diff --git a/etc/marconi-proxy.conf-sample b/etc/marconi-proxy.conf-sample
index 25725bcda..03929797c 100644
--- a/etc/marconi-proxy.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/marconi-proxy.conf-sample
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ log_file = /var/log/marconi/proxy.log
 
 # Transport driver module (e.g., wsgi, zmq)
 # Storage driver module (e.g., mongodb, sqlite)
-[proxy:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = mongodb
 
-[proxy:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 ;bind = 0.0.0.0
 ;port = 8889
 
-[proxy:drivers:storage:mongodb]
+[drivers:storage:mongodb]
 uri = mongodb://db1.example.net,db2.example.net:2500/?replicaSet=test&ssl=true&w=majority
 database = marconi_proxy
 
 [oslo_cache]
 ;cache_backend = memcached
-;cache_prefix = my_namespace
\ No newline at end of file
+;cache_prefix = my_namespace
diff --git a/etc/marconi-queues.conf-sample b/etc/marconi-queues.conf-sample
index 41c092153..4620b1d15 100644
--- a/etc/marconi-queues.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/marconi-queues.conf-sample
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ log_file = /var/log/marconi/queues.log
 
 # ================= Driver Options ============================
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 # Transport driver module (e.g., wsgi, zmq)
 transport = wsgi
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ storage = mongodb
 # Pipeline for operations on claim resources
 ;claim_pipeline =
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 ;bind = 0.0.0.0
 ;port = 8888
 
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ storage = mongodb
 ;metadata_max_length = 65536
 ;content_max_length = 262144
 
-;[queues:drivers:transport:zmq]
+;[drivers:transport:zmq]
 ;port = 9999
 
-[queues:drivers:storage:mongodb]
+[drivers:storage:mongodb]
 uri = mongodb://db1.example.net,db2.example.net:2500/?replicaSet=test&ssl=true&w=majority
 database = marconi
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ database = marconi
 # at the same instant.
 ;max_retry_jitter = 0.005
 
-[queues:limits:transport]
+[limits:transport]
 # The maximum number of queue records per page when listing queues
 ;queue_paging_uplimit = 20
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ database = marconi
 ;metadata_size_uplimit = 65536
 ;message_size_uplimit = 262144
 
-[queues:limits:storage]
+[limits:storage]
 # The default number of queue records per page when listing queues
 ;default_queue_paging = 10
 
diff --git a/marconi/proxy/base.py b/marconi/proxy/base.py
index 01345d7e3..8626893eb 100644
--- a/marconi/proxy/base.py
+++ b/marconi/proxy/base.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ _bootstrap_options = [
 ]
 
 CFG = cfg.CONF
-CFG.register_opts(_bootstrap_options, group="proxy:drivers")
+CFG.register_opts(_bootstrap_options, group="drivers")
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Bootstrap(object):
         LOG.debug(_(u'Loading Proxy Storage Driver'))
         try:
             mgr = driver.DriverManager('marconi.proxy.storage',
-                                       CFG['proxy:drivers'].storage,
+                                       CFG['drivers'].storage,
                                        invoke_on_load=True)
             return mgr.driver
         except RuntimeError as exc:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Bootstrap(object):
         LOG.debug(_(u'Loading Proxy Transport Driver'))
         try:
             mgr = driver.DriverManager(self._transport_type,
-                                       CFG['proxy:drivers'].transport,
+                                       CFG['drivers'].transport,
                                        invoke_on_load=True,
                                        invoke_args=[self.storage,
                                                     self.cache])
diff --git a/marconi/proxy/storage/mongodb/options.py b/marconi/proxy/storage/mongodb/options.py
index 45234eda4..b1b6a6641 100644
--- a/marconi/proxy/storage/mongodb/options.py
+++ b/marconi/proxy/storage/mongodb/options.py
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ _MONGODB_OPTIONS = [
     cfg.StrOpt('database', default='marconi_proxy', help='Database name'),
 ]
 
