diff --git a/nova/config.py b/nova/config.py
index 545fc5714591..c0fce224c3b2 100644
--- a/nova/config.py
+++ b/nova/config.py
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@
 import logging
 
 from oslo_log import log
-from oslo_policy import opts as policy_opts
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 
 import nova.conf
 from nova.db.api import api as api_db_api
 from nova.db.main import api as main_db_api
 from nova import middleware
-from nova import policy
 from nova import rpc
 from nova import version
 
@@ -54,9 +52,6 @@ def set_lib_defaults():
     # logging_context_format_string config option.
     set_log_defaults()
 
-    # Update default value of oslo.policy policy_file config option.
-    policy_opts.set_defaults(CONF, policy.DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE)
-
 
 def rabbit_heartbeat_filter(log_record):
     message = "Unexpected error during heartbeat thread processing"
diff --git a/nova/policy.py b/nova/policy.py
index 18198eed6337..0d1ede0bef72 100644
--- a/nova/policy.py
+++ b/nova/policy.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import re
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-from oslo_policy import opts
 from oslo_policy import policy
 from oslo_utils import excutils
 
@@ -41,14 +40,6 @@ USER_BASED_RESOURCES = ['os-keypairs']
 saved_file_rules = []
 KEY_EXPR = re.compile(r'%\((\w+)\)s')
 
-# TODO(gmann): Remove overriding the default value of config options
-# 'policy_file' once oslo_policy change its default value to what
-# is overridden here.
-DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE = 'policy.yaml'
-opts.set_defaults(
-    cfg.CONF,
-    DEFAULT_POLICY_FILE)
-
 
 def reset():
     global _ENFORCER
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 34e14bdb37a7..c90b5385feb2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ oslo.utils>=7.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=10.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=5.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.policy>=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.policy>=4.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.privsep>=2.6.2 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=5.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0