diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/api.pp b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/api.pp
index 28f0540ce..8f1afd744 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/cinder/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/cinder/api.pp
@@ -43,22 +43,17 @@
 #   (Optional) Whether TLS in the internal network is enabled or not.
 #   Defaults to hiera('enable_internal_tls', false)
 #
-# [*default_volume_type*]
-#   (Optional) The name of the default volume type.
-#   Defaults to hiera('cinder::api::default_volume_type', '')
-#
 # [*step*]
 #   (Optional) The current step in deployment. See tripleo-heat-templates
 #   for more details.
 #   Defaults to hiera('step')
 #
 class tripleo::profile::base::cinder::api (
-  $bootstrap_node                = hiera('cinder_api_short_bootstrap_node_name', undef),
-  $certificates_specs            = hiera('apache_certificates_specs', {}),
-  $cinder_api_network            = hiera('cinder_api_network', undef),
-  $enable_internal_tls           = hiera('enable_internal_tls', false),
-  $default_volume_type           = hiera('cinder::api::default_volume_type', ''),
-  $step                          = Integer(hiera('step')),
+  $bootstrap_node      = hiera('cinder_api_short_bootstrap_node_name', undef),
+  $certificates_specs  = hiera('apache_certificates_specs', {}),
+  $cinder_api_network  = hiera('cinder_api_network', undef),
+  $enable_internal_tls = hiera('enable_internal_tls', false),
+  $step                = Integer(hiera('step')),
 ) {
 
   if $bootstrap_node and $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {