diff --git a/nova/cmd/manage.py b/nova/cmd/manage.py
index a5724ab034..9a92f2ff7f 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/manage.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ CONF.import_opt('connection', 'oslo_db.options', group='database')
 
 QUOTAS = quota.QUOTAS
 
-_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = config._DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS + ['oslo_db=INFO']
+_EXTRA_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = ['oslo_db=INFO']
 
 
 # Decorators for actions
@@ -1513,7 +1513,9 @@ def main():
     CONF.register_cli_opt(category_opt)
     try:
         config.parse_args(sys.argv)
-        logging.set_defaults(default_log_levels=_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
+        logging.set_defaults(
+            default_log_levels=logging.get_default_log_levels() +
+            _EXTRA_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
         logging.setup(CONF, "nova")
     except cfg.ConfigFilesNotFoundError:
         cfgfile = CONF.config_file[-1] if CONF.config_file else None
diff --git a/nova/config.py b/nova/config.py
index 7c36064759..ba544781bc 100644
--- a/nova/config.py
+++ b/nova/config.py
@@ -31,27 +31,16 @@ CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 _DEFAULT_SQL_CONNECTION = 'sqlite:///' + paths.state_path_def('nova.sqlite')
 
-# NOTE(mikal): suds is used by the vmware driver, removing this will
-# cause many extraneous log lines for their tempest runs. Refer to
-# https://review.openstack.org/#/c/219225/ for details.
-_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = ['amqp=WARN', 'amqplib=WARN', 'boto=WARN',
-                       'qpid=WARN', 'sqlalchemy=WARN', 'suds=INFO',
-                       'oslo_messaging=INFO', 'iso8601=WARN',
-                       'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN',
-                       'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'websocket=WARN',
-                       'keystonemiddleware=WARN', 'routes.middleware=WARN',
-                       'stevedore=WARN', 'glanceclient=WARN']
-
-_DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONTEXT_FORMAT = ('%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d '
-                                   '%(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s '
-                                   '%(user_identity)s] %(instance)s'
-                                   '%(message)s')
+_EXTRA_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS = ['glanceclient=WARN']
 
 
 def parse_args(argv, default_config_files=None, configure_db=True,
                init_rpc=True):
-    log.set_defaults(_DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONTEXT_FORMAT, _DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
     log.register_options(CONF)
+    # We use the oslo.log default log levels which includes suds=INFO
+    # and add only the extra levels that Nova needs
+    log.set_defaults(default_log_levels=log.get_default_log_levels() +
+                     _EXTRA_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVELS)
     options.set_defaults(CONF, connection=_DEFAULT_SQL_CONNECTION,
                          sqlite_db='nova.sqlite')
     rpc.set_defaults(control_exchange='nova')