diff --git a/ironic/objects/base.py b/ironic/objects/base.py
index 8324fcd14c..0613cd2d99 100644
--- a/ironic/objects/base.py
+++ b/ironic/objects/base.py
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ class IronicObject(object):
     fields = {
         'created_at': obj_utils.datetime_or_none,
         'updated_at': obj_utils.datetime_or_none,
-        'deleted_at': obj_utils.datetime_or_none,
-        'deleted': int,
         }
 
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/ironic/tests/objects/test_objects.py b/ironic/tests/objects/test_objects.py
index a09b9e3fad..102141c266 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/objects/test_objects.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/objects/test_objects.py
@@ -358,16 +358,15 @@ class _TestObject(object):
         obj = MyObj()
         obj.created_at = dt
         obj.updated_at = dt
-        obj.deleted_at = None
         expected = {'ironic_object.name': 'MyObj',
                     'ironic_object.namespace': 'ironic',
                     'ironic_object.version': '1.5',
                     'ironic_object.changes':
-                        ['created_at', 'deleted_at', 'updated_at'],
+                        ['created_at', 'updated_at'],
                     'ironic_object.data':
                         {'created_at': timeutils.isotime(dt),
                          'updated_at': timeutils.isotime(dt),
-                         'deleted_at': None}
+                        }
                     }
         self.assertEqual(obj.obj_to_primitive(), expected)