diff --git a/rally/api.py b/rally/api.py
index 08683c115b..6d71e53acb 100644
--- a/rally/api.py
+++ b/rally/api.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from rally import deploy
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import log as logging
 from rally import objects
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/rally/benchmark/context/tempest.py b/rally/benchmark/context/tempest.py
index a95e93cd1c..13e0eb6a3e 100644
--- a/rally/benchmark/context/tempest.py
+++ b/rally/benchmark/context/tempest.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally.common import utils
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import log as logging
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import config
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest
+from rally.verification.tempest import config
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/rally/benchmark/validation.py b/rally/benchmark/validation.py
index a0565d3437..d88e768432 100644
--- a/rally/benchmark/validation.py
+++ b/rally/benchmark/validation.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from rally.benchmark import types as types
 from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally import consts
 from rally import exceptions
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest
 
 
 class ValidationResult(object):
diff --git a/rally/cmd/commands/verify.py b/rally/cmd/commands/verify.py
index 9937da6852..0c53f6e0e8 100644
--- a/rally/cmd/commands/verify.py
+++ b/rally/cmd/commands/verify.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import objects
 from rally.openstack.common import cliutils as common_cliutils
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import diff
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import json2html
+from rally.verification.tempest import diff
+from rally.verification.tempest import json2html
 
 
 class VerifyCommands(object):
diff --git a/rally/cmd/manage.py b/rally/cmd/manage.py
index 4b026a884b..4bb2315357 100644
--- a/rally/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/rally/cmd/manage.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys
 from rally.cmd import cliutils
 from rally.cmd import envutils
 from rally import db
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest
 
 
 class DBCommands(object):
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/__init__.py b/rally/verification/tempest/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/__init__.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/__init__.py
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/compare2html.py b/rally/verification/tempest/compare2html.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/compare2html.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/compare2html.py
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/config.ini b/rally/verification/tempest/config.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/config.ini
rename to rally/verification/tempest/config.ini
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/config.py b/rally/verification/tempest/config.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/config.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/config.py
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/diff.py b/rally/verification/tempest/diff.py
similarity index 98%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/diff.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/diff.py
index c85c49b463..da4d73f7e1 100644
--- a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/diff.py
+++ b/rally/verification/tempest/diff.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
-import compare2html
+from rally.verification.tempest import compare2html
 
 
 class Diff(object):
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/json2html.py b/rally/verification/tempest/json2html.py
similarity index 96%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/json2html.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/json2html.py
index b13b3fcf55..2f5ef27f10 100644
--- a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/json2html.py
+++ b/rally/verification/tempest/json2html.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 from rally.ui import utils as ui_utils
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import subunit2json
+from rally.verification.tempest import subunit2json
 
 
 STATUS_MAP = {subunit2json.STATUS_PASS: "pass",
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/report_templates/compare.mako b/rally/verification/tempest/report_templates/compare.mako
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/report_templates/compare.mako
rename to rally/verification/tempest/report_templates/compare.mako
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/subunit2json.py b/rally/verification/tempest/subunit2json.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/subunit2json.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/subunit2json.py
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py b/rally/verification/tempest/tempest.py
similarity index 98%
rename from rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py
rename to rally/verification/tempest/tempest.py
index 2a9629e378..6234113744 100644
--- a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/tempest.py
+++ b/rally/verification/tempest/tempest.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally.common import utils
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import log as logging
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import config
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import subunit2json
+from rally.verification.tempest import config
+from rally.verification.tempest import subunit2json
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/__init__.py b/rally/verification/verifiers/tempest/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/tests/unit/benchmark/context/test_tempest.py b/tests/unit/benchmark/context/test_tempest.py
index 8031ba9ed9..825c450d3b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/benchmark/context/test_tempest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/benchmark/context/test_tempest.py
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import mock
 
 from rally.benchmark.context import tempest
 from rally import exceptions
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import config
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest as tempest_verifier
+from rally.verification.tempest import config
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest as tempest_verifier
 from tests.unit import test
 
