diff --git a/manifests/proxy/ceilometer.pp b/manifests/proxy/ceilometer.pp
index 2a59595c..51e102cd 100644
--- a/manifests/proxy/ceilometer.pp
+++ b/manifests/proxy/ceilometer.pp
@@ -161,18 +161,6 @@
 #   (string value)
 #   Defaults to $facts['os_service_default']
 #
-# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-#
-# [*rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread*]
-#   (Optional) EXPERIMENTAL: Run the health check heartbeat thread
-#   through a native python thread. By default if this
-#   option isn't provided the  health check heartbeat will
-#   inherit the execution model from the parent process. By
-#   example if the parent process have monkey patched the
-#   stdlib by using eventlet/greenlet then the heartbeat
-#   will be run through a green thread.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 # == Examples
 #
 # == Authors
@@ -218,8 +206,6 @@ class swift::proxy::ceilometer (
   $kombu_reconnect_delay              = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $kombu_failover_strategy            = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $kombu_compression                  = $facts['os_service_default'],
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread        = undef,
 ) inherits swift {
   include swift::deps
   include swift::params
@@ -274,7 +260,6 @@ class swift::proxy::ceilometer (
       rabbit_quorum_delivery_limit  => $rabbit_quorum_delivery_limit,
       heartbeat_timeout_threshold   => $rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold,
       heartbeat_rate                => $rabbit_heartbeat_rate,
-      heartbeat_in_pthread          => $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread,
       rabbit_qos_prefetch_count     => $rabbit_qos_prefetch_count,
       amqp_durable_queues           => $amqp_durable_queues,
       amqp_auto_delete              => $amqp_auto_delete,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-8a6f67a0eecb4edd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-8a6f67a0eecb4edd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d16d51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-8a6f67a0eecb4edd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``swift::proxy::ceilometer::rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread`` parameter has
+    been removed.
diff --git a/spec/classes/swift_proxy_ceilometer_spec.rb b/spec/classes/swift_proxy_ceilometer_spec.rb
index 0b87f248..5a810c4a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/swift_proxy_ceilometer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/swift_proxy_ceilometer_spec.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ describe 'swift::proxy::ceilometer' do
         :rabbit_transient_quorum_queue => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :heartbeat_timeout_threshold   => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :heartbeat_rate                => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
-        :heartbeat_in_pthread          => nil,
         :rabbit_qos_prefetch_count     => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :amqp_durable_queues           => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :amqp_auto_delete              => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',