diff --git a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
index a834314bcc..fe6f629235 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ serving as a hypervisor for guest instances.
         FIXED_RANGE="10.0.0.0/24"
         Q_FLOATING_ALLOCATION_POOL=start=172.18.161.250,end=172.18.161.254
         PUBLIC_NETWORK_GATEWAY="172.18.161.1"
-        Q_L3_ENABLED=True
         PUBLIC_INTERFACE=eth0
 
         # Open vSwitch provider networking configuration
@@ -387,7 +386,6 @@ controller node.
         OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE=br-ex
 
         Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING=True
-        Q_L3_ENABLED=False
 
         # Do not use Nova-Network
         disable_service n-net
@@ -434,13 +432,12 @@ compute node 1.
         OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE=br-ex
         PUBLIC_INTERFACE=eth1
         Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING=True
-        Q_L3_ENABLED=False
 
 Compute node 2's configuration will be exactly the same, except
 ``HOST_IP`` will be ``10.0.0.4``
 
 When DevStack is configured to use provider networking (via
-``Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING`` is True and ``Q_L3_ENABLED`` is False) -
+``Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING`` is True) -
 DevStack will automatically add the network interface defined in
 ``PUBLIC_INTERFACE`` to the ``OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE``
 
@@ -543,7 +540,6 @@ setup, with small modifications for the interface mappings.
     FIXED_RANGE="10.0.0.0/24"
     Q_FLOATING_ALLOCATION_POOL=start=172.18.161.250,end=172.18.161.254
     PUBLIC_NETWORK_GATEWAY="172.18.161.1"
-    Q_L3_ENABLED=True
     PUBLIC_INTERFACE=eth0
 
     Q_USE_PROVIDERNET_FOR_PUBLIC=True
diff --git a/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3 b/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
index 5ff8ea5f69..a5a6c81ea4 100644
--- a/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
+++ b/lib/neutron_plugins/services/l3
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ Q_USE_PUBLIC_VETH=${Q_USE_PUBLIC_VETH:-False}
 Q_PUBLIC_VETH_EX=${Q_PUBLIC_VETH_EX:-veth-pub-ex}
 Q_PUBLIC_VETH_INT=${Q_PUBLIC_VETH_INT:-veth-pub-int}
 
-# The next two variables are configured by plugin
+# The next variable is configured by plugin
 # e.g.  _configure_neutron_l3_agent or lib/neutron_plugins/*
 #
-# The plugin supports L3.
-Q_L3_ENABLED=${Q_L3_ENABLED:-True}
 # L3 routers exist per tenant
 Q_L3_ROUTER_PER_TENANT=${Q_L3_ROUTER_PER_TENANT:-True}
 
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ function _determine_config_l3 {
 }
 
 function _configure_neutron_l3_agent {
-    Q_L3_ENABLED=True
 
     cp $NEUTRON_DIR/etc/l3_agent.ini.sample $Q_L3_CONF_FILE
 
@@ -180,7 +177,7 @@ function create_neutron_initial_network {
 
     AUTO_ALLOCATE_EXT=$(neutron --os-cloud devstack-admin --os-region "$REGION_NAME" ext-list | grep 'auto-allocated-topology' | get_field 1)
     SUBNETPOOL_EXT=$(neutron --os-cloud devstack-admin --os-region "$REGION_NAME" ext-list | grep 'subnet_allocation' | get_field 1)
-    if [[ "$Q_L3_ENABLED" == "True" ]]; then
+    if is_service_enabled q-l3; then
         # Create a router, and add the private subnet as one of its interfaces
         if [[ "$Q_L3_ROUTER_PER_TENANT" == "True" ]]; then
             # create a tenant-owned router.
@@ -362,7 +359,7 @@ function _neutron_configure_router_v6 {
 }
 
 function is_provider_network {
-    if [ "$Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING" == "True" ] && [ "$Q_L3_ENABLED" == "False" ]; then
+    if [ "$Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING" == "True" ]; then
         return 0
     fi
     return 1
diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index e556935cb5..298d030e68 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #   - ``BASE_SQL_CONN`` ``lib/database`` declares
 #   - ``PUBLIC_NETWORK_NAME``
 #   - ``Q_ROUTER_NAME``
-#   - ``Q_L3_ENABLED``
 #   - ``VIRT_DRIVER``
 #   - ``LIBVIRT_TYPE``
 #   - ``KEYSTONE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL``, ``KEYSTONE_SERVICE_HOST`` from lib/keystone
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ function configure_tempest {
 
     ssh_connect_method=${TEMPEST_SSH_CONNECT_METHOD:-$ssh_connect_method}
 
-    if [ "$Q_L3_ENABLED" = "True" ]; then
+    if is_service_enabled q-l3; then
         public_network_id=$(neutron net-list | grep $PUBLIC_NETWORK_NAME | \
             awk '{print $2}')
     fi