diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 5d06697d6..41f656cb4 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@
 #   (optional) Whether to validate the service is working after any service refreshes
 #   Defaults to false
 #
-# [*fping_path*]
-#   (optional) Full path to fping.
-#   Defaults to '/usr/sbin/fping'
-#
 # [*validation_options*]
 #   (optional) Service validation options
 #   Should be a hash of options defined in openstacklib::service_validation
@@ -246,6 +242,10 @@
 #   (optional) User name for the vendordata dynamic plugin credentials.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
+# [*fping_path*]
+#   (optional) Full path to fping.
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
 class nova::api(
   $enabled                                     = true,
   $manage_service                              = true,
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ class nova::api(
   $validate                                    = false,
   $validation_options                          = {},
   $instance_name_template                      = undef,
-  $fping_path                                  = '/usr/sbin/fping',
   $service_name                                = $::nova::params::api_service_name,
   $enable_proxy_headers_parsing                = $::os_service_default,
   $metadata_cache_expiration                   = $::os_service_default,
@@ -299,6 +298,7 @@ class nova::api(
   $vendordata_dynamic_auth_username            = $::os_service_default,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETER
   $nova_metadata_wsgi_enabled                  = false,
+  $fping_path                                  = undef,
 ) inherits nova::params {
 
   include ::nova::deps
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ class nova::api(
     warning('Running nova metadata api via evenlet is deprecated and will be removed in Stein release.')
   }
 
+  if $fping_path {
+    warning('fping_path is deprecated, has no effect and will be removed in the future.')
+  }
+
   if $install_cinder_client {
     include ::cinder::client
     Class['cinder::client'] ~> Nova::Generic_service['api']
@@ -435,7 +439,6 @@ as a standalone service, or httpd for being run by a httpd server")
     'DEFAULT/enable_network_quota':                value => $enable_network_quota;
     'DEFAULT/password_length':                     value => $password_length;
     'api/use_forwarded_for':                       value => $use_forwarded_for;
-    'api/fping_path':                              value => $fping_path;
     'api/max_limit':                               value => $max_limit;
     'api/compute_link_prefix':                     value => $compute_link_prefix;
     'api/glance_link_prefix':                      value => $glance_link_prefix;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_fping_path_parameter-1d21fd37491db26f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_fping_path_parameter-1d21fd37491db26f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68d038fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_fping_path_parameter-1d21fd37491db26f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - fping_path option is now deprecated for removal, the
+    parameter has no effect.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index 58faebe4a..3b1e5799d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/metadata_listen_port').with('value' => '8775')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/osapi_compute_workers').with('value' => '5')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/metadata_workers').with('value' => '5')
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/fping_path').with('value' => '/usr/sbin/fping')
         is_expected.to contain_oslo__middleware('nova_config').with(
           :enable_proxy_headers_parsing => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         )