diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 577cae7f7..286f2c38b 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -142,16 +142,6 @@
 #   will disable itself.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
-# DEPRECATED
-#
-# [*pci_passthrough*]
-#   DEPRECATED. Use nova::compute::pci::passthrough instead.
-#   (optional) Pci passthrough list of hash.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#   Example of format:
-#   [ { "vendor_id" => "1234","product_id" => "5678" },
-#     { "vendor_id" => "4321","product_id" => "8765", "physical_network" => "default" } ]
-#
 class nova::compute (
   $enabled                                     = true,
   $manage_service                              = true,
@@ -183,8 +173,6 @@ class nova::compute (
   $barbican_api_version                        = $::os_service_default,
   $max_concurrent_live_migrations              = $::os_service_default,
   $consecutive_build_service_disable_threshold = $::os_service_default,
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $pci_passthrough                             = undef,
 ) {
 
   include ::nova::deps
@@ -194,11 +182,6 @@ class nova::compute (
 
   include ::nova::pci
 
-  if $pci_passthrough {
-    warning('The pci_passthrough parameter is deprecated. Please use nova::compute::pci::passthrough instead.')
-  }
-  include ::nova::compute::pci
-
   # cryptsetup is required when Barbican is encrypting volumes
   if $keymgr_api_class =~ /barbican/ {
     ensure_packages('cryptsetup', {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove_pci_passthrough-72bc7002ec8436b2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove_pci_passthrough-72bc7002ec8436b2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6c3c9b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove_pci_passthrough-72bc7002ec8436b2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Remove parameter nova::compute::pci_passthrough
+    The pci_passthrough parameter is deprecated. Please use 
+    nova::compute::pci::passthrough instead.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
index 0cfea4493..d00f1ca59 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_compute_spec.rb
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ describe 'nova::compute' do
         is_expected.to contain_package('genisoimage').that_requires('Anchor[nova::install::begin]')
         is_expected.to contain_package('genisoimage').that_comes_before('Anchor[nova::install::end]')
       end
-
-      it 'configures nova pci_passthrough_whitelist' do
-        is_expected.to contain_class('nova::compute::pci')
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('pci/passthrough_whitelist').with(:value => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-      end
     end
 
     context 'with overridden parameters' do
@@ -146,59 +141,14 @@ describe 'nova::compute' do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with pci params array' do
-      let :params do
-        {
-          :pci_passthrough => [
-            {
-              "vendor_id"  => "8086",
-              "product_id" => "0126"
-            },
-            {
-              "vendor_id"        => "9096",
-              "product_id"       => "1520",
-              "physical_network" => "physnet1"
-            }
-          ],
-        }
-      end
-
-      it 'configures nova pci_passthrough_whitelist entries' do
-        is_expected.to contain_class('nova::compute::pci')
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('pci/passthrough_whitelist').with(
-          'value' => ['{"vendor_id":"8086","product_id":"0126"}','{"vendor_id":"9096","product_id":"1520","physical_network":"physnet1"}']
-        )
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'with pci params JSON encoded string (deprecated)' do
-      let :params do
-        {
-          :pci_passthrough => "[{\"vendor_id\":\"8086\",\"product_id\":\"0126\"},{\"vendor_id\":\"9096\",\"product_id\":\"1520\",\"physical_network\":\"physnet1\"}]",
-        }
-      end
-
-      it 'configures nova pci_passthrough_whitelist entries' do
-        is_expected.to contain_class('nova::compute::pci')
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('pci/passthrough_whitelist').with(
-          'value' => ['{"vendor_id":"8086","product_id":"0126"}','{"vendor_id":"9096","product_id":"1520","physical_network":"physnet1"}']
-        )
-      end
-    end
-
     context 'when vcpu_pin_set and pci params are empty' do
       let :params do
-        { :vcpu_pin_set    => "",
-          :pci_passthrough => ""}
+        { :vcpu_pin_set    => ""}
       end
 
       it 'clears vcpu_pin_set configuration' do
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('DEFAULT/vcpu_pin_set').with(:value => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
       end
-      it 'clears pci_passthrough configuration' do
-        is_expected.to contain_class('nova::compute::pci')
-        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('pci/passthrough_whitelist').with(:value => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-      end
     end
 
     context 'with neutron_enabled set to false' do