diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 93035673b5..f33fd25fee 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ declare -r -g _DEVSTACK_FUNCTIONS=1
 FUNC_DIR=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}") && pwd)
 source ${FUNC_DIR}/functions-common
 source ${FUNC_DIR}/inc/ini-config
+source ${FUNC_DIR}/inc/meta-config
 source ${FUNC_DIR}/inc/python
 source ${FUNC_DIR}/inc/rootwrap
 
diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index f423b570cd..1ec1a785e6 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -838,7 +838,10 @@ function start_nova_compute {
 
     local compute_cell_conf=$NOVA_CONF
 
+    # Bug #1802143: $NOVA_CPU_CONF is constructed by first copying $NOVA_CONF...
     cp $compute_cell_conf $NOVA_CPU_CONF
+    # ...and then adding/overriding anything explicitly set in $NOVA_CPU_CONF
+    merge_config_file $TOP_DIR/local.conf post-config '$NOVA_CPU_CONF'
 
     if [[ "${CELLSV2_SETUP}" == "singleconductor" ]]; then
         # NOTE(danms): Grenade doesn't setup multi-cell rabbit, so
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index b8d597e11c..01469688eb 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ LAST_SPINNER_PID=""
 # Import common functions
 source $TOP_DIR/functions
 
-# Import config functions
-source $TOP_DIR/inc/meta-config
-
 # Import 'public' stack.sh functions
 source $TOP_DIR/lib/stack