diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
index 246a57b88..77dfa5fce 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ if str2bool(hiera('enable_telemetry', false)) {
   include ::ceilometer
   include ::ceilometer::agent::notification
   include ::ceilometer::agent::central
-  include ::ceilometer::expirer
   include ::ceilometer::agent::auth
   include ::ceilometer::dispatcher::gnocchi
 
@@ -214,9 +213,6 @@ if str2bool(hiera('enable_telemetry', false)) {
   -> Openstacklib::Service_validation['gnocchi-status']
   -> Exec['ceilo-gnocchi-upgrade']
 
-  Cron <| title == 'ceilometer-expirer' |> { command =>
-    "sleep $((\$(od -A n -t d -N 3 /dev/urandom) \\% 86400)) && ${::ceilometer::params::expirer_command}" }
-
   # Aodh
   $aodh_dsn = match(hiera('aodh::db::database_connection'), $re_dsn)
   class { '::aodh::db::mysql':
diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
index 0b5600406..fcb3b03c1 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ neutron::service_plugins: ['segments']
 
 # Ceilometer
 ceilometer::debug: "%{hiera('debug')}"
-ceilometer::expirer::time_to_live: undef
 ceilometer::metering_secret: {{UNDERCLOUD_CEILOMETER_METERING_SECRET}}
 ceilometer::rabbit_userid: {{UNDERCLOUD_RABBIT_USERNAME}}
 ceilometer::rabbit_password: {{UNDERCLOUD_RABBIT_PASSWORD}}