diff --git a/ironic_inspector/conf/processing.py b/ironic_inspector/conf/processing.py
index 678d9695d..4c00f467d 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/conf/processing.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/conf/processing.py
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ _OPTS = [
                       'Possible values are: \'none\', \'database\' and '
                       '\'swift\'. If set to \'none\', introspection data will '
                       'not be stored.')),
-    cfg.StrOpt('store_data_location',
-               help=_('Name of the key to store the location of stored data '
-                      'in the extra column of the Ironic database.'),
-               deprecated_for_removal=True,
-               deprecated_reason=_('The introspection data could be retrieved '
-                                   'from inspector API, there is no need to '
-                                   'keep an extra link in ironic.')),
     cfg.BoolOpt('disk_partitioning_spacing',
                 default=True,
                 help=_('Whether to leave 1 GiB of disk size untouched for '
diff --git a/ironic_inspector/plugins/introspection_data.py b/ironic_inspector/plugins/introspection_data.py
index 0519390a3..e799436a2 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/plugins/introspection_data.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/plugins/introspection_data.py
@@ -95,16 +95,6 @@ class SwiftStore(object):
         LOG.info('Introspection data was stored for node %(node)s in Swift '
                  'object %(obj_name)s', {'node': node_uuid,
                                          'obj_name': swift_object_name})
-        # TODO(kaifeng) Remove the deprecated store_data_location at Train
-        # cycle.
-        if CONF.processing.store_data_location:
-            node_info = node_cache.get_node(node_uuid)
-            # NOTE(kaifeng) node_info is not synced back, while we are not
-            # using extra in the processing logic, it looks fine at the moment,
-            # but we should consider refactor in a later time.
-            node_info.patch([{'op': 'add', 'path': '/extra/%s' %
-                              CONF.processing.store_data_location,
-                              'value': swift_object_name}])
 
 
 class DatabaseStore(object):
diff --git a/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_plugins_introspection_data.py b/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_plugins_introspection_data.py
index 61c9d9ba4..58672a67f 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_plugins_introspection_data.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_plugins_introspection_data.py
@@ -78,25 +78,6 @@ class TestSwiftStore(BaseTest):
             db.Node(uuid=self.node_info.uuid,
                     state=istate.States.starting).save(session)
 
-    def test_store_data_location(self, swift_mock):
-        CONF.set_override('store_data_location', 'inspector_data_object',
-                          'processing')
-        self._create_node()
-        swift_conn = swift_mock.return_value
-        name = 'inspector_data-%s' % self.uuid
-        patch = [{'path': '/extra/inspector_data_object',
-                  'value': name, 'op': 'add'}]
-        expected = self.data
-
-        self.driver.save(self.node_info.uuid, self.data)
-
-        data = introspection_data._filter_data_excluded_keys(self.data)
-        swift_conn.create_object.assert_called_once_with(name,
-                                                         json.dumps(data))
-        self.assertEqual(expected,
-                         json.loads(swift_conn.create_object.call_args[0][1]))
-        self.cli.node.update.assert_any_call(self.uuid, patch)
-
 
 class TestDatabaseStore(BaseTest):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_process.py b/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_process.py
index 3d89630ac..98b76fc7d 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_process.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/test/unit/test_process.py
@@ -500,24 +500,6 @@ class TestProcessNode(BaseTest):
         self.assertNotIn('logs',
                          json.loads(swift_conn.create_object.call_args[0][1]))
 
-    @mock.patch.object(swift, 'SwiftAPI', autospec=True)
-    def test_store_data_location_with_swift(self, swift_mock):
-        CONF.set_override('store_data', 'swift', 'processing')
-        CONF.set_override('store_data_location', 'inspector_data_object',
-                          'processing')
-        swift_conn = swift_mock.return_value
-        name = 'inspector_data-%s' % self.uuid
-        patch = [{'path': '/extra/inspector_data_object',
-                  'value': name, 'op': 'add'}]
-        expected = self.data
-
-        process._process_node(self.node_info, self.node, self.data)
-
-        swift_conn.create_object.assert_called_once_with(name, mock.ANY)
-        self.assertEqual(expected,
-                         json.loads(swift_conn.create_object.call_args[0][1]))
-        self.cli.node.update.assert_any_call(self.uuid, patch)
-
     @mock.patch.object(node_cache, 'store_introspection_data', autospec=True)
     def test_store_data_with_database(self, store_mock):
         CONF.set_override('store_data', 'database', 'processing')
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-store-data-location-e68462ff6ba257e0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-store-data-location-e68462ff6ba257e0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bcb2e82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-store-data-location-e68462ff6ba257e0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The deprecated configuration option ``[processing]store_data_location``
+    was removed.