diff --git a/manifests/db.pp b/manifests/db.pp
index ffd8662..2146bba 100644
--- a/manifests/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/db.pp
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@
 #   (Optional) If set, use this value for pool_timeout with SQLAlchemy.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default
 #
-# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-#
-# [*database_idle_timeout*]
-#   Timeout when db connections should be reaped.
-#   Defaults to undef.
-#
 class watcher::db (
   $database_connection              = 'sqlite:////var/lib/watcher/watcher.sqlite',
   $database_connection_recycle_time = $::os_service_default,
@@ -58,24 +52,16 @@ class watcher::db (
   $database_retry_interval          = $::os_service_default,
   $database_max_overflow            = $::os_service_default,
   $database_pool_timeout            = $::os_service_default,
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $database_idle_timeout            = undef,
 ) {
 
   include watcher::deps
 
-  if $database_idle_timeout {
-    warning('The database_idle_timeout parameter is deprecated. Please use \
-database_connection_recycle_time instead.')
-  }
-  $database_connection_recycle_time_real = pick($database_idle_timeout, $database_connection_recycle_time)
-
   validate_legacy(Oslo::Dbconn, 'validate_re', $database_connection,
     ['^(sqlite|mysql(\+pymysql)?|postgresql):\/\/(\S+:\S+@\S+\/\S+)?'])
 
   oslo::db { 'watcher_config':
     connection              => $database_connection,
-    connection_recycle_time => $database_connection_recycle_time_real,
+    connection_recycle_time => $database_connection_recycle_time,
     min_pool_size           => $database_min_pool_size,
     db_max_retries          => $database_db_max_retries,
     max_retries             => $database_max_retries,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove_idle_timeout_option-b5fedb12f38746bd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove_idle_timeout_option-b5fedb12f38746bd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ba54d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove_idle_timeout_option-b5fedb12f38746bd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Deprecated idle_timeout option has been removed.