diff --git a/manifests/plugins/ml2/ovn.pp b/manifests/plugins/ml2/ovn.pp
index 03090a8cb..526896f35 100644
--- a/manifests/plugins/ml2/ovn.pp
+++ b/manifests/plugins/ml2/ovn.pp
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn(
   $package_ensure           = 'present',
   $ovsdb_connection_timeout = $::os_service_default,
   $neutron_sync_mode        = $::os_service_default,
-  $vif_type                 = $::os_service_default,
   $ovn_metadata_enabled     = $::os_service_default,
   $dvr_enabled              = $::os_service_default,
   $dns_servers              = $::os_service_default,
@@ -124,6 +123,7 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn(
   $ovn_emit_need_to_frag    = $::os_service_default,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $ovn_l3_mode              = undef,
+  $vif_type                 = undef,
 ) {
 
   include neutron::deps
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn(
     warning('The ovn_l3_mode parameter has been deprecated and has no effect')
   }
 
-  if ! ( $vif_type in ['ovs', 'vhostuser', $::os_service_default] ) {
-    fail( 'Invalid value for vif_type parameter' )
+  if $vif_type != undef {
+    warning('The vif_type parameter has been deprecated and has no effect')
   }
 
   if ! ( $neutron_sync_mode in ['off', 'log', 'repair', $::os_service_default] ) {
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn(
     'ovn/ovn_sb_ca_cert'           : value => $ovn_sb_ca_cert;
     'ovn/ovsdb_connection_timeout' : value => $ovsdb_connection_timeout;
     'ovn/neutron_sync_mode'        : value => $neutron_sync_mode;
-    'ovn/vif_type'                 : value => $vif_type;
     'ovn/ovn_metadata_enabled'     : value => $ovn_metadata_enabled;
     'ovn/enable_distributed_floating_ip' : value => $dvr_enabled;
     'ovn/dns_servers'              : value => join(any2array($dns_servers), ',');
@@ -170,5 +169,6 @@ class neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn(
   # TODO(tkajinam): Remove this when removing the deprecated parameters
   neutron_plugin_ml2 {
     'ovn/ovn_l3_mode' : ensure => absent;
+    'ovn/vif_type'    : ensure => absent;
   }
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ovn-vif_type-76f7c2a0ee9fdb6b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ovn-vif_type-76f7c2a0ee9fdb6b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..350d1498d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ovn-vif_type-76f7c2a0ee9fdb6b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn::vif_type`` parameter has been deprecated
+    and has no effect.
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_ovn_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_ovn_spec.rb
index d0487e1ab..106fffcc6 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_ovn_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_plugins_ml2_ovn_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ describe 'neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn' do
        :ovn_sb_ca_cert           => 'sb_ca_cert',
        :ovsdb_connection_timeout => '60',
        :neutron_sync_mode        => 'log',
-       :vif_type                 => 'ovs',
        :dvr_enabled              => false,
        :dns_servers              => ['8.8.8.8', '10.10.10.10'],
        :ovn_emit_need_to_frag    => false,
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ describe 'neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn' do
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/ovn_sb_ca_cert').with_value(params[:ovn_sb_ca_cert])
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/ovsdb_connection_timeout').with_value(params[:ovsdb_connection_timeout])
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/neutron_sync_mode').with_value(params[:neutron_sync_mode])
-      should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/vif_type').with_value(params[:vif_type])
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/enable_distributed_floating_ip').with_value(params[:dvr_enabled])
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/dns_servers').with_value(params[:dns_servers].join(','))
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/vhost_sock_dir').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
@@ -74,13 +72,6 @@ describe 'neutron::plugins::ml2::ovn' do
       should raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Invalid value for neutron_sync_mode parameter/)
     end
 
-    it 'should fail with invalid vif_type' do
-      params[:vif_type] = 'invalid'
-      should raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Invalid value for vif_type parameter/)
-      params.delete(:vif_type)
-      should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/vif_type').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-    end
-
     it 'should contain valid vhostuser socket dir' do
       should contain_neutron_plugin_ml2('ovn/vhost_sock_dir').with_value('test')
     end