diff --git a/cinder/releasenotes/notes/removing-middleware-sizelimit-ba86907acbda83de.yaml b/cinder/releasenotes/notes/removing-middleware-sizelimit-ba86907acbda83de.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19a36a1e594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinder/releasenotes/notes/removing-middleware-sizelimit-ba86907acbda83de.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Removing deprecated file cinder.middleware.sizelimit. In your
+    api-paste.ini, replace
+    cinder.middleware.sizelimit:RequestBodySizeLimiter.factory with
+    oslo_middleware.sizelimit:RequestBodySizeLimiter.factory
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7c151d26f54..e79da8898e3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ oslo_messaging.notify.drivers =
     cinder.openstack.common.notifier.test_notifier = oslo_messaging.notify._impl_test:TestDriver
 # These are for backwards compatibility with Juno middleware configurations
 oslo_middleware =
-    cinder.api.middleware.sizelimit = oslo_middleware.sizelimit
     cinder.openstack.common.middleware.request_id = oslo_middleware.request_id
 
 cinder.database.migration_backend =