diff --git a/keystone/common/sql/migrate_repo/versions/067_kilo.py b/keystone/common/sql/migrate_repo/versions/067_kilo.py
index fbce57b207..a6dbed670f 100644
--- a/keystone/common/sql/migrate_repo/versions/067_kilo.py
+++ b/keystone/common/sql/migrate_repo/versions/067_kilo.py
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@
 import migrate
 from oslo_log import log
 import sqlalchemy as sql
-from sqlalchemy import orm
 
 from keystone.assignment.backends import sql as assignment_sql
 from keystone.common import sql as ks_sql
-from keystone.common.sql import migration_helpers
 from keystone.identity.mapping_backends import mapping as mapping_backend
 
 
@@ -317,8 +315,3 @@ def upgrade(migrate_engine):
         migrate.ForeignKeyConstraint(columns=fkey['columns'],
                                      refcolumns=fkey['references'],
                                      name=fkey.get('name')).create()
-
-    # Create the default domain.
-    session = orm.sessionmaker(bind=migrate_engine)()
-    domain.insert(migration_helpers.get_default_domain()).execute()
-    session.commit()
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/test_sql_upgrade.py b/keystone/tests/unit/test_sql_upgrade.py
index 8353237161..1b0658a6b3 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/test_sql_upgrade.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/test_sql_upgrade.py
@@ -300,22 +300,6 @@ class SqlUpgradeTests(SqlMigrateBase):
         for table in INITIAL_TABLE_STRUCTURE:
             self.assertTableColumns(table, INITIAL_TABLE_STRUCTURE[table])
 
-        # Ensure the default domain was properly created.
-        default_domain = migration_helpers.get_default_domain()
-
-        meta = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
-        meta.bind = self.engine
-
-        domain_table = sqlalchemy.Table('domain', meta, autoload=True)
-
-        session = self.Session()
-        q = session.query(domain_table)
-        refs = q.all()
-
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(refs))
-        for k in default_domain.keys():
-            self.assertEqual(default_domain[k], getattr(refs[0], k))
-
     def insert_dict(self, session, table_name, d, table=None):
         """Naively inserts key-value pairs into a table, given a dictionary."""
         if table is None:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/no-default-domain-2161ada44bf7a3f7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/no-default-domain-2161ada44bf7a3f7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..654be4f68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/no-default-domain-2161ada44bf7a3f7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+other:
+  - >
+    ``keystone-manage db_sync`` will no longer create the Default domain. This
+    domain is used as the domain for any users created using the legacy v2.0
+    API. A default domain is created by ``keystone-manage bootstrap``.