diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index f758c5ab..0a1cb11f 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -467,17 +467,12 @@ class barbican::api (
       $service_ensure = 'stopped'
     }
 
-    if $service_name == 'barbican-api' or $service_name == $::barbican::params::api_service_name {
+    if $service_name == $::barbican::params::api_service_name {
 
       if $::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu' {
         fail('With Ubuntu packages the service_name must be set to httpd as there is no eventlet init script.')
       }
 
-      if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' and $service_name == 'barbican-api' {
-        warning('The usage of barbican-api as service_name in Red Hat based OS is \
-deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use openstack-barbican-api instead.')
-      }
-
       service { 'barbican-api':
         ensure     => $service_ensure,
         name       => $::barbican::params::api_service_name,
@@ -512,7 +507,7 @@ deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use openstack-barbican-api i
         Service['barbican-api'] -> Service[$service_name]
       }
     } else {
-      fail('Invalid service_name. Use barbican-api for stand-alone or httpd')
+      fail('Invalid service_name.')
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/use-actual-service_name-on-redhat-follow-up-7a330703f4982dac.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/use-actual-service_name-on-redhat-follow-up-7a330703f4982dac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b63299c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/use-actual-service_name-on-redhat-follow-up-7a330703f4982dac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``barbican::api::service_name`` no longer accetps ``barbican-api``
+    as a valid service name in RHEL/CentOS. Use the actual service name,
+    ``openstack-barbican-api`` instead.