 
 CONTEXT = "rally.benchmark.context.tempest"
-TEMPEST = "rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.tempest"
+TEMPEST = "rally.verification.tempest.tempest"
 
 
 class TempestContextTestCase(test.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/unit/benchmark/scenarios/tempest/test_tempest.py b/tests/unit/benchmark/scenarios/tempest/test_tempest.py
index 9a2dd9febc..15515b0e5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/benchmark/scenarios/tempest/test_tempest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/benchmark/scenarios/tempest/test_tempest.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 import mock
 
 from rally.benchmark.scenarios.tempest import tempest
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest as verifier
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest as verifier
 from tests.unit import test
 
-VERIFIER = "rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.tempest"
+VERIFIER = "rally.verification.tempest.tempest"
 TS = "rally.benchmark.scenarios.tempest"
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/benchmark/test_validation.py b/tests/unit/benchmark/test_validation.py
index e2985b7d64..1a3ef56be5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/benchmark/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/benchmark/test_validation.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from novaclient import exceptions as nova_exc
 from rally.benchmark import validation
 from rally import consts
 from rally import exceptions
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest
 from tests.unit import test
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_verify.py b/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_verify.py
index 65dc871f03..1c7ff83862 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_verify.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_verify.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cmd.commands.verify.open", create=True)
     @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get")
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.json2html.HtmlOutput")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.json2html.HtmlOutput")
     def test_results_with_output_html_and_output_file(self,
                                                       mock_html,
                                                       mock_db_result_get,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cmd.commands.verify.open", create=True)
     @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get")
-    @mock.patch(("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest."
+    @mock.patch(("rally.verification.tempest."
                  "compare2html.create_report"), return_value="")
     def test_compare_with_output_html_and_output_file(self,
                                                       mock_compare2html_create,
diff --git a/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py b/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py
index 04804ec2a5..c669c59e1c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class TempestCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cmd.manage.db.deployment_get",
                 return_value={"uuid": "e24b5af0-0e2a-4a70-9443-b30a88ab152e"})
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.tempest.Tempest")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.tempest.Tempest")
     def test_install(self, mock_tempest, mock_d_get):
         deployment_id = mock_d_get.return_value["uuid"]
         mock_tempest.return_value = self.tempest
diff --git a/tests/unit/objects/test_verification.py b/tests/unit/objects/test_verification.py
index 10ebefb16d..81666360d8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/objects/test_verification.py
+++ b/tests/unit/objects/test_verification.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import mock
 
 from rally import objects
 from tests.unit import test
-from tests.unit.verification.verifiers import fakes
+from tests.unit.verification import fakes
 
 
 class VerificationTestCase(test.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_api.py b/tests/unit/test_api.py
index 7e31403ea3..40226b62e0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_api.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class APITestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.objects.Deployment.get")
     @mock.patch("rally.api.objects.Verification")
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.tempest.Tempest")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.tempest.Tempest")
     def test_verify(self, mock_tempest, mock_verification, mock_d_get):
         mock_d_get.return_value = {"uuid": self.deploy_uuid}
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class APITestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.api.objects.Deployment.get")
     @mock.patch("rally.api.objects.Verification")
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.tempest.Tempest")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.tempest.Tempest")
     def test_verify_tempest_not_installed(self, mock_tempest,
                                           mock_verification, mock_d_get):
         mock_d_get.return_value = {"uuid": self.deploy_uuid}
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/fake_log.xml b/tests/unit/verification/fake_log.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/fake_log.xml
rename to tests/unit/verification/fake_log.xml
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/fakes.py b/tests/unit/verification/fakes.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/fakes.py
rename to tests/unit/verification/fakes.py
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_compare2html.py b/tests/unit/verification/test_compare2html.py
similarity index 96%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_compare2html.py
rename to tests/unit/verification/test_compare2html.py
index c2d8754505..6679679912 100644
--- a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_compare2html.py
+++ b/tests/unit/verification/test_compare2html.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import mock
 
