diff --git a/ceilometer/nova_client.py b/ceilometer/nova_client.py
index 4b258c0a99..8334aaedfe 100644
--- a/ceilometer/nova_client.py
+++ b/ceilometer/nova_client.py
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ from oslo_log import log
 
 from ceilometer import keystone_client
 
-OPTS = [
-    cfg.BoolOpt('nova_http_log_debug',
-                default=False,
-                # Added in Mitaka
-                deprecated_for_removal=True,
-                help=('Allow novaclient\'s debug log output. '
-                      '(Use default_log_levels instead)')),
-]
-
 SERVICE_OPTS = [
     cfg.StrOpt('nova',
                default='compute',
@@ -60,10 +51,6 @@ class Client(object):
         """Initialize a nova client object."""
         creds = conf.service_credentials
 
-        logger = None
-        if conf.nova_http_log_debug:
-            logger = log.getLogger("novaclient-debug")
-            logger.logger.setLevel(log.DEBUG)
         ks_session = keystone_client.get_session(conf)
 
         self.nova_client = nova_client.Client(
@@ -73,8 +60,7 @@ class Client(object):
             # nova adapter options
             region_name=creds.region_name,
             endpoint_type=creds.interface,
-            service_type=conf.service_types.nova,
-            logger=logger)
+            service_type=conf.service_types.nova)
 
         self.glance_client = glanceclient.Client(
             version='2',
diff --git a/ceilometer/opts.py b/ceilometer/opts.py
index 9a09dfbf79..e2ba371ef2 100644
--- a/ceilometer/opts.py
+++ b/ceilometer/opts.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ def list_opts():
                          ceilometer.compute.virt.libvirt.utils.OPTS,
                          ceilometer.dispatcher.OPTS,
                          ceilometer.ipmi.notifications.ironic.OPTS,
-                         ceilometer.nova_client.OPTS,
                          ceilometer.objectstore.swift.OPTS,
                          ceilometer.pipeline.OPTS,
                          ceilometer.sample.OPTS,
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/test_novaclient.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/test_novaclient.py
index 092d1392eb..8d6a0139ad 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/test_novaclient.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/test_novaclient.py
@@ -242,8 +242,3 @@ class TestNovaClient(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(instance.kernel_id)
         self.assertIsNone(instance.image)
         self.assertIsNone(instance.ramdisk_id)
-
-    def test_with_nova_http_log_debug(self):
-        self.CONF.set_override("nova_http_log_debug", True)
-        self.nv = nova_client.Client(self.CONF)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(self.nv.nova_client.client.logger)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-nova-http-log-option-64e97a511e58da5d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-nova-http-log-option-64e97a511e58da5d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..579c290c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-nova-http-log-option-64e97a511e58da5d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The deprecated `nova_http_log_debug` option has been removed.