diff --git a/lib/keystone b/lib/keystone
index af607c344b..d4b3a66e24 100644
--- a/lib/keystone
+++ b/lib/keystone
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ function configure_keystone {
 
     if [[ "$KEYSTONE_CONF_DIR" != "$KEYSTONE_DIR/etc" ]]; then
         install -m 600 $KEYSTONE_DIR/etc/keystone.conf.sample $KEYSTONE_CONF
-        cp -p $KEYSTONE_DIR/etc/policy.json $KEYSTONE_CONF_DIR
         if [[ -f "$KEYSTONE_DIR/etc/keystone-paste.ini" ]]; then
             cp -p "$KEYSTONE_DIR/etc/keystone-paste.ini" "$KEYSTONE_PASTE_INI"
         fi