diff --git a/lib/quantum b/lib/quantum
index d5733b3..da4d6f6 100644
--- a/lib/quantum
+++ b/lib/quantum
@@ -507,7 +507,11 @@
     iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT allow_overlapping_ips $Q_ALLOW_OVERLAPPING_IP
 
     iniset $QUANTUM_CONF DEFAULT auth_strategy $Q_AUTH_STRATEGY
-    _quantum_setup_keystone $Q_API_PASTE_FILE filter:authtoken
+    _quantum_setup_keystone $QUANTUM_CONF keystone_authtoken
+    # Comment out keystone authtoken configuration in api-paste.ini
+    # It is required to avoid any breakage in Quantum where the sample
+    # api-paste.ini has authtoken configurations.
+    _quantum_commentout_keystone_authtoken $Q_API_PASTE_FILE filter:authtoken
 
     # Configure plugin
     quantum_plugin_configure_service
@@ -573,6 +577,21 @@
     rm -f $QUANTUM_AUTH_CACHE_DIR/*
 }
 
+function _quantum_commentout_keystone_authtoken() {
+    local conf_file=$1
+    local section=$2
+
+    inicomment $conf_file $section auth_host
+    inicomment $conf_file $section auth_port
+    inicomment $conf_file $section auth_protocol
+    inicomment $conf_file $section auth_url
+
+    inicomment $conf_file $section admin_tenant_name
+    inicomment $conf_file $section admin_user
+    inicomment $conf_file $section admin_password
+    inicomment $conf_file $section signing_dir
+}
+
 function _quantum_setup_interface_driver() {
     quantum_plugin_setup_interface_driver $1
 }