diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57145686..498d9896 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class { '::ceilometer':
 class { '::ceilometer::keystone::auth':
   password => 'a_big_secret',
 }
-class { '::ceilometer::client': }
 class { '::ceilometer::collector': }
 class { '::ceilometer::expirer': }
 class { '::ceilometer::agent::polling': }
diff --git a/examples/ceilometer_with_gnocchi.pp b/examples/ceilometer_with_gnocchi.pp
index adc3ff0a..9fddaa91 100644
--- a/examples/ceilometer_with_gnocchi.pp
+++ b/examples/ceilometer_with_gnocchi.pp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class { '::ceilometer::db':
 class { '::ceilometer::keystone::auth':
   password => 'a_big_secret',
 }
-class { '::ceilometer::client': }
 class { '::ceilometer::expirer': }
 class { '::ceilometer::agent::polling': }
 class { '::ceilometer::agent::notification': }
diff --git a/manifests/client.pp b/manifests/client.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e95ca74..00000000
--- a/manifests/client.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# == Class: ceilometer::client
-#
-# Installs the ceilometer python library.
-#
-# === Parameters:
-#
-# [*ensure*]
-#   (Optional) Ensure state for pachage.
-#   Defaults to 'present'.
-#
-class ceilometer::client (
-  $ensure = 'present'
-) {
-
-  include ::ceilometer::deps
-  include ::ceilometer::params
-
-  warning('This class is deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
-           Use gnocchi, aodh or panko clients to access data instead.')
-
-  package { 'python-ceilometerclient':
-    ensure => $ensure,
-    name   => $::ceilometer::params::client_package_name,
-    tag    => 'openstack',
-  }
-
-}
-
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ceilometer-client-removal-e36598e0e1d66231.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ceilometer-client-removal-e36598e0e1d66231.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8366fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ceilometer-client-removal-e36598e0e1d66231.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Ceilometer client has been removed from the upstream so the ceilomter::client
+    class has been removed.
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/ceilometer_wsgi_apache_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/ceilometer_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
index 5979e29f..677768fc 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/ceilometer_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/ceilometer_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ describe 'ceilometer with mysql' do
       class { '::ceilometer::db::sync':
         extra_params => '--skip-gnocchi-resource-types',
       }
-      class { '::ceilometer::client': }
       class { '::ceilometer::expirer': }
       class { '::ceilometer::agent::central': }
       class { '::ceilometer::agent::notification': }
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_client_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_client_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 789d5e70..00000000
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_client_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe 'ceilometer::client' do
-
-  shared_examples_for 'ceilometer client' do
-
-    it { is_expected.to contain_class('ceilometer::deps') }
-    it { is_expected.to contain_class('ceilometer::params') }
-
-    it 'installs ceilometer client package' do
-      is_expected.to contain_package('python-ceilometerclient').with(
-        :ensure => 'present',
-        :name   => platform_params[:client_package_name],
-        :tag    => 'openstack',
-      )
-    end
-  end
-
-  on_supported_os({
-    :supported_os => OSDefaults.get_supported_os
-  }).each do |os,facts|
-    context "on #{os}" do
-      let (:facts) do
-        facts.merge!(OSDefaults.get_facts())
-      end
-
-      let :platform_params do
-        { :client_package_name => 'python-ceilometerclient' }
-      end
-
-      it_behaves_like 'ceilometer client'
-    end
-  end
-
-end