diff --git a/etc/higgins/README-higgins.conf.txt b/etc/higgins/README-higgins.conf.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 228daee06..000000000
--- a/etc/higgins/README-higgins.conf.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-To generate the sample higgins.conf file, run the following
-command from the top level of the higgins directory:
-
-tox -egenconfig
-
-Or you can generate the sample higgins.conf file in global
-environment, run the following command from the top level
-of the higgins directory:
-
-pip install oslo.config
-oslo-config-generator --config-file \
-                etc/higgins/higgins-config-generator.conf
diff --git a/tools/README-higgins.conf.txt b/tools/README-higgins.conf.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac678b184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/README-higgins.conf.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+To generate the sample higgins.conf file, run gen-config tools
+from the top level of the higgins directory:
+
+tools/gen-config
+
+Or run the following command from the top level of the
+higgins directory:
+
+tox -egenconfig
+
+Generated sample configuration file will be put into etc/higgins/
+directory.
diff --git a/tools/gen-config b/tools/gen-config
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f257e86ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gen-config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+oslo-config-generator --config-file=tools/higgins-config-generator.conf
diff --git a/etc/higgins/higgins-config-generator.conf b/tools/higgins-config-generator.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from etc/higgins/higgins-config-generator.conf
rename to tools/higgins-config-generator.conf
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 31eef0da5..de86206df 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -91,5 +91,6 @@ install_command = pip install -U --force-reinstall {opts} {packages}
 commands = sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
 
 [testenv:genconfig]
+envdir = {toxworkdir}/venv
 commands =
-    oslo-config-generator --config-file etc/higgins/higgins-config-generator.conf
+  {toxinidir}/tools/gen-config