diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/tuned.pp b/manifests/profile/base/tuned.pp
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index 2db5d4623..000000000
--- a/manifests/profile/base/tuned.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# == Class: tripleo::profile::base::tuned
-#
-# Configures tuned service.
-#
-# === Parameters:
-#
-# [*profile*]
-#   (optional) tuned active profile.
-#   Defaults to 'throughput-performance'
-#
-# [*custom_profile*]
-#   (optional) string in INI format defining a custom profile
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
-class tripleo::profile::base::tuned (
-  $profile        = 'throughput-performance',
-  $custom_profile = undef
-) {
-  ensure_resource('package', 'tuned', { ensure => 'present' })
-  if !empty($custom_profile) {
-    file { "/etc/tuned/${profile}":
-      ensure => 'directory',
-      owner  => 'root',
-      group  => 'root',
-      mode   => '0755',
-    } -> file { "/etc/tuned/${profile}/tuned.conf":
-      ensure  => present,
-      before  => Exec['tuned-adm'],
-      owner   => 'root',
-      group   => 'root',
-      mode    => '0644',
-      content => $custom_profile,
-    }
-  }
-  exec { 'tuned-adm':
-    path    => ['/bin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/sbin'],
-    command => "tuned-adm profile ${profile}",
-    unless  => "tuned-adm active | grep -q '${profile}'",
-    require => Package['tuned'],
-  }
-}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/tuned-removed-ab68a7109a1e7403.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/tuned-removed-ab68a7109a1e7403.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63aed5b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/tuned-removed-ab68a7109a1e7403.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - The tuned puppet manifest for `tuned` was removed. The heat template
+    invoking this manifest has been converted to Ansible.
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_tuned_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_tuned_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 58b94fd71..000000000
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_tuned_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe 'tripleo::profile::base::tuned' do
-
-    shared_examples_for 'tripleo::profile::base::tuned' do
-        context 'with profile' do
-           let :params do
-               {
-                   :profile => 'virtual-compute'
-               }
-           end
-
-            it 'should run tuned-adm exec' do
-                is_expected.to contain_exec('tuned-adm')
-            end
-        end
-        context 'with custom profile' do
-           let :params do
-               {
-                   :profile => 'custom',
-                   :custom_profile => 'foo'
-               }
-           end
-
-            it 'should create a custom tuned profile' do
-               is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/tuned/custom/tuned.conf').with({
-                 'content' => 'foo',
-                 'owner'   => 'root',
-                 'group'   => 'root',
-                 'mode'    => '0644',
-                 })
-            end
-            it 'should run a tuned-adm exec to set the custom profile' do
-               is_expected.to contain_exec('tuned-adm').with_command(
-                 'tuned-adm profile custom'
-               )
-            end
-        end
-    end
-    on_supported_os.each do |os, facts|
-        context "on #{os}" do
-            let(:facts) {
-                facts
-            }
-
-        it_behaves_like 'tripleo::profile::base::tuned'
-        end
-    end
-end