diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 8e21ee8e..6dab3f0c 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -251,10 +251,6 @@
 #    properties.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
-# [*scrub_time*]
-#   (optional) The amount of time in seconds to delay before performing a delete.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 # [*filesystem_store_metadata_file*]
 #   (optional) The path to a file which contains the metadata to be returned
 #    with any location associated with the filesystem store
@@ -330,7 +326,6 @@ class glance::api(
   $default_store                        = undef,
   $multi_store                          = false,
   $show_multiple_locations              = undef,
-  $scrub_time                           = undef,
   $filesystem_store_metadata_file       = undef,
   $filesystem_store_file_perm           = undef,
   $pipeline                             = undef,
@@ -341,13 +336,6 @@ class glance::api(
   include glance::policy
   include glance::api::db
 
-  if $scrub_time != undef {
-    warning('The glance::scrub_time parameter is deprecated and has no effect')
-  }
-  glance_api_config {
-    'DEFAULT/scrub_time': ensure => absent;
-  }
-
   ['filesystem_store_metadata_file', 'filesystem_store_file_perm'].each |String $fs_opt| {
     if getvar($fs_opt) != undef {
       warning("The ${fs_opt} parameter has been deprecated and will be removed.")
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-api-scrub_time-d2eadc583428757e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-api-scrub_time-d2eadc583428757e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64caa371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-api-scrub_time-d2eadc583428757e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``glance::api::scrub_time`` parameter has been removed.