diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/ceilometer_api_paste_ini/ini_setting.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/ceilometer_api_paste_ini/ini_setting.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index af0585f7..00000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/ceilometer_api_paste_ini/ini_setting.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-Puppet::Type.type(:ceilometer_api_paste_ini).provide(
-  :ini_setting,
-  :parent => Puppet::Type.type(:ini_setting).provider(:ruby)
-) do
-
-  def create
-    super
-    warning('ceilometer_api_paste_ini is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release')
-  end
-
-  def section
-    resource[:name].split('/', 2).first
-  end
-
-  def setting
-    resource[:name].split('/', 2).last
-  end
-
-  def separator
-    '='
-  end
-
-  def self.file_path
-    '/etc/ceilometer/api_paste.ini'
-  end
-
-  # added for backwards compatibility with older versions of inifile
-  def file_path
-    self.class.file_path
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini.rb b/lib/puppet/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7366b270..00000000
--- a/lib/puppet/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-Puppet::Type.newtype(:ceilometer_api_paste_ini) do
-
-  ensurable
-
-  newparam(:name, :namevar => true) do
-    desc 'Section/setting name to manage from /etc/ceilometer/api_paste.ini'
-    newvalues(/\S+\/\S+/)
-  end
-
-  newproperty(:value) do
-    desc 'The value of the setting to be defined.'
-    munge do |value|
-      value = value.to_s.strip
-      value.capitalize! if value =~ /^(true|false)$/i
-      value
-    end
-
-    def is_to_s( currentvalue )
-      if resource.secret?
-        return '[old secret redacted]'
-      else
-        return currentvalue
-      end
-    end
-
-    def should_to_s( newvalue )
-      if resource.secret?
-        return '[new secret redacted]'
-      else
-        return newvalue
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  newparam(:secret, :boolean => true) do
-    desc 'Whether to hide the value from Puppet logs. Defaults to `false`.'
-
-    newvalues(:true, :false)
-
-    defaultto false
-  end
-
-  newparam(:ensure_absent_val) do
-    desc 'A value that is specified as the value property will behave as if ensure => absent was specified'
-    defaultto('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-  end
-
-  autorequire(:anchor) do
-    ['ceilometer::install::end']
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 8016893d..cf1d5b70 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -19,18 +19,11 @@
 #     DEFAULT/bar:
 #       value: barValue
 #
-# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-#
-# [*ceilometer_api_paste_ini*]
-#   (optional) Allow configuration of /etc/ceilometer/api_paste.ini options.
-#
 #   NOTE: The configuration MUST NOT be already handled by this module
 #   or Puppet catalog compilation will fail with duplicate resources.
 #
 class ceilometer::config (
   $ceilometer_config        = {},
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $ceilometer_api_paste_ini = undef,
 ) {
 
   include ceilometer::deps
@@ -39,8 +32,4 @@ class ceilometer::config (
 
   create_resources('ceilometer_config', $ceilometer_config)
 
-  if $ceilometer_api_paste_ini != undef {
-    warning('ceilometer_api_paste_ini is deprecated and has no effect.')
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-api_paste_ini-242926984182c5c3.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-api_paste_ini-242926984182c5c3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e2098f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-api_paste_ini-242926984182c5c3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``ceilometer_api_paste_ini`` resource has been removed.
+
+  - |
+    The ``ceilometer::config::api_paste_ini_config`` parameter has been removed.
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/ceilometer_api_paste_ini/ini_setting_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/ceilometer_api_paste_ini/ini_setting_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b52a2c3c..00000000
--- a/spec/unit/provider/ceilometer_api_paste_ini/ini_setting_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# these tests are a little concerning b/c they are hacking around the
-# modulepath, so these tests will not catch issues that may eventually arise
-# related to loading these plugins.
-# I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to programatcally set the modulepath
-$LOAD_PATH.push(
-  File.join(
-    File.dirname(__FILE__),
-    '..',
-    '..',
-    '..',
-    'fixtures',
-    'modules',
-    'inifile',
-    'lib')
-)
-require 'spec_helper'
-provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:ceilometer_api_paste_ini).provider(:ini_setting)
-describe provider_class do
-
-  it 'should allow setting to be set explicitly' do
-    resource = Puppet::Type::Ceilometer_api_paste_ini.new(
-      {:name => 'dude/foo', :value => 'bar'}
-    )
-    provider = provider_class.new(resource)
-    expect(provider.section).to eq('dude')
-    expect(provider.setting).to eq('foo')
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b651fb..00000000
--- a/spec/unit/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-require 'puppet'
-require 'puppet/type/ceilometer_api_paste_ini'
-
-describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:ceilometer_api_paste_ini)' do
-  before :each do
-    @ceilometer_api_paste_ini = Puppet::Type.type(:ceilometer_api_paste_ini).new(:name => 'DEFAULT/foo', :value => 'bar')
-  end
-
-  it 'should accept a valid value' do
-    @ceilometer_api_paste_ini[:value] = 'bar'
-    expect(@ceilometer_api_paste_ini[:value]).to eq('bar')
-  end
-
-  it 'should autorequire the package that install the file' do
-    catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
-    anchor = Puppet::Type.type(:anchor).new(:name => 'ceilometer::install::end')
-    catalog.add_resource anchor, @ceilometer_api_paste_ini
-    dependency = @ceilometer_api_paste_ini.autorequire
-    expect(dependency.size).to eq(1)
-    expect(dependency[0].target).to eq(@ceilometer_api_paste_ini)
-    expect(dependency[0].source).to eq(anchor)
-  end
-
-end