diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/octavia/api.pp b/manifests/profile/base/octavia/api.pp
index f7c7b7fe7..0e2e67e59 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/octavia/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/octavia/api.pp
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@
 #   for more details.
 #   Defaults to hiera('step')
 #
+# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#
 # [*ovn_db_host*]
 #   (Optional) The IP-Address where OVN DBs are listening.
-#   Defaults to hiera('ovn_dbs_vip')
+#   Defaults to undef
 #
 # [*ovn_nb_port*]
 #   (Optional) Port number on which northbound database is listening
-#   Defaults to hiera('ovn::northbound::port')
-#
-# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#   Defaults to undef
 #
 # [*neutron_driver*]
 #   (Optional) The neutron driver for ml2 currently default tripleo value is ovn.
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::octavia::api (
   $octavia_network     = hiera('octavia_api_network', undef),
   $step                = Integer(hiera('step')),
   $neutron_driver      = hiera('neutron::plugins::ml2::mechanism_drivers', []),
-  $ovn_db_host         = hiera('ovn_dbs_vip', undef),
-  $ovn_nb_port         = hiera('ovn::northbound::port', undef),
+  $ovn_db_host         = undef,
+  $ovn_nb_port         = undef,
 ) {
   if $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
     $sync_db = true
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::octavia::api (
   # before it starts on other nodes
   if ($step >= 4 and $sync_db) or ($step >= 5 and !$sync_db) {
     include ::octavia::controller
-    if $ovn_db_host and $ovn_nb_port {
-      $ovn_nb_connection = join(['tcp', normalize_ip_for_uri($ovn_db_host), "${ovn_nb_port}"], ':')
+    if $ovn_db_host or $ovn_nb_port {
+      warning('The ovn_db_host and ovn_nb_port parameters are deprecated from tripleo::profile::base::octavia::api. \
+Use tripleo::profile::base::octavia::provider::ovn.')
     }
     class { '::octavia::api':
       sync_db           => $sync_db,
-      ovn_nb_connection => $ovn_nb_connection,
     }
     include ::tripleo::profile::base::apache
     class { '::octavia::wsgi::apache':
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ovn-from-octavia-api-15e33154a31f20ec.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ovn-from-octavia-api-15e33154a31f20ec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6887eb769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ovn-from-octavia-api-15e33154a31f20ec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    ovn_db_host and ovn_nb_port from tripleo::profile::base::octavia::api
+    are now deprecated and will be removed in the future release. Please use
+    ovn_db_host and ovn_nb_port from tripleo::profile::base::octavia::provider::ovn
+    instead.
diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_octavia_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_octavia_api_spec.rb
index 39748246c..4a242e84a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_octavia_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tripleo_profile_base_octavia_api_spec.rb
@@ -102,22 +102,6 @@ eos
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with step 4 with ovn' do
-      before do
-        params.merge!({
-          :step           => 4,
-          :bootstrap_node => 'node.example.com',
-          :neutron_driver => ['ovn'],
-          :ovn_db_host    => '127.0.0.1',
-          :ovn_nb_port    => '6641'
-        })
-      end
-
-      it 'should should set provider drivers and ovn nb connection' do
-        is_expected.to contain_class('octavia::api').with(:ovn_nb_connection => 'tcp:127.0.0.1:6641')
-      end
-    end
-
     context 'with step 4 on non-bootstrap node' do
       before do
         params.merge!({ :step => 4 })