diff --git a/octavia_tempest_plugin/config.py b/octavia_tempest_plugin/config.py
index 91aa2c4..701eb8e 100644
--- a/octavia_tempest_plugin/config.py
+++ b/octavia_tempest_plugin/config.py
@@ -31,19 +31,6 @@
                      "to be available."),
 ]
 
-# Pull in the service_available for barbican if it is not defined.
-# If the barbican tempest plugin isn't loaded, this won't load from
-# tempest.conf.
-try:
-    if cfg.CONF.service_available.barbican is not None:
-        LOG.info('Barbican service_available state: {}'.format(
-            cfg.CONF.service_available.barbican))
-except cfg.NoSuchOptError:
-    ServiceAvailableGroup.append(
-        cfg.BoolOpt('barbican', default=False,
-                    help="Whether or not the barbican service is expected to "
-                         "be available."))
-
 octavia_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='load_balancer',
                              title='load-balancer service options')
 
diff --git a/octavia_tempest_plugin/tests/barbican_scenario/v2/test_tls_barbican.py b/octavia_tempest_plugin/tests/barbican_scenario/v2/test_tls_barbican.py
index 86dac04..27663b2 100644
--- a/octavia_tempest_plugin/tests/barbican_scenario/v2/test_tls_barbican.py
+++ b/octavia_tempest_plugin/tests/barbican_scenario/v2/test_tls_barbican.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         if not CONF.validation.run_validation:
             raise cls.skipException('Traffic tests will not work without '
                                     'run_validation enabled.')
-        if not CONF.service_available.barbican:
+        if not getattr(CONF.service_available, 'barbican', False):
             raise cls.skipException('TLS with Barbican tests require the '
                                     'barbican service.')
 
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index d53fa42..40e260f 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -369,12 +369,15 @@
       - openstack/barbican
       - openstack/diskimage-builder
       - openstack/python-barbicanclient
+      - openstack/barbican-tempest-plugin
     vars:
       tempest_test_regex: ^octavia_tempest_plugin.tests.barbican_scenario.v2
       devstack_services:
         barbican: true
       devstack_plugins:
         barbican: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/barbican.git
+      devstack_localrc:
+        TEMPEST_PLUGINS: '"/opt/stack/octavia-tempest-plugin /opt/stack/barbican-tempest-plugin"'
 
 # Temporary transitional aliases for gates used in other repos
 # Remove once octavia has transitioned job names