diff --git a/manifests/compute.pp b/manifests/compute.pp
index 341f49b54..afd13aafe 100644
--- a/manifests/compute.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute.pp
@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@
 #   retries on failures
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
-# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-#
-# [*virtio_nic*]
-#   (optional) Whether to use virtio for the nic driver of VMs
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 class nova::compute (
   $enabled                                     = true,
   $manage_service                              = true,
@@ -309,8 +303,6 @@ class nova::compute (
   $image_type_exclude_list                     = $::os_service_default,
   $block_device_allocate_retries               = $::os_service_default,
   $block_device_allocate_retries_interval      = $::os_service_default,
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $virtio_nic                                  = undef,
 ) {
 
   include nova::deps
@@ -449,11 +441,6 @@ class nova::compute (
     nova_config { 'DEFAULT/force_config_drive': ensure => absent }
   }
 
-  if $virtio_nic != undef {
-    warning('The nova::compute::virtio_nic parameter has been deprecated and has no effect.')
-  }
-  nova_config { 'DEFAULT/libvirt_use_virtio_for_bridges': ensure => absent }
-
   if $instance_usage_audit and $instance_usage_audit_period in ['hour', 'day', 'month', 'year'] {
     nova_config {
       'DEFAULT/instance_usage_audit':        value => $instance_usage_audit;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-compute-virtio_nic-33319c3a5b6e8cc3.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-compute-virtio_nic-33319c3a5b6e8cc3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c34615f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-compute-virtio_nic-33319c3a5b6e8cc3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``nova::compute::virtio_nic`` parameter has been removed.