diff --git a/lib/ceilometer b/lib/ceilometer
index ed9b93377e..163ed0b0ab 100644
--- a/lib/ceilometer
+++ b/lib/ceilometer
@@ -360,16 +360,6 @@ function install_ceilometerclient {
     fi
 }
 
-# install_ceilometermiddleware() - Collect source and prepare
-function install_ceilometermiddleware {
-    if use_library_from_git "ceilometermiddleware"; then
-        git_clone_by_name "ceilometermiddleware"
-        setup_dev_lib "ceilometermiddleware"
-    else
-        pip_install_gr ceilometermiddleware
-    fi
-}
-
 # start_ceilometer() - Start running processes, including screen
 function start_ceilometer {
     run_process ceilometer-acentral "$CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-agent-central --config-file $CEILOMETER_CONF"
diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index 5b73981ed2..3207fac165 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -697,6 +697,21 @@ function install_swiftclient {
     fi
 }
 
+# install_ceilometermiddleware() - Collect source and prepare
+#   note that this doesn't really have anything to do with ceilometer;
+#   though ceilometermiddleware has ceilometer in its name as an
+#   artifact of history, it is not a ceilometer specific tool. It
+#   simply generates pycadf-based notifications about requests and
+#   responses on the swift proxy
+function install_ceilometermiddleware {
+    if use_library_from_git "ceilometermiddleware"; then
+        git_clone_by_name "ceilometermiddleware"
+        setup_dev_lib "ceilometermiddleware"
+    else
+        pip_install_gr ceilometermiddleware
+    fi
+}
+
 # start_swift() - Start running processes, including screen
 function start_swift {
     # (re)start memcached to make sure we have a clean memcache.