diff --git a/plugins/keystone/keystone_stats b/plugins/keystone/keystone_stats
index 13044043..e8dd1b79 100755
--- a/plugins/keystone/keystone_stats
+++ b/plugins/keystone/keystone_stats
@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     succesful_import = True
 
-
-CONF = config.CONF
-
 stats = ['users', 'tenants']
 
-
 def print_config():
     global states
     print 'graph_title Keystone Stats'
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ def print_values():
             print "%s_%s.value %s" % (field, state, value)
 
 def load_conf():
-    CONF(config_files=[utils.find_config('keystone.conf')])
+    config.CONF(config_files=[utils.find_config('keystone.conf')])
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) > 1: