diff --git a/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp b/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
index 5abde6520..44ef20a4a 100644
--- a/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
+++ b/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@
 #   to 0 to disable timeouts.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
-# [*live_migration_progress_timeout*]
-#   (optional) Time to wait, in seconds, for migration to make forward progress
-#   in transferring data before aborting the operation. Set to 0 to disable
-#   timeouts.
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
-#
 # [*override_uuid*]
 #   (optional) Set uuid not equal to output from dmidecode (boolean)
 #   Defaults to false
@@ -83,6 +77,12 @@
 #   Defaults to false
 #   Deprecated by transport paramater.
 #
+# [*live_migration_progress_timeout*]
+#   (optional) Time to wait, in seconds, for migration to make forward progress
+#   in transferring data before aborting the operation. Set to 0 to disable
+#   timeouts.
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
 class nova::migration::libvirt(
   $transport                         = undef,
   $auth                              = 'none',
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class nova::migration::libvirt(
   $live_migration_inbound_addr       = $::os_service_default,
   $live_migration_tunnelled          = $::os_service_default,
   $live_migration_completion_timeout = $::os_service_default,
-  $live_migration_progress_timeout   = $::os_service_default,
   $override_uuid                     = false,
   $configure_libvirt                 = true,
   $configure_nova                    = true,
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ class nova::migration::libvirt(
   $client_extraparams                = {},
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $use_tls                           = false,
+  $live_migration_progress_timeout   = undef,
 ){
 
   include ::nova::deps
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ class nova::migration::libvirt(
     $transport_real = 'tcp'
   }
 
+  if $live_migration_progress_timeout {
+    warning('live_migration_progress_timeout parameter is now deprecated and will be removed in the future release.')
+  }
+
   validate_re($transport_real, ['^tcp$', '^tls$', '^ssh$'], 'Valid options for transport are tcp, tls, ssh.')
   validate_re($auth, [ '^sasl$', '^none$' ], 'Valid options for auth are none and sasl.')
 
@@ -165,7 +169,6 @@ class nova::migration::libvirt(
       'libvirt/live_migration_uri':                value => $live_migration_uri;
       'libvirt/live_migration_tunnelled':          value => $live_migration_tunnelled;
       'libvirt/live_migration_completion_timeout': value => $live_migration_completion_timeout;
-      'libvirt/live_migration_progress_timeout':   value => $live_migration_progress_timeout;
       'libvirt/live_migration_inbound_addr':       value => $live_migration_inbound_addr;
       'libvirt/live_migration_scheme':             value => $live_migration_scheme;
     }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_live_migration_progress_timeout-1892fd37e5761891.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_live_migration_progress_timeout-1892fd37e5761891.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80fe294c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_live_migration_progress_timeout-1892fd37e5761891.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+    migration::libvirt::live_migration_progress_timeout has been deprecated as this
+    feature has been found not to work. See bug 1644248 for more details.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb
index 6f580444f..1fcd5c0e5 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ describe 'nova::migration::libvirt' do
       it { is_expected.to contain_file_line('/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf auth_tcp').with(:line => "auth_tcp = \"none\"") }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_tunnelled').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_completion_timeout').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_progress_timeout').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_uri').with_value('qemu+tcp://%s/system') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_inbound_addr').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')}
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_scheme').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')}
@@ -118,12 +117,10 @@ describe 'nova::migration::libvirt' do
         {
           :live_migration_tunnelled          => true,
           :live_migration_completion_timeout => '1500',
-          :live_migration_progress_timeout   => '1500',
         }
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_tunnelled').with(:value => true) }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_completion_timeout').with_value('1500') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('libvirt/live_migration_progress_timeout').with_value('1500') }
     end
 
     context 'with auth set to sasl' do