for compute, and metadata in wsgi' do
       before do
         params.merge!({
-          :service_name => 'httpd',
-          :nova_metadata_wsgi_enabled => true })
+          :service_name               => 'httpd',
+          :nova_metadata_wsgi_enabled => true
+        })
       end
 
       let :pre_condition do
@@ -234,12 +235,15 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
       end
 
       it 'disable nova API service' do
-          is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api').with(
+        is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api').with(
           :ensure => 'stopped',
           :name   => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
           :enable => false,
           :tag    => 'nova-service',
         )
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/metadata_workers').with_ensure('absent')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/metadata_listen').with_ensure('absent')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/metadata_listen_port').with_ensure('absent')
       end
 
     end