diff --git a/kolla/common/config.py b/kolla/common/config.py
index 8e31fc9f5c..dda2e2010d 100755
--- a/kolla/common/config.py
+++ b/kolla/common/config.py
@@ -248,10 +248,7 @@ _CLI_OPTS = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable-unbuildable', default=False,
                 help='Enable images marked as unbuildable'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('summary', default=True,
-                help='Show summary at the end of build'),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('use-short-names', default=False,
-                help='Use image names without install_type '
-                '(transition option - to be removed)')
+                help='Show summary at the end of build')
 ]
 
 _BASE_OPTS = [
diff --git a/kolla/image/build.py b/kolla/image/build.py
index dbd5dd6a37..ee0aaaf734 100755
--- a/kolla/image/build.py
+++ b/kolla/image/build.py
@@ -647,10 +647,7 @@ class KollaWorker(object):
 
         self.clean_package_cache = self.conf.clean_package_cache
 
-        if self.conf.use_short_names:
-            self.image_prefix = self.base + '-'
-        else:
-            self.image_prefix = self.base + '-source-'
+        self.image_prefix = self.base + '-'
 
         self.regex = conf.regex
         self.image_statuses_bad = dict()
diff --git a/tests/playbooks/run.yml b/tests/playbooks/run.yml
index 6ed25975b0..9b544b30f1 100644
--- a/tests/playbooks/run.yml
+++ b/tests/playbooks/run.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
           DEFAULT:
             namespace: "{{ kolla_namespace }}"
             tag: "{{ (zuul.branch | basename) ~ tag_suffix }}"
-            # NOTE(hrw): we want to publish short names
-            use_short_names: true
       set_fact:
         kolla_build_config: "{{ kolla_build_config | combine(kolla_publisher_config, recursive=True) }}"
       when: