diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index d8951b7c..60d28a2d 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -263,11 +263,6 @@
 #   (optional) File access permissions for the image files.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
-# [*pipeline*]
-#   (optional) Partial name of a pipeline in your paste configuration file with the
-#   service name removed.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 # [*delayed_delete*]
 #   (optional) Turn on/off delayed delete.
 #   Defaults to undef
@@ -330,7 +325,6 @@ class glance::api(
   $show_multiple_locations              = undef,
   $filesystem_store_metadata_file       = undef,
   $filesystem_store_file_perm           = undef,
-  Optional[String] $pipeline            = undef,
   $delayed_delete                       = undef,
 ) inherits glance {
 
@@ -551,15 +545,8 @@ enabled_backends instead.')
     'inject_metadata_properties/ignore_user_roles': value => $ignore_user_roles;
   }
 
-  if $pipeline != undef {
-    warning('The pipeline parameter has been deprecated. Use the paste_deploy_flavor parmaeter instead.')
-    $paste_deploy_flavor_real = $pipeline
-  } else {
-    $paste_deploy_flavor_real = $paste_deploy_flavor
-  }
-
   glance_api_config {
-    'paste_deploy/flavor':      value => $paste_deploy_flavor_real;
+    'paste_deploy/flavor':      value => $paste_deploy_flavor;
     'paste_deploy/config_file': value => $paste_deploy_config_file;
   }
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-api-pipeline-d7054e2cd9f1616f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-api-pipeline-d7054e2cd9f1616f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2721db2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-api-pipeline-d7054e2cd9f1616f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``glance::api::pipeline`` parameter has been removed.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
index cd2f2bde..678484a4 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
@@ -247,16 +247,6 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
       it { is_expected.to contain_glance_api_config('paste_deploy/flavor').with_value('something') }
     end
 
-    describe 'with flavor overridden by the deprecated pipeline parameter' do
-      let :params do
-        {
-          :pipeline => 'something',
-        }
-      end
-
-      it { is_expected.to contain_glance_api_config('paste_deploy/flavor').with_value('something') }
-    end
-
     context 'when running glance-api in wsgi' do
       let :params do
         {