diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 8182ae5c99..f8972c1295 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ node /^afsdb01\.open.*\.org$/ {
   class { 'openstack_project::server': }
 
   include openstack_project::afsdb
-  include openstack_project::afsrelease
 }
 
 # Node-OS: xenial
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/afsrelease.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/afsrelease.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index b89417457b..0000000000
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/afsrelease.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Release afs volumes
-class openstack_project::afsrelease (
-) {
-
-  # NOTE(ianw) 2020-02 : migrated to mirror-update and deployed via ansible now
-  #  https://review.opendev.org/706176
-  cron { 'release':
-    user        => 'root',
-    minute      => '*/5',
-    command     => '/usr/local/bin/release-volumes >>/var/log/release/release.log 2>&1',
-    environment => 'PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
-    ensure      => absent,
-  }
-
-}