diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
index 92673904..214865d9 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
@@ -205,11 +205,6 @@ export DEVSTACK_GATE_SAHARA=${DEVSTACK_GATE_SAHARA:-0}
 # Set to 1 to run trove
 export DEVSTACK_GATE_TROVE=${DEVSTACK_GATE_TROVE:-0}
 
-# Set to 1 to run marconi/zaqar
-# TODO remove marconi when safe to do so
-export DEVSTACK_GATE_MARCONI=${DEVSTACK_GATE_MARCONI:-0}
-export DEVSTACK_GATE_ZAQAR=${DEVSTACK_GATE_ZAQAR:-0}
-
 # Set to 0 to disable config_drive and use the metadata server instead
 export DEVSTACK_GATE_CONFIGDRIVE=${DEVSTACK_GATE_CONFIGDRIVE:-1}
 
@@ -361,9 +356,6 @@ export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=${OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH:-$ZUUL_BRANCH}
 # postgresql, mongodb.
 export DEVSTACK_GATE_CEILOMETER_BACKEND=${DEVSTACK_GATE_CEILOMETER_BACKEND:-mysql}
 
-# Set Zaqar backend to override the default one. It could be mongodb, redis.
-export DEVSTACK_GATE_ZAQAR_BACKEND=${DEVSTACK_GATE_ZAQAR_BACKEND:-mongodb}
-
 # The topology of the system determinates the service distribution
 # among the nodes.
 # aio: `all in one` just only one node used
diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate.sh b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
index 56d81142..f83b036f 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ CINDER_PERIODIC_INTERVAL=10
 export OS_NO_CACHE=True
 CEILOMETER_BACKEND=$DEVSTACK_GATE_CEILOMETER_BACKEND
 LIBS_FROM_GIT=$DEVSTACK_PROJECT_FROM_GIT
-ZAQAR_BACKEND=$DEVSTACK_GATE_ZAQAR_BACKEND
 DATABASE_QUERY_LOGGING=True
 EOF