diff --git a/etc/nova/api-paste.ini b/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
index 66169559bfb0..20d6b848c0bc 100644
--- a/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
+++ b/etc/nova/api-paste.ini
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ paste.filter_factory = nova.api.openstack:FaultWrapper.factory
 [filter:noauth2]
 paste.filter_factory = nova.api.openstack.auth:NoAuthMiddleware.factory
 
-[filter:legacy_ratelimit]
-paste.filter_factory = nova.api.openstack.compute.limits:RateLimitingMiddleware.factory
-
 [filter:sizelimit]
 paste.filter_factory = oslo_middleware:RequestBodySizeLimiter.factory
 
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/limits.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/limits.py
index 9a9569afd271..a5b682ec1229 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/limits.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/limits.py
@@ -13,18 +13,12 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from nova.api.openstack.compute.legacy_v2 import limits
 from nova.api.openstack.compute.views import limits as limits_views
 from nova.api.openstack import extensions
 from nova.api.openstack import wsgi
 from nova import quota
 
 
-# NOTE(alex_xu): This is just for keeping backward compatible with v2 endpoint
-# in api-paste.ini. This will be removed after v2 API code deprecated in the
-# future.
-RateLimitingMiddleware = limits.RateLimitingMiddleware
-
 QUOTAS = quota.QUOTAS
 ALIAS = 'limits'
 authorize = extensions.os_compute_authorizer(ALIAS)