diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/handlers/main.yml
index 6715d4812d..dee456f286 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/handlers/main.yml
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups[item.value.group]
     - item.value.enabled | bool
     - item.key in nova_services_require_nova_conf
-    - item.key != 'placement-api'
   with_dict: "{{ nova_services }}"
   listen:
     - Restart nova-compute container