-_GROUP = 'proxy:drivers:storage:mongodb'
+_GROUP = 'drivers:storage:mongodb'
 cfg.CONF.register_opts(_MONGODB_OPTIONS, group=_GROUP)
 CFG = cfg.CONF[_GROUP]
diff --git a/marconi/proxy/transport/wsgi/driver.py b/marconi/proxy/transport/wsgi/driver.py
index 4b2399dd1..9248bd831 100644
--- a/marconi/proxy/transport/wsgi/driver.py
+++ b/marconi/proxy/transport/wsgi/driver.py
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ _WSGI_OPTIONS = [
 
 cfg.CONF.register_opt(cfg.StrOpt('auth_strategy', default=''))
 cfg.CONF.register_opts(_WSGI_OPTIONS,
-                       group='proxy:drivers:transport:wsgi')
+                       group='drivers:transport:wsgi')
 
 GLOBAL_CFG = cfg.CONF
-WSGI_CFG = cfg.CONF['proxy:drivers:transport:wsgi']
+WSGI_CFG = cfg.CONF['drivers:transport:wsgi']
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/marconi/queues/bootstrap.py b/marconi/queues/bootstrap.py
index 5dfdd1340..56d4acf04 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/bootstrap.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/bootstrap.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ _DRIVER_OPTIONS = [
                help='Storage driver to use'),
 ]
 
-_DRIVER_GROUP = 'queues:drivers'
+_DRIVER_GROUP = 'drivers'
 
 
 class Bootstrap(object):
diff --git a/marconi/queues/storage/base.py b/marconi/queues/storage/base.py
index d2bfaeb31..7fccc69da 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/storage/base.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/storage/base.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ _LIMITS_OPTIONS = [
                help='Default message pagination size')
 ]
 
-_LIMITS_GROUP = 'queues:limits:storage'
+_LIMITS_GROUP = 'limits:storage'
 
 
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
diff --git a/marconi/queues/storage/mongodb/options.py b/marconi/queues/storage/mongodb/options.py
index 3a3c85acf..38ecb2ab0 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/storage/mongodb/options.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/storage/mongodb/options.py
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ MONGODB_OPTIONS = [
                        'same instant.')),
 ]
 
-MONGODB_GROUP = 'queues:drivers:storage:mongodb'
+MONGODB_GROUP = 'drivers:storage:mongodb'
diff --git a/marconi/queues/storage/sharding.py b/marconi/queues/storage/sharding.py
index bb574cd20..eb90ad35f 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/storage/sharding.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/storage/sharding.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _CATALOG_OPTIONS = [
                help='Catalog storage driver'),
 ]
 
-_CATALOG_GROUP = 'queues:sharding:catalog'
+_CATALOG_GROUP = 'sharding:catalog'
 
 
 class DataDriver(storage.DataDriverBase):
@@ -299,23 +299,23 @@ class Catalog(object):
         general_dict_opts = {'dynamic': True}
         general_opts = common_utils.dict_to_conf(general_dict_opts)
 
-        # NOTE(cpp-cabrera): parse general opts: 'queues:drivers'
+        # NOTE(cpp-cabrera): parse general opts: 'drivers'
         uri = shard['uri']
         storage_type = six.moves.urllib_parse.urlparse(uri).scheme
         driver_dict_opts = {'storage': storage_type}
         driver_opts = common_utils.dict_to_conf(driver_dict_opts)
 
         # NOTE(cpp-cabrera): parse storage-specific opts:
-        # 'queues:drivers:storage:{type}'
+        # 'drivers:storage:{type}'
         storage_dict_opts = shard['options']
         storage_dict_opts['uri'] = shard['uri']
         storage_opts = common_utils.dict_to_conf(storage_dict_opts)
-        storage_group = u'queues:drivers:storage:%s' % storage_type
+        storage_group = u'drivers:storage:%s' % storage_type
 
         # NOTE(cpp-cabrera): register those options!
         conf = cfg.ConfigOpts()
         conf.register_opts(general_opts)
-        conf.register_opts(driver_opts, group=u'queues:drivers')
+        conf.register_opts(driver_opts, group=u'drivers')
         conf.register_opts(storage_opts, group=storage_group)
         return utils.load_storage_driver(conf)
 
diff --git a/marconi/queues/storage/sqlite/driver.py b/marconi/queues/storage/sqlite/driver.py
index 1bcc28ad8..27d0018c8 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/storage/sqlite/driver.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/storage/sqlite/driver.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _SQLITE_OPTIONS = [
                help='Sqlite database to use.')
 ]
 
-_SQLITE_GROUP = 'queues:drivers:storage:sqlite'
+_SQLITE_GROUP = 'drivers:storage:sqlite'
 
 
 class DataDriver(storage.DataDriverBase):
diff --git a/marconi/queues/storage/utils.py b/marconi/queues/storage/utils.py
index 985c9cf51..298d9820b 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/storage/utils.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/storage/utils.py
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ def load_storage_driver(conf, control_mode=False):
     The driver's initializer will be passed conf as its only arg.
 
     :param conf: Configuration instance to use for loading the
-        driver. Must include a 'queues:drivers' group.
+        driver. Must include a 'drivers' group.
     """
 
     mode = 'control' if control_mode else 'data'
     driver_type = 'marconi.queues.{0}.storage'.format(mode)
     try:
         mgr = driver.DriverManager(driver_type,
-                                   conf['queues:drivers'].storage,
+                                   conf['drivers'].storage,
                                    invoke_on_load=True,
                                    invoke_args=[conf])
         return mgr.driver
diff --git a/marconi/queues/transport/validation.py b/marconi/queues/transport/validation.py
index 0cf4167e2..57e3d1b00 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/transport/validation.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/transport/validation.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _TRANSPORT_LIMITS_OPTIONS = [
     cfg.IntOpt('claim_grace_max', default=43200),
 ]
 
-_TRANSPORT_LIMITS_GROUP = 'queues:limits:transport'
+_TRANSPORT_LIMITS_GROUP = 'limits:transport'
 
 # NOTE(kgriffs): Don't use \w because it isn't guaranteed to match
 # only ASCII characters.
diff --git a/marconi/queues/transport/wsgi/driver.py b/marconi/queues/transport/wsgi/driver.py
index b1973c8d7..e453a956b 100644
--- a/marconi/queues/transport/wsgi/driver.py
+++ b/marconi/queues/transport/wsgi/driver.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ _WSGI_OPTIONS = [
     cfg.IntOpt('metadata_max_length', default=64 * 1024)
 ]
 
-_WSGI_GROUP = 'queues:drivers:transport:wsgi'
+_WSGI_GROUP = 'drivers:transport:wsgi'
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/tests/etc/drivers_storage_invalid.conf b/tests/etc/drivers_storage_invalid.conf
index 9a0ecd11e..a29dd121b 100644
--- a/tests/etc/drivers_storage_invalid.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/drivers_storage_invalid.conf
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ debug = False
 verbose = False
 admin_mode = False
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = invalid
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 port = 8888
diff --git a/tests/etc/drivers_transport_invalid.conf b/tests/etc/drivers_transport_invalid.conf
index 66066911f..8c280aa39 100644
--- a/tests/etc/drivers_transport_invalid.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/drivers_transport_invalid.conf
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 debug = False
 verbose = False
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = invalid
 storage = sqlite
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 port = 8888
diff --git a/tests/etc/functional-marconi.conf b/tests/etc/functional-marconi.conf
index 8ab7918a9..d4f7a4ff7 100644
--- a/tests/etc/functional-marconi.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/functional-marconi.conf
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ debug = True
 ;syslog_log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
 
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 # Transport driver module (e.g., wsgi, zmq)
 transport = wsgi
 # Storage driver module (e.g., mongodb, sqlite)
 storage = sqlite
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 bind = 127.0.0.1
 port = 8888
 
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ port = 8888
 ;metadata_max_length = 65536
 ;content_max_length = 262144
 
