diff --git a/manifests/collector.pp b/manifests/collector.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index eb5b4f78..00000000
--- a/manifests/collector.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-# == Class: ceilometer::params
-#
-# Installs the ceilometer collector service
-#
-# === Parameters:
-#
-# [*enabled*]
-#   (Optional) Should the service be enabled.
-#   Defaults to true.
-#
-# [*manage_service*]
-#   (Optional)  Whether the service should be managed by Puppet.
-#   Defaults to true.
-#
-# [*package_ensure*]
-#   (Optional) ensure state for package.
-#   Defaults to 'present'.
-#
-# [*udp_address*]
-#   (Optional) the ceilometer collector udp bind address.
-#   Set it empty to disable the collector listener.
-#   Defaults to '0.0.0.0'.
-#
-# [*udp_port*]
-#   (Optional) the ceilometer collector udp bind port.
-#   Defaults to '4952'.
-#
-# [*meter_dispatchers*]
-#   (Optional) dispatcher driver(s) to process meter data.
-#   Can be an array or a string.
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
-#
-# [*event_dispatchers*]
-#   (Optional) dispatcher driver(s) to process event data.
-#   Can be an array or a string.
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
-#
-# [*collector_workers*]
-#   (Optional) Number of workers for collector service (integer value).
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
-#
-# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-#
-# [*meter_dispatcher*]
-#   (Optional) dispatcher driver(s) to process meter data.
-#   Can be an array or a string.
-#   Defaults to undef.
-#
-# [*event_dispatcher*]
-#   (Optional) dispatcher driver(s) to process event data.
-#   Can be an array or a string.
-#   Defaults to undef.
-#
-class ceilometer::collector (
-  $manage_service    = true,
-  $enabled           = true,
-  $package_ensure    = 'present',
-  $udp_address       = '0.0.0.0',
-  $udp_port          = '4952',
-  $collector_workers = $::os_service_default,
-  $meter_dispatchers = $::os_service_default,
-  $event_dispatchers = $::os_service_default,
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $meter_dispatcher  = undef,
-  $event_dispatcher  = undef,
-) {
-
-  include ::ceilometer::deps
-  include ::ceilometer::params
-
-  warning('This class is deprecated. Now the pipeline.yaml can be configured directly to send data eg: gnocchi://')
-
-  # We accept udp_address to be set to empty instead of the usual undef to stay
-  # close to the "strange" upstream interface.
-  if (is_ip_address($udp_address) != true and $udp_address != '' ){
-    fail("${udp_address} is not a valid ip and is not empty")
-  }
-
-  if $meter_dispatcher {
-    warning('The meter_dispatcher parameter is deprecated, please use meter_dispatchers instead.')
-    $meter_dispatchers_real = $meter_dispatcher
-  } else {
-    $meter_dispatchers_real = $meter_dispatchers
-  }
-
-  if $event_dispatcher {
-    warning('The event_dispatcher parameter is deprecated, please use event_dispatchers instead.')
-    $event_dispatchers_real = $event_dispatcher
-  } else {
-    $event_dispatchers_real = $event_dispatchers
-  }
-
-  ceilometer_config {
-    'collector/udp_address':     value => $udp_address;
-    'collector/udp_port':        value => $udp_port;
-    'collector/workers':         value => $collector_workers;
-    'DEFAULT/meter_dispatchers': value => any2array($meter_dispatchers_real);
-    'DEFAULT/event_dispatchers': value => any2array($event_dispatchers_real);
-  }
-
-  ensure_resource( 'package', [$::ceilometer::params::collector_package_name],
-    {
-      ensure => $package_ensure,
-      tag    => ['openstack', 'ceilometer-package']
-    }
-  )
-
-  if $manage_service {
-    if $enabled {
-      $service_ensure = 'running'
-    } else {
-      $service_ensure = 'stopped'
-    }
-  }
-
-  service { 'ceilometer-collector':
-    ensure     => $service_ensure,
-    name       => $::ceilometer::params::collector_service_name,
-    enable     => $enabled,
-    hasstatus  => true,
-    hasrestart => true,
-    tag        => 'ceilometer-service'
-  }
-}
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 4550dbd6..d96a63af 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class ceilometer::params {
       $agent_compute_package_name      = 'openstack-ceilometer-compute'
       $agent_polling_package_name      = 'openstack-ceilometer-polling'
       $api_package_name                = 'openstack-ceilometer-api'
-      $collector_package_name          = 'openstack-ceilometer-collector'
       $agent_notification_package_name = 'openstack-ceilometer-notification'
       $common_package_name             = 'openstack-ceilometer-common'
       # service names
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ class ceilometer::params {
       $agent_compute_service_name      = 'openstack-ceilometer-compute'
       $agent_polling_service_name      = 'openstack-ceilometer-polling'
       $api_service_name                = 'openstack-ceilometer-api'
-      $collector_service_name          = 'openstack-ceilometer-collector'
       $agent_notification_service_name = 'openstack-ceilometer-notification'
       $ceilometer_wsgi_script_path     = '/var/www/cgi-bin/ceilometer'
       $ceilometer_wsgi_script_source   = '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ceilometer/api/app.wsgi'
@@ -41,14 +39,12 @@ class ceilometer::params {
       $agent_compute_package_name      = 'ceilometer-agent-compute'
       $agent_polling_package_name      = 'ceilometer-polling'
       $api_package_name                = 'ceilometer-api'
-      $collector_package_name          = 'ceilometer-collector'
       $agent_notification_package_name = 'ceilometer-agent-notification'
