diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 7ab524ea394..9b2c431c91d 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@
 CONF.import_opt('vnc_enabled', 'nova.vnc')
 CONF.import_opt('enabled', 'nova.spice', group='spice')
 CONF.import_opt('enable', 'nova.cells.opts', group='cells')
-CONF.import_opt('image_cache_subdirectory_name', 'nova.virt.imagecache')
 CONF.import_opt('image_cache_manager_interval', 'nova.virt.imagecache')
 CONF.import_opt('enabled', 'nova.rdp', group='rdp')
 CONF.import_opt('html5_proxy_base_url', 'nova.rdp', group='rdp')