-;[queues:drivers:transport:zmq]
+;[drivers:transport:zmq]
 ;port = 9999
 
-[queues:limits:transport]
+[limits:transport]
 # The maximum number of queue records per page when listing queues
 ;queue_paging_uplimit = 20
 # The maximum number of messages in a message posting, maximum
diff --git a/tests/etc/keystone_auth.conf b/tests/etc/keystone_auth.conf
index e9c2770f3..896c81529 100644
--- a/tests/etc/keystone_auth.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/keystone_auth.conf
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ auth_strategy = keystone
 debug = False
 verbose = False
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = sqlite
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 bind = 0.0.0.0:8888
 workers = 20
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_faulty.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_faulty.conf
index 90cd941ec..35ff5c829 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_faulty.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_faulty.conf
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 debug = False
 verbose = False
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = faulty
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 port = 8888
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb.conf
index 8b348b658..b09aeb7eb 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb.conf
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 debug = False
 verbose = False
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = mongodb
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 port = 8888
 
-[queues:drivers:storage:mongodb]
+[drivers:storage:mongodb]
 uri = mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
 database = marconi_test
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb_sharded.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb_sharded.conf
index bc6937d15..f3c172582 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb_sharded.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_mongodb_sharded.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 sharding = True
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = mongodb
 
-[queues:drivers:storage:mongodb]
+[drivers:storage:mongodb]
 uri = mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
 database = marconi_test
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_memory.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_memory.conf
index 2c179f315..d38199d4a 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_memory.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_memory.conf
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 debug = False
 verbose = False
 
-[proxy:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = memory
 
-[proxy:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 port = 8888
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_mongodb.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_mongodb.conf
index 37bc87779..877eeda91 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_mongodb.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_proxy_mongodb.conf
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 debug = False
 verbose = False
 
-[proxy:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = mongodb
 
-[proxy:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 port = 8888
 
-[proxy:drivers:storage:mongodb]
+[drivers:storage:mongodb]
 uri = mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
 database = marconi_proxy_test
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite.conf
index e5dfe37b5..d26b0db19 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite.conf
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ debug = False
 verbose = False
 admin_mode = False
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = sqlite
 
-[queues:drivers:transport:wsgi]
+[drivers:transport:wsgi]
 bind = 0.0.0.0
 port = 8888
 workers = 20
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_default_limits.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_default_limits.conf
index 41950f86b..b0e6d65a2 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_default_limits.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_default_limits.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = sqlite
 
-[queues:limits:storage]
+[limits:storage]
 default_queue_paging = 1
 default_message_paging = 2
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_sharded.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_sharded.conf
index 7941d21a5..aad1fca27 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_sharded.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_sharded.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 sharding = True
 
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = sqlite
diff --git a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_validation.conf b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_validation.conf
index ed38a3fac..967620184 100644
--- a/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_validation.conf
+++ b/tests/etc/wsgi_sqlite_validation.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-[queues:drivers]
+[drivers]
 transport = wsgi
 storage = sqlite
 
-[queues:limits:transport]
+[limits:transport]
 metadata_size_uplimit = 64
 message_size_uplimit = 256
diff --git a/tests/unit/queues/storage/test_shard_catalog.py b/tests/unit/queues/storage/test_shard_catalog.py
index eed16a177..f66daba13 100644
--- a/tests/unit/queues/storage/test_shard_catalog.py
+++ b/tests/unit/queues/storage/test_shard_catalog.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class TestShardCatalog(testing.TestBase):
         super(TestShardCatalog, self).setUp()
 
         self.conf.register_opts([cfg.StrOpt('storage')],
-                                group='queues:drivers')
+                                group='drivers')
         control = utils.load_storage_driver(self.conf, control_mode=True)
         self.catalogue_ctrl = control.catalogue_controller
         self.shards_ctrl = control.shards_controller
diff --git a/tests/unit/queues/transport/wsgi/test_messages.py b/tests/unit/queues/transport/wsgi/test_messages.py
index d499aa2ec..5e977cb86 100644
--- a/tests/unit/queues/transport/wsgi/test_messages.py
+++ b/tests/unit/queues/transport/wsgi/test_messages.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class MessagesBaseTest(base.TestBase):
 
         if self.conf.sharding:
             for i in range(4):
-                uri = self.conf['queues:drivers:storage:mongodb'].uri
+                uri = self.conf['drivers:storage:mongodb'].uri
                 doc = {'weight': 100, 'uri': uri}
                 self.simulate_put('/v1/shards/' + str(i),
                                   body=json.dumps(doc))