diff --git a/bin/nova-all b/bin/nova-all
index 88b92a4c63..2553f64878 100755
--- a/bin/nova-all
+++ b/bin/nova-all
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from nova.vnc import xvp_proxy
 
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('enabled_apis', 'nova.config')
+CONF.import_opt('enabled_apis', 'nova.service')
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.all')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index ceb7ca496a..8457ea43d2 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ from nova import service
 from nova import utils
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
-CONF.import_opt('enabled_apis', 'nova.config')
+CONF.import_opt('enabled_apis', 'nova.service')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     config.parse_args(sys.argv)
diff --git a/nova/config.py b/nova/config.py
index 172e772ae5..f50c9065f8 100644
--- a/nova/config.py
+++ b/nova/config.py
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ global_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('my_ip',
                default=_get_my_ip(),
                help='ip address of this host'),
-    cfg.ListOpt('enabled_apis',
-                default=['ec2', 'osapi_compute', 'metadata'],
-                help='a list of APIs to enable by default'),
     cfg.StrOpt('vpn_image_id',
                default='0',
                help='image id used when starting up a cloudpipe vpn server'),
diff --git a/nova/service.py b/nova/service.py
index 51004982a1..fb322b19a4 100644
--- a/nova/service.py
+++ b/nova/service.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ service_opts = [
                help='range of seconds to randomly delay when starting the'
                     ' periodic task scheduler to reduce stampeding.'
                     ' (Disable by setting to 0)'),
+    cfg.ListOpt('enabled_apis',
+                default=['ec2', 'osapi_compute', 'metadata'],
+                help='a list of APIs to enable by default'),
     cfg.StrOpt('ec2_listen',
                default="0.0.0.0",
                help='IP address for EC2 API to listen'),