diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 00e075877d..5814dd101a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5278,7 +5278,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "macaddr",
  "mg-admin-client",
  "nexus-client",
- "nexus-deployment",
  "omicron-common",
  "omicron-test-utils",
  "omicron-workspace-hack",
diff --git a/common/src/address.rs b/common/src/address.rs
index c26c6ff911..152fb9319e 100644
--- a/common/src/address.rs
+++ b/common/src/address.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ pub const MAX_PORT: u16 = u16::MAX;
 /// minimum possible value for a tcp or udp port
 pub const MIN_PORT: u16 = u16::MIN;
 
+/// The amount of redundancy for Nexus services.
+///
+/// This is used by both RSS (to distribute the initial set of services) and the
+/// Reconfigurator (to know whether to add new Nexus zones)
+pub const NEXUS_REDUNDANCY: usize = 3;
+
 /// The amount of redundancy for internal DNS servers.
 ///
 /// Must be less than or equal to MAX_DNS_REDUNDANCY.
diff --git a/nexus/deployment/src/default_service_count.rs b/nexus/deployment/src/default_service_count.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5881da6dc9..0000000000
--- a/nexus/deployment/src/default_service_count.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-// file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-//! Default counts of Omicron service zones that should be provised by RSS and
-//! the reconfiguration system.
-
-pub const NEXUS: usize = 3;
diff --git a/nexus/deployment/src/lib.rs b/nexus/deployment/src/lib.rs
index 1e8ecd333d..546f2c1dc1 100644
--- a/nexus/deployment/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nexus/deployment/src/lib.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,5 @@
 //! updates, etc.
 
 pub mod blueprint_builder;
-pub mod default_service_count;
 mod ip_allocator;
 pub mod planner;
diff --git a/nexus/src/app/deployment.rs b/nexus/src/app/deployment.rs
index 716123df35..5818d1aa12 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/deployment.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/deployment.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use nexus_db_queries::authz;
 use nexus_db_queries::context::OpContext;
 use nexus_db_queries::db::pagination::Paginator;
 use nexus_deployment::blueprint_builder::BlueprintBuilder;
-use nexus_deployment::default_service_count;
 use nexus_deployment::planner::Planner;
 use nexus_types::deployment::Blueprint;
 use nexus_types::deployment::BlueprintMetadata;
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ use nexus_types::identity::Asset;
 use nexus_types::inventory::Collection;
 use omicron_common::address::IpRange;
 use omicron_common::address::Ipv6Subnet;
+use omicron_common::address::NEXUS_REDUNDANCY;
 use omicron_common::address::SLED_PREFIX;
 use omicron_common::api::external::CreateResult;
 use omicron_common::api::external::DataPageParams;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl super::Nexus {
             policy: Policy {
                 sleds,
                 service_ip_pool_ranges,
-                target_nexus_zone_count: default_service_count::NEXUS,
+                target_nexus_zone_count: NEXUS_REDUNDANCY,
             },
             inventory,
         })
diff --git a/sled-agent/Cargo.toml b/sled-agent/Cargo.toml
index 860e118263..5bd205b32e 100644
--- a/sled-agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sled-agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ libc.workspace = true
 macaddr.workspace = true
 mg-admin-client.workspace = true
 nexus-client.workspace = true
-nexus-deployment.workspace = true
 omicron-common.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
 oximeter.workspace = true
diff --git a/sled-agent/src/rack_setup/plan/service.rs b/sled-agent/src/rack_setup/plan/service.rs
index 2a169082ed..10bfc34b26 100644
--- a/sled-agent/src/rack_setup/plan/service.rs
+++ b/sled-agent/src/rack_setup/plan/service.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ use dns_service_client::types::DnsConfigParams;
 use illumos_utils::zpool::ZpoolName;
 use internal_dns::config::{Host, ZoneVariant};
 use internal_dns::ServiceName;
-use nexus_deployment::default_service_count;
 use omicron_common::address::{
     get_sled_address, get_switch_zone_address, Ipv6Subnet, ReservedRackSubnet,
     DENDRITE_PORT, DNS_HTTP_PORT, DNS_PORT, DNS_REDUNDANCY, MAX_DNS_REDUNDANCY,
-    MGD_PORT, MGS_PORT, NTP_PORT, NUM_SOURCE_NAT_PORTS, RSS_RESERVED_ADDRESSES,
-    SLED_PREFIX,
+    MGD_PORT, MGS_PORT, NEXUS_REDUNDANCY, NTP_PORT, NUM_SOURCE_NAT_PORTS,
+    RSS_RESERVED_ADDRESSES, SLED_PREFIX,
 };
 use omicron_common::api::external::{MacAddr, Vni};
 use omicron_common::api::internal::shared::SwitchLocation;
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ impl Plan {
         }
 
         // Provision Nexus zones, continuing to stripe across sleds.
-        for _ in 0..default_service_count::NEXUS {
+        for _ in 0..NEXUS_REDUNDANCY {
             let sled = {
                 let which_sled =
                     sled_allocator.next().ok_or(PlanError::NotEnoughSleds)?;