diff --git a/manifests/api/db.pp b/manifests/api/db.pp
index 427cfad7..73fcb460 100644
--- a/manifests/api/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/api/db.pp
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ class glance::api::db (
   $database_retry_interval_real          = pick($::glance::api::database_retry_interval, $database_retry_interval)
   $database_max_overflow_real            = pick($::glance::api::database_max_overflow, $database_max_overflow)
 
-  validate_legacy(Oslo::Dbconn, 'validate_re', $database_connection_real,
-    ['^(sqlite|mysql(\+pymysql)?|postgresql):\/\/(\S+:\S+@\S+\/\S+)?'])
-
   oslo::db { 'glance_api_config':
     db_max_retries          => $database_db_max_retries,
     connection              => $database_connection_real,