diff --git a/rally-jobs/rally-neutron.yaml b/rally-jobs/rally-neutron.yaml
index 905c9f857d..112d084c82 100644
--- a/rally-jobs/rally-neutron.yaml
+++ b/rally-jobs/rally-neutron.yaml
@@ -209,19 +209,17 @@
   NeutronLoadbalancerV1.create_and_delete_vips:
     -
       args:
+        pool_create_args: {}
         vip_create_args: {}
       runner:
         type: "constant"
         times: {{smoke or 20}}
-        concurrency: {{smoke or 1}}
+        concurrency: {{smoke or 10}}
       context:
         users:
           tenants: {{smoke or 5}}
           users_per_tenant: {{smoke or 2}}
         network: {}
-        lbaas:
-          pool: {}
-          lbaas_version: 1
         quotas:
           neutron:
             network: -1
diff --git a/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/loadbalancer_v1.py b/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/loadbalancer_v1.py
index 4eba3bc11d..daa7501c4e 100644
--- a/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/loadbalancer_v1.py
+++ b/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/loadbalancer_v1.py
@@ -120,23 +120,23 @@ class NeutronLoadbalancerV1(utils.NeutronScenario):
     @validation.required_services(consts.Service.NEUTRON)
     @validation.required_openstack(users=True)
     @validation.required_contexts("network")
-    @validation.required_contexts("lbaas")
     @scenario.configure(context={"cleanup": ["neutron"]})
-    def create_and_delete_vips(self, vip_create_args=None):
+    def create_and_delete_vips(self, pool_create_args=None,
+                               vip_create_args=None):
         """Create a vip(v1) and then delete vips(v1).
 
         Measure the "neutron lb-vip-create" and "neutron lb-vip-delete"
         command performance. The scenario creates a vip for pool and
         then deletes those vips.
 
+        :param pool_create_args: dict, POST /lb/pools request options
         :param vip_create_args: dict, POST /lb/vips request options
         """
         vips = []
-        pools = []
+        pool_create_args = pool_create_args or {}
         vip_create_args = vip_create_args or {}
         networks = self.context.get("tenant", {}).get("networks", [])
-        for net in networks:
-            [pools.append(pool) for pool in net.get("lb_pools")]
+        pools = self._create_v1_pools(networks, **pool_create_args)
         with atomic.ActionTimer(self, "neutron.create_%s_vips" % len(pools)):
             for pool in pools:
                 vips.append(self._create_v1_vip(pool, **vip_create_args))
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/test_loadbalancer_v1.py b/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/test_loadbalancer_v1.py
index 7439ad9091..c56506bf33 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/test_loadbalancer_v1.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/neutron/test_loadbalancer_v1.py
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ class NeutronLoadbalancerv1TestCase(test.TestCase):
                                      "subnets": ["fake_subnet"]}]}})
         return context
 
-    def _get_context_pools(self):
-        context = self._get_context()
-        for network in context["tenant"]["networks"]:
-            network.update({"lb_pools": [{"pool": {"id": "pool-id"}}]})
-        return context
-
     @ddt.data(
         {},
         {"pool_create_args": None},
@@ -172,24 +166,38 @@ class NeutronLoadbalancerv1TestCase(test.TestCase):
         {"vip_create_args": None},
         {"vip_create_args": {}},
         {"vip_create_args": {"name": "given-name"}},
+        {"pool_create_args": None},
+        {"pool_create_args": {}},
+        {"pool_create_args": {"name": "given-pool-name"}},
     )
     @ddt.unpack
-    def test_create_and_delete_vips(self, vip_create_args=None):
+    def test_create_and_delete_vips(self, pool_create_args=None,
+                                    vip_create_args=None):
+        pools = [{
+            "pool": {
+                "id": "pool-id"
+            }
+        }]
         vip = {
             "vip": {
                 "id": "vip-id"
             }
         }
         neutron_scenario = loadbalancer_v1.NeutronLoadbalancerV1(
-            self._get_context_pools())
+            self._get_context())
         vip_data = vip_create_args or {}
+        pool_data = pool_create_args or {}
+        networks = self._get_context()["tenant"]["networks"]
+        neutron_scenario._create_v1_pools = mock.Mock(return_value=pools)
         neutron_scenario._create_v1_vip = mock.Mock(return_value=vip)
         neutron_scenario._delete_v1_vip = mock.Mock()
         neutron_scenario.create_and_delete_vips(
+            pool_create_args=pool_create_args,
             vip_create_args=vip_create_args)
-        for net in self._get_context_pools()["tenant"]["networks"]:
-            neutron_scenario._create_v1_vip.assert_has_calls(
-                [mock.call(pool, **vip_data) for pool in net["lb_pools"]])
+        neutron_scenario._create_v1_pools.assert_called_once_with(
+            networks, **pool_data)
+        neutron_scenario._create_v1_vip.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(pool, **vip_data) for pool in pools])
         neutron_scenario._delete_v1_vip.assert_has_calls(
             [mock.call(vip["vip"])])