diff --git a/doc/source/admin/support-compute.rst b/doc/source/admin/support-compute.rst
index 86dbadfbe3ee..5e3a7ae36747 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/support-compute.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/support-compute.rst
@@ -272,30 +272,6 @@ To disable injection in libvirt, set the following in ``nova.conf``:
    injection.
 
 
-Disable live snapshotting
--------------------------
-
-Problem
-~~~~~~~
-
-Administrators using libvirt version ``1.2.2`` may experience problems with
-live snapshot creation. Occasionally, libvirt version ``1.2.2`` fails to create
-live snapshots under the load of creating concurrent snapshot.
-
-Solution
-~~~~~~~~
-
-To effectively disable the libvirt live snapshotting, until the problem is
-resolved, configure the ``disable_libvirt_livesnapshot`` option.  You can turn
-off the live snapshotting mechanism by setting up its value to ``True`` in the
-``[workarounds]`` section of the ``nova.conf`` file:
-
-.. code-block:: ini
-
-   [workarounds]
-   disable_libvirt_livesnapshot = True
-
-
 Cannot find suitable emulator for x86_64
 ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/nova/conf/workarounds.py b/nova/conf/workarounds.py
index fe20532ec696..ce4b07224895 100644
--- a/nova/conf/workarounds.py
+++ b/nova/conf/workarounds.py
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ Interdependencies to other options:
     cfg.BoolOpt(
         'disable_libvirt_livesnapshot',
         default=False,
+        deprecated_for_removal=True,
+        deprecated_since='19.0.0',
+        deprecated_reason="""
+This option was added to work around issues with libvirt 1.2.2. We no longer
+support this version of libvirt, which means this workaround is no longer
+necessary. It will be removed in a future release.
+""",
         help="""
 Disable live snapshots when using the libvirt driver.
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 365e932868e8..074733b42996 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -22236,7 +22236,6 @@ class LibvirtSnapshotTests(_BaseSnapshotTests):
     @mock.patch.object(host.Host, 'get_guest')
     @mock.patch.object(host.Host, 'write_instance_config')
     def test_failing_domain_not_found(self, mock_write_config, mock_get_guest):
-        self.flags(disable_libvirt_livesnapshot=False, group='workarounds')
         mock_dev = mock.Mock(spec=libvirt_guest.BlockDevice)
         mock_guest = mock.Mock(spec=libvirt_guest.Guest)
         mock_guest.get_power_state.return_value = power_state.RUNNING
@@ -22338,7 +22337,6 @@ class LibvirtSnapshotTests(_BaseSnapshotTests):
                                                  mock_version,
                                                  mock_resolve,
                                                  mock_snapshot):
-        self.flags(disable_libvirt_livesnapshot=False, group='workarounds')
         self.flags(images_type='rbd', group='libvirt')
         mock_guest = mock.Mock(spec=libvirt_guest.Guest)
         mock_guest._domain = mock.Mock()
@@ -22366,7 +22364,6 @@ class LibvirtSnapshotTests(_BaseSnapshotTests):
                                                            mock_resolve,
                                                            mock_find_disk,
                                                            mock_convert):
-        self.flags(disable_libvirt_livesnapshot=False, group='workarounds')
         self.flags(images_type='rbd', group='libvirt')
         rbd = mock_driver.return_value
         rbd.parent_info = mock.Mock(side_effect=exception.ImageUnacceptable(
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-disable_libvirt_livesnapshot-413c71b96f5e38d4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-disable_libvirt_livesnapshot-413c71b96f5e38d4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e337537136bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-disable_libvirt_livesnapshot-413c71b96f5e38d4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``[workarounds] disable_libvirt_livesnapshot`` config option has been
+    deprecated. This was necessary to work around an issue with libvirt v1.2.2,
+    which we no longer support. For more information refer to `bug
+    #1334398`__.
+
+    __ https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1334398