       $common_package_name             = 'ceilometer-common'
       # service names
       $agent_central_service_name      = 'ceilometer-agent-central'
       $agent_compute_service_name      = 'ceilometer-agent-compute'
       $agent_polling_service_name      = 'ceilometer-polling'
-      $collector_service_name          = 'ceilometer-collector'
       $api_service_name                = 'ceilometer-api'
       $agent_notification_service_name = 'ceilometer-agent-notification'
       $libvirt_group                   = 'libvirt'
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-collector-9547e7929e1a139f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-collector-9547e7929e1a139f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e9c3ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-collector-9547e7929e1a139f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Ceilometer collector has been deprecated in the previous release. Let's
+    remove this service as the code upstream has been removed.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_collector_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_collector_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b250775c..00000000
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_collector_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe 'ceilometer::collector' do
-
-  let :pre_condition do
-    "class { 'ceilometer': telemetry_secret => 's3cr3t' }"
-  end
-
-  shared_examples_for 'ceilometer-collector' do
-
-    context 'when invalid ip is passed' do
-      let :params do
-        { :udp_address => '300.0.0.0' }
-      end
-      it 'should fail' do
-        is_expected.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /is not a valid ip and is not empty/)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when a valid ipv6 is passed' do
-      before do
-        pre_condition << "class { 'ceilometer::db': }"
-      end
-      let :params do
-        { :udp_address => '::1' }
-      end
-      it 'shouldn\'t fail' do
-        is_expected.to_not raise_error
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when an empty string passed' do
-      before do
-        pre_condition << "class { 'ceilometer::db': }"
-      end
-      let :params do
-        { :udp_address => '' }
-      end
-      it 'should disable the listener' do
-        is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('collector/udp_address').with_value( '' )
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when enabled' do
-      before do
-        pre_condition << "class { 'ceilometer::db': }"
-      end
-
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('ceilometer::params') }
-
-      it 'configures ceilometer-collector server' do
-        is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('collector/udp_address').with_value( '0.0.0.0' )
-        is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('collector/udp_port').with_value( '4952' )
-        is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('collector/workers').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-        is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/meter_dispatchers').with_value( ['<SERVICE DEFAULT>'] )
-        is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/event_dispatchers').with_value( ['<SERVICE DEFAULT>'] )
-      end
-
-      it 'installs ceilometer-collector package' do
-        is_expected.to contain_package(platform_params[:collector_package_name]).with(
-          :ensure => 'present'
-        )
-      end
-
-      it 'configures ceilometer-collector service' do
-        is_expected.to contain_service('ceilometer-collector').with(
-          :ensure     => 'running',
-          :name       => platform_params[:collector_service_name],
-          :enable     => true,
-          :hasstatus  => true,
-          :hasrestart => true,
-          :tag        => 'ceilometer-service'
-        )
-      end
-
-    end
-
-    context 'when disabled' do
-      let :params do
-        { :enabled => false }
-      end
-
-      # Catalog compilation does not crash for lack of ceilometer::db
-      it { is_expected.to compile }
-      it 'configures ceilometer-collector service' do
-        is_expected.to contain_service('ceilometer-collector').with(
-          :ensure     => 'stopped',
-          :name       => platform_params[:collector_service_name],
-          :enable     => false,
-          :hasstatus  => true,
-          :hasrestart => true,
-          :tag        => 'ceilometer-service'
-        )
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when service management is disabled' do
-      let :params do
-        { :enabled        => false,
-          :manage_service => false }
-      end
-
-      it 'configures ceilometer-collector service' do
-        is_expected.to contain_service('ceilometer-collector').with(
-          :ensure     => nil,
-          :name       => platform_params[:collector_service_name],
-          :enable     => false,
-          :hasstatus  => true,
-          :hasrestart => true,
-          :tag        => 'ceilometer-service'
-        )
-      end
-    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
-        case facts[:osfamily]
-        when 'Debian'
-          { :collector_package_name => 'ceilometer-collector',
-            :collector_service_name => 'ceilometer-collector' }
-        when 'RedHat'
-          { :collector_package_name => 'openstack-ceilometer-collector',
-            :collector_service_name => 'openstack-ceilometer-collector' }
-        end
-      end
-
-      it_behaves_like 'ceilometer-collector'
-    end
-  end
-
-end