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import compare2html
+from rally.verification.tempest import compare2html
 from tests.unit import test
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_config.py b/tests/unit/verification/test_config.py
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_config.py
rename to tests/unit/verification/test_config.py
index e2c170c748..1065fea4a4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/verification/test_config.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import os
 import mock
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import config
+from rally.verification.tempest import config
 from tests.unit import fakes
 from tests.unit import test
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
     @mock.patch("rally.osclients.Clients.services",
                 return_value={"test_service_type": "test_service"})
     @mock.patch("rally.osclients.Clients.verified_keystone")
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.os.path.isfile",
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.os.path.isfile",
                 return_value=True)
     def setUp(self, mock_isfile, mock_verified_keystone, mock_services,
               mock_get):
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
                     ("use_stderr", "False"))
         return [item for item in items if item not in defaults]
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.requests")
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.os.rename")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.requests")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.os.rename")
     @mock.patch("six.moves.builtins.open")
     def test__load_img_success(self, mock_open, mock_rename, mock_requests):
         mock_result = mock.MagicMock()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
                        CONF.image.cirros_image))
         mock_requests.get.assert_called_once_with(cirros_url, stream=True)
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.requests")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.requests")
     def test__load_img_notfound(self, mock_requests):
         mock_result = mock.MagicMock()
         mock_result.status_code = 404
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
             }]}
         self.assertEqual(self.conf_generator._get_url(service), url)
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.TempestConf"
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.TempestConf"
                 "._get_url")
     def test__set_boto(self, mock_get_url):
         url = "test_url"
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
                          self.conf_generator.conf.get("compute",
                                                       "ssh_connect_method"))
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.os.path.exists",
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.os.path.exists",
                 return_value=False)
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.os.makedirs")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.os.makedirs")
     def test__set_default(self, mock_makedirs, mock_exists):
         self.conf_generator._set_default()
         lock_path = os.path.join(self.conf_generator.data_path, "lock_files_%s"
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
                          self.conf_generator.conf.get("network",
                                                       "default_network"))
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.requests")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.requests")
     def test__set_service_available(self, mock_requests):
         mock_result = mock.MagicMock()
         mock_result.status_code = 404
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.conf_generator.conf.items("service_available"))
         self.assertEqual(sorted(expected), sorted(options))
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.verification.verifiers.tempest.config.requests")
+    @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.config.requests")
     def test__set_service_available_horizon(self, mock_requests):
         mock_result = mock.MagicMock()
         mock_result.status_code = 200
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_diff.py b/tests/unit/verification/test_diff.py
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_diff.py
rename to tests/unit/verification/test_diff.py
index 1dc1b92c9b..8928c02aed 100644
--- a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_diff.py
+++ b/tests/unit/verification/test_diff.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import diff
+from rally.verification.tempest import diff
 from tests.unit import test
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_json2html.py b/tests/unit/verification/test_json2html.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_json2html.py
rename to tests/unit/verification/test_json2html.py
index a46f2a987e..7417a191aa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_json2html.py
+++ b/tests/unit/verification/test_json2html.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 
 import mock
 
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import json2html
+from rally.verification.tempest import json2html
 from tests.unit import test
 
-BASE = "rally.verification.verifiers.tempest"
+BASE = "rally.verification.tempest"
 
 
 class HtmlOutputTestCase(test.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py b/tests/unit/verification/test_tempest.py
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py
rename to tests/unit/verification/test_tempest.py
index 80bb4e6a39..eccc7874a8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/test_tempest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/verification/test_tempest.py
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ from oslo.serialization import jsonutils
 import testtools
 
 from rally import exceptions
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import subunit2json
-from rally.verification.verifiers.tempest import tempest
+from rally.verification.tempest import subunit2json
+from rally.verification.tempest import tempest
 from tests.unit import test
 
 
-TEMPEST_PATH = "rally.verification.verifiers.tempest"
+TEMPEST_PATH = "rally.verification.tempest"
 
 
 class BaseTestCase(test.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/__init__.py b/tests/unit/verification/verifiers/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000