diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index 60026d546a..b02a4b63c8 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ function configure_glanceclient() {
     setup_develop $GLANCECLIENT_DIR
 }
 
-# durable_glance_queues() - Determine if RabbitMQ queues are durable or not
-function durable_glance_queues() {
-    test `rabbitmqctl list_queues name durable | grep true | wc -l` -gt 0 && return 0
-    test `rabbitmqctl list_exchanges name durable | grep true | wc -l` -gt 0 && return 0
-    return 1
-}
-
 # configure_glance() - Set config files, create data dirs, etc
 function configure_glance() {
     setup_develop $GLANCE_DIR
@@ -127,12 +120,6 @@ function configure_glance() {
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT notifier_strategy rabbit
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT rabbit_host $RABBIT_HOST
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT rabbit_password $RABBIT_PASSWORD
-        if [[ durable_glance_queues -eq 0 ]]; then
-            # This gets around https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1074132
-            # that results in a g-api server becoming unresponsive during
-            # startup...
-            iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF DEFAULT rabbit_durable_queues True
-        fi
     fi
     if [[ "$KEYSTONE_TOKEN_FORMAT" == "PKI" ]]; then
         iniset $GLANCE_API_CONF keystone_authtoken signing_dir $GLANCE_AUTH_CACHE_DIR/api