diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index f48dbe5a..85ca4eef 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ from nova import wsgi
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.api')
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
-flags.DEFINE_string('paste_config', "api-paste.ini",
-                    'File name for the paste.deploy config for nova-api')
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     utils.default_flagfile()
@@ -59,11 +56,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     for flag in FLAGS:
         flag_get = FLAGS.get(flag, None)
         LOG.debug("%(flag)s : %(flag_get)s" % locals())
-    conf = wsgi.paste_config_file(FLAGS.paste_config)
-    if not conf:
-        LOG.error(_("No paste configuration found for: %s"),
-                  FLAGS.paste_config)
-        sys.exit(1)
-    else:
-        service = service.serve_wsgi(service.ApiService, conf)
-        service.wait()
+
+    service = service.serve_wsgi(service.ApiService)
+    service.wait()