diff --git a/devstack/lib/ironic b/devstack/lib/ironic
index fdb85994d6..aa3d99722a 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/ironic
+++ b/devstack/lib/ironic
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ if [[ -n "$IRONIC_DEFAULT_API_VERSION" ]]; then
 fi
 
 # driver / hardware type options
-IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS=${IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS:-fake,pxe_ipmitool,agent_ipmitool}
+IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS=${IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS:-pxe_ipmitool,agent_ipmitool}
+# NOTE(dtantsur): some places (I'm looking at you, devstack-gate) still
+# hardcode "fake", and we cannot fix them without breaking stable branches.
+# This ugly hack is only needed until we delete IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS
+# in the near future.
+IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS=$(echo $IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS | sed -r 's/fake,?//')
 IRONIC_ENABLED_HARDWARE_TYPES=${IRONIC_ENABLED_HARDWARE_TYPES:-"ipmi,fake-hardware"}
 # list of all available driver interfaces types
 IRONIC_DRIVER_INTERFACE_TYPES="bios boot power management deploy console inspect raid rescue storage network vendor"
diff --git a/devstack/upgrade/from-queens/upgrade-ironic b/devstack/upgrade/from-queens/upgrade-ironic
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15ca9a9974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/upgrade/from-queens/upgrade-ironic
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function configure_ironic_upgrade {
+    # Remove the fake driver from the configuration (forced by devstack-gate)
+    drivers=$(iniget $IRONIC_CONF_FILE DEFAULT enabled_drivers | sed -r 's/fake,?//')
+    iniset $IRONIC_CONF_FILE DEFAULT enabled_drivers $drivers
+}
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst
index 9b8d810d20..b0269381ab 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ Configuring and Enabling the driver
 3. Add ``pxe_ilo`` to the list of ``enabled_drivers`` in
    ``/etc/ironic/ironic.conf``.  For example:::
 
-    enabled_drivers = fake,pxe_ipmitool,pxe_ilo
+    enabled_drivers = pxe_ipmitool,pxe_ilo
 
 4. Restart the ironic conductor service::
 
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/oneview.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/oneview.rst
index 6e2d18dde6..eac1e47dcc 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/oneview.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/oneview.rst
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Configuring and enabling the driver
 1. Add ``agent_pxe_oneview`` to the list of ``enabled_drivers`` in your
    ``ironic.conf``. For example::
 
-    enabled_drivers = fake,pxe_ipmitool,agent_pxe_oneview
+    enabled_drivers = pxe_ipmitool,agent_pxe_oneview
 
 2. Update the [oneview] section of your ``ironic.conf`` file with your
    OneView credentials and CA certificate files information.
diff --git a/ironic/drivers/fake.py b/ironic/drivers/fake.py
index 6793d448e5..c59a5002f4 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/fake.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/fake.py
@@ -46,42 +46,6 @@ from ironic.drivers.modules import pxe
 from ironic.drivers.modules import snmp
 from ironic.drivers.modules.ucs import management as ucs_mgmt
 from ironic.drivers.modules.ucs import power as ucs_power
-from ironic.drivers import utils
-
-
-class FakeDriver(base.BaseDriver):
-    """Example implementation of a Driver."""
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.power = fake.FakePower()
-        self.deploy = fake.FakeDeploy()
-        self.boot = fake.FakeBoot()
-
-        self.a = fake.FakeVendorA()
-        self.b = fake.FakeVendorB()
-        self.mapping = {'first_method': self.a,
-                        'second_method': self.b,
-                        'third_method_sync': self.b,
-                        'fourth_method_shared_lock': self.b}
-        self.vendor = utils.MixinVendorInterface(self.mapping)
-        self.console = fake.FakeConsole()
-        self.management = fake.FakeManagement()
-        self.inspect = fake.FakeInspect()
-        self.raid = fake.FakeRAID()
-
-    @classmethod
-    def to_hardware_type(cls):
-        return 'fake-hardware', {
-            iface: 'fake'
-            for iface in ['bios', 'boot', 'console', 'deploy', 'inspect',
-                          'management', 'power', 'raid', 'rescue', 'vendor']
-        }
-
-
-class FakeSoftPowerDriver(FakeDriver):
-    """Example implementation of a Driver."""
-    # NOTE(dtantsur): identical to FakeDriver now, will be removed with other
-    # classic drivers
 
 
 class FakeIPMIToolDriver(base.BaseDriver):
diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/fake.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/fake.py
index 62f9599492..b6b5c10eeb 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/fake.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/fake.py
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ class FakePower(base.PowerInterface):
                 states.SOFT_REBOOT, states.SOFT_POWER_OFF]
 
 
-# NOTE(dtantsur): for backward compatibility
-FakeSoftPower = FakePower
-
-
 class FakeBoot(base.BootInterface):
     """Example implementation of a simple boot interface."""
 
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-dsvm-standalone/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-dsvm-standalone/run.yaml
index 3834625e37..dc5686acc0 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ironic-dsvm-standalone/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ironic-dsvm-standalone/run.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_DEFAULT_DEPLOY_INTERFACE=direct"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"SWIFT_ENABLE_TEMPURLS=True"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"SWIFT_TEMPURL_KEY=secretkey"
-          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_ENABLED_DRIVERS=fake"
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_AUTOMATED_CLEAN_ENABLED=False"
 
           # NOTE(pas-ha) ansible deploy is new in Queens,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/no-fake-308b50d4ab83ca7a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/no-fake-308b50d4ab83ca7a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e183949425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/no-fake-308b50d4ab83ca7a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The deprecated classic drivers ``fake`` and ``fake_soft_power`` were
+    removed. Please use the ``fake-hardware`` hardware type instead.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fd1a8cadda..735020679d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ ironic.drivers =
     agent_irmc = ironic.drivers.irmc:IRMCVirtualMediaAgentDriver
     agent_pxe_oneview = ironic.drivers.oneview:AgentPXEOneViewDriver
     agent_ucs = ironic.drivers.agent:AgentAndUcsDriver
-    fake = ironic.drivers.fake:FakeDriver
-    fake_soft_power = ironic.drivers.fake:FakeSoftPowerDriver
     fake_agent = ironic.drivers.fake:FakeAgentDriver
     fake_inspector = ironic.drivers.fake:FakeIPMIToolInspectorDriver
     fake_ipmitool = ironic.drivers.fake:FakeIPMIToolDriver