diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/controller.pp b/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/controller.pp
index 3b22ac6d1..24953cf85 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/controller.pp
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/controller.pp
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ if $lma_collector['influxdb_mode'] != 'disabled' {
   $cinder         = hiera('cinder')
   $management_vip = hiera('management_vip')
 
-  if $ha_deployment {
-    $rabbitmq_pid_file = '/var/run/rabbitmq/p_pid'
-  }
-  else {
-    $rabbitmq_pid_file = '/var/run/rabbitmq/pid'
-  }
-
   if $ha_deployment {
     $haproxy_socket = '/var/lib/haproxy/stats'
   }else{
@@ -97,7 +90,6 @@ if $lma_collector['influxdb_mode'] != 'disabled' {
     service_password  => $nova['user_password'],
     service_tenant    => 'services',
     keystone_url      => "http://${management_vip}:5000/v2.0",
-    rabbitmq_pid_file => $rabbitmq_pid_file,
     haproxy_socket    => $haproxy_socket,
     ceph_enabled      => $ceph_enabled,
     memcached_host    => hiera('internal_address'),
diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/rabbitmq_info.py b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/rabbitmq_info.py
index 7ccdb3c96..bb650888c 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/rabbitmq_info.py
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/files/collectd/rabbitmq_info.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ NAME = 'rabbitmq_info'
 RABBITMQCTL_BIN = '/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl'
 # Override in config by specifying 'PmapBin'
 PMAP_BIN = '/usr/bin/pmap'
-# Override in config by specifying 'PidFile.
-PID_FILE = "/var/run/rabbitmq/pid"
 # Override in config by specifying 'Vhost'.
 VHOST = "/"
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ class RabbitMqPlugin(base.Base):
         super(RabbitMqPlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.plugin = NAME
         self.rabbitmqctl_bin = RABBITMQCTL_BIN
-        self.pidfile = PID_FILE
+        self.pidfile = None
         self.pmap_bin = PMAP_BIN
         self.vhost = VHOST
 
@@ -136,29 +134,31 @@ class RabbitMqPlugin(base.Base):
                 '%s reports 0 memory usage. This is probably incorrect.' %
                 self.rabbitmqctl_bin)
 
-        # get the PID of the RabbitMQ process
-        try:
-            with open(self.pidfile, 'r') as f:
-                pid = f.read().strip()
-        except:
-            self.logger.error('Unable to read %s' % self.pidfile)
-            return
+        # pmap metrics are only collected if the location of the pid file is
+        # explicitly configured
+        if self.pidfile:
+            try:
+                with open(self.pidfile, 'r') as f:
+                    pid = f.read().strip()
+            except:
+                self.logger.error('Unable to read %s' % self.pidfile)
+                return
 
-        # use pmap to get proper memory stats
-        out, err = self.execute([self.pmap_bin, '-d', pid], shell=False)
-        if not out:
-            self.logger.error('Failed to run %s' % self.pmap_bin)
-            return
+            # use pmap to get proper memory stats
+            out, err = self.execute([self.pmap_bin, '-d', pid], shell=False)
+            if not out:
+                self.logger.error('Failed to run %s' % self.pmap_bin)
+                return
 
-        out = out.split('\n')[-1]
-        if re.match('mapped', out):
-            m = re.match(r"\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)", out)
-            stats['pmap_mapped'] = int(m.group(1))
-            stats['pmap_used'] = int(m.group(2))
-            stats['pmap_shared'] = int(m.group(3))
-        else:
-            self.logger.warning('%s returned something strange.' %
-                                self.pmap_bin)
+            out = out.split('\n')[-1]
+            if re.match('mapped', out):
+                m = re.match(r"\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)", out)
+                stats['pmap_mapped'] = int(m.group(1))
+                stats['pmap_used'] = int(m.group(2))
+                stats['pmap_shared'] = int(m.group(3))
+            else:
+                self.logger.warning('%s returned something strange.' %
+                                    self.pmap_bin)
 
         return stats
 
diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/collectd/controller.pp b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/collectd/controller.pp
index d71920144..fceeff9b3 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/collectd/controller.pp
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/collectd/controller.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class lma_collector::collectd::controller (
   $service_tenant            = $lma_collector::params::openstack_tenant,
   $keystone_url              = $lma_collector::params::keystone_url,
   $nova_cpu_allocation_ratio = $lma_collector::params::nova_cpu_allocation_ratio,
-  $rabbitmq_pid_file         = $lma_collector::params::rabbitmq_pid_file,
   $memcached_host            = $lma_collector::params::memcached_host,
   $apache_host               = $lma_collector::params::apache_status_host,
 ) inherits lma_collector::params {
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ class lma_collector::collectd::controller (
   # See https://github.com/pdxcat/puppet-module-collectd/issues/227
   $modules = {
     'rabbitmq_info'       => {
-      'PidFile' => $rabbitmq_pid_file,
     },
     'check_openstack_api' => {
       'Username'    => $service_user,
diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/params.pp b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/params.pp
index 23674232c..952cf9f04 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/modules/lma_collector/manifests/params.pp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class lma_collector::params {
   $mysql_database = ''
   $mysql_username = ''
   $mysql_password = ''
-  $rabbitmq_pid_file = '/var/run/rabbitmq/pid'
   $openstack_user = ''
   $openstack_password = ''
   $openstack_tenant = ''