diff --git a/nova/cells/rpc_driver.py b/nova/cells/rpc_driver.py
index 898f135ca9c8..7a26e3f14b44 100644
--- a/nova/cells/rpc_driver.py
+++ b/nova/cells/rpc_driver.py
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ class InterCellRPCAPI(object):
         """
         transport_url = next_hop.db_info['transport_url']
         if transport_url not in self.transports:
-            transport = messaging.get_transport(nova.conf.CONF, transport_url,
-                                                rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+            transport = messaging.get_transport(nova.conf.CONF, transport_url)
             self.transports[transport_url] = transport
         else:
             transport = self.transports[transport_url]
diff --git a/nova/rpc.py b/nova/rpc.py
index 54eeb8e8725a..09ff40ca8ced 100644
--- a/nova/rpc.py
+++ b/nova/rpc.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ __all__ = [
     'get_client',
     'get_server',
     'get_notifier',
-    'TRANSPORT_ALIASES',
 ]
 
 import functools
@@ -57,25 +56,13 @@ ALLOWED_EXMODS = [
 ]
 EXTRA_EXMODS = []
 
-# NOTE(markmc): The nova.openstack.common.rpc entries are for backwards compat
-# with Havana rpc_backend configuration values. The nova.rpc entries are for
-# compat with Essex values.
-TRANSPORT_ALIASES = {
-    'nova.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu': 'rabbit',
-    'nova.openstack.common.rpc.impl_qpid': 'qpid',
-    'nova.openstack.common.rpc.impl_zmq': 'zmq',
-    'nova.rpc.impl_kombu': 'rabbit',
-    'nova.rpc.impl_qpid': 'qpid',
-    'nova.rpc.impl_zmq': 'zmq',
-}
-
 
 def init(conf):
     global TRANSPORT, NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT, LEGACY_NOTIFIER, NOTIFIER
     exmods = get_allowed_exmods()
     TRANSPORT = create_transport(get_transport_url())
     NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT = messaging.get_notification_transport(
-        conf, allowed_remote_exmods=exmods, aliases=TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+        conf, allowed_remote_exmods=exmods)
     serializer = RequestContextSerializer(JsonPayloadSerializer())
     if conf.notifications.notification_format == 'unversioned':
         LEGACY_NOTIFIER = messaging.Notifier(NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT,
@@ -182,7 +169,7 @@ class ProfilerRequestContextSerializer(RequestContextSerializer):
 
 
 def get_transport_url(url_str=None):
-    return messaging.TransportURL.parse(CONF, url_str, TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+    return messaging.TransportURL.parse(CONF, url_str)
 
 
 def get_client(target, version_cap=None, serializer=None):
@@ -232,8 +219,7 @@ def create_transport(url):
     exmods = get_allowed_exmods()
     return messaging.get_transport(CONF,
                                    url=url,
-                                   allowed_remote_exmods=exmods,
-                                   aliases=TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+                                   allowed_remote_exmods=exmods)
 
 
 class LegacyValidatingNotifier(object):
diff --git a/nova/tests/fixtures.py b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
index ceb46a271551..dc38c6276007 100644
--- a/nova/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -664,8 +664,7 @@ class RPCFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
             self._buses[url] = messaging.get_transport(
                 CONF,
                 url=url,
-                allowed_remote_exmods=exmods,
-                aliases=rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+                allowed_remote_exmods=exmods)
         return self._buses[url]
 
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/cells/test_cells_rpc_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/cells/test_cells_rpc_driver.py
index e51f68d0b1c0..3b8c253d2eb3 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/cells/test_cells_rpc_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/cells/test_cells_rpc_driver.py
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ class CellsRPCDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         # first call to _get_transport creates a oslo.messaging.Transport obj
         with mock.patch.object(oslo_messaging, 'get_transport') as get_trans:
             transport = rpcapi._get_transport(next_hop)
-            get_trans.assert_called_once_with(rpc_driver.CONF, transport_url,
-                                              rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+            get_trans.assert_called_once_with(rpc_driver.CONF, transport_url)
             self.assertIn(transport_url, rpcapi.transports)
             self.assertEqual(transport, rpcapi.transports[transport_url])
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py
index 41eff64277d1..051ea8e7913c 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_rpc.py
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ class TestRPC(testtools.TestCase):
         url = rpc.get_transport_url(url_str='bar')
 
         self.assertEqual('foo', url)
-        mock_url.parse.assert_called_once_with(conf, 'bar',
-                                               rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+        mock_url.parse.assert_called_once_with(conf, 'bar')
 
     @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'TransportURL')
     def test_get_transport_url_null(self, mock_url):
@@ -191,8 +190,7 @@ class TestRPC(testtools.TestCase):
         url = rpc.get_transport_url()
 
         self.assertEqual('foo', url)
-        mock_url.parse.assert_called_once_with(conf, None,
-                                               rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+        mock_url.parse.assert_called_once_with(conf, None)
 
     @mock.patch.object(rpc, 'profiler', None)
     @mock.patch.object(rpc, 'RequestContextSerializer')
@@ -314,8 +312,7 @@ class TestRPC(testtools.TestCase):
         mock_exmods.assert_called_once_with()
         mock_transport.assert_called_once_with(rpc.CONF,
                                                url=mock.sentinel.url,
-                                               allowed_remote_exmods=exmods,
-                                               aliases=rpc.TRANSPORT_ALIASES)
+                                               allowed_remote_exmods=exmods)
 
     def _test_init(self, mock_notif, mock_noti_trans, mock_ser,
                    mock_exmods, notif_format, expected_driver_topic_kwargs,