diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 7938a920..f890e750 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -272,10 +272,8 @@ class ceilometer(
   include ceilometer::params
 
   if $snmpd_readonly_username != undef or $snmpd_readonly_user_password != undef {
-    warning('The snmpd_readonly_* parameters have been deprecated.')
+    warning('The snmpd_readonly_* parameters have been deprecated and have no effect.')
   }
-  $snmpd_readonly_username_real = pick($snmpd_readonly_username, $::os_service_default)
-  $snmpd_readonly_user_password_real = pick($snmpd_readonly_user_password, $::os_service_default)
 
   package { 'ceilometer-common':
     ensure => $package_ensure,
@@ -326,12 +324,15 @@ class ceilometer(
 
   # Once we got here, we can act as an honey badger on the rpc used.
   ceilometer_config {
-    'DEFAULT/http_timeout'           : value => $http_timeout;
-    'DEFAULT/max_parallel_requests'  : value => $max_parallel_requests;
-    'DEFAULT/host'                   : value => $host;
-    'publisher/telemetry_secret'     : value => $telemetry_secret, secret => true;
-    'hardware/readonly_user_name'    : value => $snmpd_readonly_username_real;
-    'hardware/readonly_user_password': value => $snmpd_readonly_user_password_real, secret => true;
+    'DEFAULT/http_timeout'         : value => $http_timeout;
+    'DEFAULT/max_parallel_requests': value => $max_parallel_requests;
+    'DEFAULT/host'                 : value => $host;
+    'publisher/telemetry_secret'   : value => $telemetry_secret, secret => true;
+  }
+  # TODO(tkajinam): Remove this after Zed
+  ceilometer_config {
+    'hardware/readonly_user_name'    : ensure => absent;
+    'hardware/readonly_user_password': ensure => absent, secret => true;
   }
 
   oslo::messaging::notifications { 'ceilometer_config':
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-hardware-opts-61cf241a46a4891b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-hardware-opts-61cf241a46a4891b.yaml
index 1546fd28..b67cf983 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-hardware-opts-61cf241a46a4891b.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-hardware-opts-61cf241a46a4891b.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 deprecations:
   - |
     The following parameters of the ``ceilometer`` class have been deprecated
-    and will be removed in a future release.
+    and have no effect now. These will be removed in a future release.
 
     - ``snmpd_readonly_user_name``
     - ``snmpd_readonly_user_password``
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
index ee382423..e20ad2f3 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@ describe 'ceilometer' do
       )
     end
 
-    it 'configures snmpd auth' do
-      is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('hardware/readonly_user_name').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-      is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('hardware/readonly_user_password').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>').with_secret(true)
-    end
-
     context 'with rabbitmq durable queues configured' do
       before { params.merge!( :amqp_durable_queues => true ) }
       it_configures 'rabbit with durable queues'