diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index d1d0b3c..182ae1e 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -597,6 +597,21 @@
     fi
 }
 
+# Configure access to placement from a nova service, usually
+# compute, but sometimes conductor.
+function configure_placement_nova_compute {
+    # Use the provided config file path or default to $NOVA_CONF.
+    local conf=${1:-$NOVA_CONF}
+    iniset $conf placement auth_type "password"
+    iniset $conf placement auth_url "$KEYSTONE_SERVICE_URI"
+    iniset $conf placement username placement
+    iniset $conf placement password "$SERVICE_PASSWORD"
+    iniset $conf placement user_domain_name "$SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME"
+    iniset $conf placement project_name "$SERVICE_TENANT_NAME"
+    iniset $conf placement project_domain_name "$SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME"
+    iniset $conf placement region_name "$REGION_NAME"
+}
+
 function configure_console_compute {
     # All nova-compute workers need to know the vnc configuration options
     # These settings don't hurt anything if n-xvnc and n-novnc are disabled
diff --git a/lib/placement b/lib/placement
index da69e39..a89cd26 100644
--- a/lib/placement
+++ b/lib/placement
@@ -93,19 +93,6 @@
     " -i $placement_api_apache_conf
 }
 
-function configure_placement_nova_compute {
-    # Use the provided config file path or default to $NOVA_CONF.
-    local conf=${1:-$NOVA_CONF}
-    iniset $conf placement auth_type "password"
-    iniset $conf placement auth_url "$KEYSTONE_SERVICE_URI"
-    iniset $conf placement username placement
-    iniset $conf placement password "$SERVICE_PASSWORD"
-    iniset $conf placement user_domain_name "$SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME"
-    iniset $conf placement project_name "$SERVICE_TENANT_NAME"
-    iniset $conf placement project_domain_name "$SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME"
-    iniset $conf placement auth_strategy $PLACEMENT_AUTH_STRATEGY
-}
-
 # create_placement_conf() - Write config
 function create_placement_conf {
     rm -f $PLACEMENT_CONF