diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 24af911d..726a6f64 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -25,18 +25,6 @@
 #   (optional) Number of Glance API worker processes to start
 #   Default: $::os_workers.
 #
-# [*registry_host*]
-#   (optional) The address used to connect to the registry service.
-#   Default: 0.0.0.0
-#
-# [*registry_port*]
-#   (optional) The port of the Glance registry service.
-#   Default: $::os_service_default.
-#
-# [*registry_client_protocol*]
-#   (optional) The protocol of the Glance registry service.
-#   Default: $::os_service_default.
-#
 # [*scrub_time*]
 #   (optional) The amount of time in seconds to delay before performing a delete.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
@@ -316,15 +304,24 @@
 #   (optional) Boolean describing if multiple backends will be configured
 #   Defaults to false
 #
+# [*registry_host*]
+#   (optional) The address used to connect to the registry service.
+#   Default: undef
+#
+# [*registry_port*]
+#   (optional) The port of the Glance registry service.
+#   Default: undef
+#
+# [*registry_client_protocol*]
+#   (optional) The protocol of the Glance registry service.
+#   Default: undef
+#
 class glance::api(
   $package_ensure                       = 'present',
   $bind_host                            = $::os_service_default,
   $bind_port                            = '9292',
   $backlog                              = $::os_service_default,
   $workers                              = $::os_workers,
-  $registry_host                        = '0.0.0.0',
-  $registry_port                        = $::os_service_default,
-  $registry_client_protocol             = $::os_service_default,
   $scrub_time                           = $::os_service_default,
   $delayed_delete                       = $::os_service_default,
   $auth_strategy                        = 'keystone',
@@ -385,6 +382,9 @@ class glance::api(
   $stores                               = undef,
   $default_store                        = undef,
   $multi_store                          = false,
+  $registry_host                        = undef,
+  $registry_port                        = undef,
+  $registry_client_protocol             = undef,
 ) inherits glance {
 
   include glance::deps
@@ -569,17 +569,32 @@ enabled_backends instead.')
     'inject_metadata_properties/ignore_user_roles': value => $ignore_user_roles_real;
   }
 
-
   # configure api service to connect registry service
-  glance_api_config {
-    'DEFAULT/registry_host':            value => $registry_host;
-    'DEFAULT/registry_port':            value => $registry_port;
-    'DEFAULT/registry_client_protocol': value => $registry_client_protocol;
+  if $registry_host {
+    warning('The registry_host parameter is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release')
+    glance_api_config {
+      'DEFAULT/registry_host': value => $registry_host;
+    }
+    glance_cache_config {
+      'DEFAULT/registry_host': value => $registry_host;
+    }
   }
 
-  glance_cache_config {
-    'DEFAULT/registry_host': value => $registry_host;
-    'DEFAULT/registry_port': value => $registry_port;
+  if $registry_port {
+    warning('The registry_port parameter is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release')
+    glance_api_config {
+      'DEFAULT/registry_port': value => $registry_port;
+    }
+    glance_cache_config {
+      'DEFAULT/registry_port': value => $registry_port;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if $registry_client_protocol {
+    warning('The registry_client_protocol parameter is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release')
+    glance_api_config {
+      'DEFAULT/registry_client_protocol': value => $registry_client_protocol;
+    }
   }
 
   # Set the pipeline, it is allowed to be blank
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_api_registry_parameters-1dcb0f3579fe9a42.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_api_registry_parameters-1dcb0f3579fe9a42.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5682826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_api_registry_parameters-1dcb0f3579fe9a42.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    glance::api::registry_host, glance::api::registry_port and 
+    glance::api::registry_client_protocol are deprecated, because
+    the corresponding parameters were deprecated in glance.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
index fdf6b862..c3e1a908 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
     {
       :bind_host                => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
       :bind_port                => '9292',
-      :registry_host            => '0.0.0.0',
-      :registry_port            => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
-      :registry_client_protocol => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
       :auth_strategy            => 'keystone',
       :enabled                  => true,
       :manage_service           => true,