diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 440593c4c..0eba57e1f 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -696,8 +696,6 @@ but should be one of: ssh-rsa, ssh-dsa, ssh-ecdsa.")
     nova_config { 'api/auth_strategy': value => $auth_strategy }
   }
 
-  $dhcp_domain_real = pick($::nova::metadata::dhcp_domain, $dhcp_domain)
-
   nova_config {
     'DEFAULT/ssl_only':              value => $ssl_only;
     'DEFAULT/cert':                  value => $cert;
@@ -709,7 +707,7 @@ but should be one of: ssh-rsa, ssh-dsa, ssh-ecdsa.")
     'DEFAULT/cpu_allocation_ratio':  value => $cpu_allocation_ratio;
     'DEFAULT/ram_allocation_ratio':  value => $ram_allocation_ratio;
     'DEFAULT/disk_allocation_ratio': value => $disk_allocation_ratio;
-    'DEFAULT/dhcp_domain':           value => $dhcp_domain_real;
+    'DEFAULT/dhcp_domain':           value => $dhcp_domain;
   }
 
   oslo::messaging::rabbit {'nova_config':
diff --git a/manifests/metadata.pp b/manifests/metadata.pp
index f2341ae2e..8e5362f27 100644
--- a/manifests/metadata.pp
+++ b/manifests/metadata.pp
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 #   service.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
-# DEPRECATED
-#
 # [*dhcp_domain*]
 #   (optional) domain to use for building the hostnames
-#   Defaults to undef.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
+# DEPRECATED
 #
 #  [*enabled_apis*]
 #   (optional) A list of apis to enable
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class nova::metadata(
   $neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret        = undef,
   $metadata_cache_expiration                   = $::os_service_default,
   $local_metadata_per_cell                     = $::os_service_default,
+  $dhcp_domain                                 = $::os_service_default,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $dhcp_domain                                 = undef,
   $enabled_apis                                = undef,
   $enable_proxy_headers_parsing                = undef,
   $max_request_body_size                       = undef,
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@ and will be removed in the future. Please use the one ::nova::api.')
     warning('max_request_body_size in ::nova::metadata is deprecated, has no effect \
 and will be removed in the future. Please use the one ::nova::api.')
   }
-  if $dhcp_domain {
-    warning('dhcp_domain in nova::metadata is deprecated, use nova::dhcp_domain instead.')
-  }
 
   nova_config {
+    'api/dhcp_domain':               value => $dhcp_domain;
     'api/metadata_cache_expiration': value => $metadata_cache_expiration;
     'api/local_metadata_per_cell':   value => $local_metadata_per_cell;
   }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-metadata-dhcp_domain-963c644692f72ede.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-metadata-dhcp_domain-963c644692f72ede.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 760472f4f..000000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-metadata-dhcp_domain-963c644692f72ede.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-fixes:
-  - |
-    The nova::metadata::dhcp_domain paramater has been deprecated by
-    nova::dhcp_domain as the nova config option is also required for
-    nova-compute.
-    [Bug `1903908 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1903908>`_]
-
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_metadata_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_metadata_spec.rb
index 443bd392a..cf129952f 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe 'nova::metadata' do
       it 'configures various stuff' do
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/metadata_cache_expiration').with('value' => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/local_metadata_per_cell').with('value' => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
-        is_expected.to_not contain_nova_config('api/dhcp_domain')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/dhcp_domain').with('value' => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
       end
 
       it 'unconfigures neutron_metadata proxy' do
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe 'nova::metadata' do
       it 'configures various stuff' do
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/local_metadata_per_cell').with('value' => true)
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/metadata_cache_expiration').with('value' => '15')
-        is_expected.to_not contain_nova_config('api/dhcp_domain')
+        is_expected.to contain_nova_config('api/dhcp_domain').with('value' => 'foo')
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('neutron/service_metadata_proxy').with('value' => true)
         is_expected.to contain_nova_config('neutron/metadata_proxy_shared_secret').with('value' => 'secrete').with_secret(true)
       end