diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 437d6468..85514a5c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@
 #   (Optional) Timeout seconds for HTTP requests.
 #   Defaults to 600.
 #
-# [*event_time_to_live*]
-#   (Optional) Number of seconds that events are kept in the database for
-#   (<= 0 means forever)
-#   Defaults to -1.
-#
-# [*metering_time_to_live*]
-#   (Optional) Number of seconds that samples are kept in the database for
-#   (<= 0 means forever)
-#   Defaults to -1.
-#
 # [*telemetry_secret*]
 #  (Required)  Secret key for signing messages.
 #
@@ -228,10 +218,20 @@
 #   IP address.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
 #
+# ### DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#
+# [*event_time_to_live*]
+#   (Optional) Number of seconds that events are kept in the database for
+#   (<= 0 means forever)
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
+# [*metering_time_to_live*]
+#   (Optional) Number of seconds that samples are kept in the database for
+#   (<= 0 means forever)
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
 class ceilometer(
   $http_timeout                       = '600',
-  $event_time_to_live                 = '-1',
-  $metering_time_to_live              = '-1',
   $telemetry_secret                   = false,
   $notification_topics                = ['notifications'],
   $notification_driver                = $::os_service_default,
@@ -279,8 +279,20 @@ class ceilometer(
   $snmpd_readonly_user_password       = $::os_service_default,
   $purge_config                       = false,
   $host                               = $::os_service_default,
+  ## DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+  $event_time_to_live                 = undef,
+  $metering_time_to_live              = undef,
 ) {
 
+  if $metering_time_to_live {
+    warning('The metering_time_to_live parameter is deprecated, ignored and will be
+    removed in the futrure.')
+  }
+  if $event_time_to_live {
+    warning('The event_time_to_live parameter is deprecated, ignored and will be
+    removed in the futrure.')
+  }
+
   include ::ceilometer::deps
   include ::ceilometer::logging
   include ::ceilometer::params
@@ -349,8 +361,6 @@ class ceilometer(
     'DEFAULT/http_timeout'                : value => $http_timeout;
     'DEFAULT/host'                        : value => $host;
     'publisher/telemetry_secret'          : value => $telemetry_secret, secret => true;
-    'database/event_time_to_live'         : value => $event_time_to_live;
-    'database/metering_time_to_live'      : value => $metering_time_to_live;
     'hardware/readonly_user_name'         : value => $snmpd_readonly_username;
     'hardware/readonly_user_password'     : value => $snmpd_readonly_user_password;
   }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/time-to-live-deprecation-c83a87e39ec082e2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/time-to-live-deprecation-c83a87e39ec082e2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d125145c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/time-to-live-deprecation-c83a87e39ec082e2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    event_time_to_live and metering_time_to_live are deprecated, since they no
+    longuer work since 3 releases.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
index b35bddc6..6711cf2b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ describe 'ceilometer' do
   let :params do
     {
       :http_timeout          => '600',
-      :event_time_to_live    => '604800',
-      :metering_time_to_live => '604800',
       :telemetry_secret      => 'metering-s3cr3t',
       :package_ensure        => 'present',
       :debug                 => 'False',
@@ -25,11 +23,6 @@ describe 'ceilometer' do
 
   shared_examples_for 'ceilometer' do
 
-    it 'configures time to live for events and meters' do
-      is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('database/event_time_to_live').with_value( params[:event_time_to_live] )
-      is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('database/metering_time_to_live').with_value( params[:metering_time_to_live] )
-    end
-
     it 'configures timeout for HTTP requests' do
       is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/http_timeout').with_value(params[:http_timeout])
     end