diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index d09d72db..2b26b174 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -247,10 +247,6 @@
 #    properties.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
-# [*os_region_name*]
-#   (optional) Sets the keystone region to use.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 # [*keymgr_backend*]
 #   (optional) Key Manager service class.
 #   Example of valid value: castellan.key_manager.barbican_key_manager.BarbicanKeyManager
@@ -366,7 +362,6 @@ class glance::api(
   $default_store                        = undef,
   $multi_store                          = false,
   $show_multiple_locations              = undef,
-  $os_region_name                       = undef,
   $keymgr_backend                       = undef,
   $keymgr_encryption_api_url            = undef,
   $keymgr_encryption_auth_url           = undef,
@@ -385,11 +380,6 @@ class glance::api(
   include glance::policy
   include glance::api::db
 
-  if $os_region_name != undef {
-    warning('glance::api::os_region_name is deprecated. Use \
-glance::backend::multistore::cinder::cinder_os_region_name instead.')
-  }
-
   if $validate != undef {
     warning('The glance::api::validate parameter has been deprecated and has no effect')
   }
diff --git a/manifests/backend/cinder.pp b/manifests/backend/cinder.pp
index 3c73e2da..726cca82 100644
--- a/manifests/backend/cinder.pp
+++ b/manifests/backend/cinder.pp
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ class glance::backend::cinder(
 
   warning('glance::backend::cinder is deprecated. Use glance::backend::multistore::cinder instead.')
 
-  # to keep backwards compatibility
-  $cinder_os_region_name_real = pick($::glance::api::os_region_name, $cinder_os_region_name)
-
   glance::backend::multistore::cinder { 'glance_store':
     cinder_api_insecure         => $cinder_api_insecure,
     cinder_catalog_info         => $cinder_catalog_info,
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ class glance::backend::cinder(
     cinder_store_project_name   => $cinder_store_project_name,
     cinder_store_user_name      => $cinder_store_user_name,
     cinder_store_password       => $cinder_store_password,
-    cinder_os_region_name       => $cinder_os_region_name_real,
+    cinder_os_region_name       => $cinder_os_region_name,
     store_description           => undef,
   }
 
diff --git a/manifests/backend/multistore/cinder.pp b/manifests/backend/multistore/cinder.pp
index 1583870a..c7ac9364 100644
--- a/manifests/backend/multistore/cinder.pp
+++ b/manifests/backend/multistore/cinder.pp
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ define glance::backend::multistore::cinder(
 
   include glance::deps
 
-  # to keep backwards compatibility
-  $cinder_os_region_name_real = pick($::glance::api::os_region_name, $cinder_os_region_name)
-
   glance_api_config {
     "${name}/cinder_api_insecure":              value => $cinder_api_insecure;
     "${name}/cinder_catalog_info":              value => $cinder_catalog_info;
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ define glance::backend::multistore::cinder(
     "${name}/cinder_store_password":            value => $cinder_store_password, secret => true;
     "${name}/cinder_store_user_domain_name":    value => $cinder_store_user_domain_name;
     "${name}/cinder_store_project_domain_name": value => $cinder_store_project_domain_name;
-    "${name}/cinder_os_region_name":            value => $cinder_os_region_name_real;
+    "${name}/cinder_os_region_name":            value => $cinder_os_region_name;
     "${name}/cinder_volume_type":               value => $cinder_volume_type;
     "${name}/cinder_enforce_multipath":         value => $cinder_enforce_multipath;
     "${name}/cinder_use_multipath":             value => $cinder_use_multipath;
@@ -152,7 +149,7 @@ define glance::backend::multistore::cinder(
     "${name}/cinder_store_password":            value => $cinder_store_password, secret => true;
     "${name}/cinder_store_project_domain_name": value => $cinder_store_project_domain_name;
     "${name}/cinder_store_user_domain_name":    value => $cinder_store_user_domain_name;
-    "${name}/cinder_os_region_name":            value => $cinder_os_region_name_real;
+    "${name}/cinder_os_region_name":            value => $cinder_os_region_name;
     "${name}/cinder_volume_type":               value => $cinder_volume_type;
     "${name}/cinder_enforce_multipath":         value => $cinder_enforce_multipath;
     "${name}/cinder_mount_point_base":          value => $cinder_mount_point_base;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-os_region_name-892f99fd3ff5027b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-os_region_name-892f99fd3ff5027b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77c2f26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-os_region_name-892f99fd3ff5027b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``glance::api::os_region_name`` parameter has been removed.