diff --git a/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc b/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..303e1561c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/config/oslo.config.generator.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MODULEPATH=tempest.common.generate_sample_tempest
diff --git a/tools/generate_sample.sh b/tools/generate_sample.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9b312c9ba1..0000000000
--- a/tools/generate_sample.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-MODULEPATH=tempest.common.generate_sample_tempest tools/config/generate_sample.sh $@
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c1acde9696..73546ecdf0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 
 [testenv:pep8]
-setenv = MODULEPATH=tempest.common.generate_sample_tempest
 commands =
    flake8 {posargs}
    {toxinidir}/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh