diff --git a/keystoneclient/httpclient.py b/keystoneclient/httpclient.py
index 59d5af4dc..1a5383bff 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/httpclient.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/httpclient.py
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ class HTTPClient(baseclient.Client, base.BaseAuthPlugin):
     :param string original_ip: This argument is deprecated as of the 1.7.0
                                release in favor of session and may be removed
                                in the 2.0.0 release. (optional)
-    :param boolean debug: This argument is deprecated as of the 1.7.0 release
-                          in favor of logging configuration and may be removed
-                          in the 2.0.0 release. (optional)
     :param dict auth_ref: To allow for consumers of the client to manage their
                           own caching strategy, you may initialize a client
                           with a previously captured auth_reference (token). If
@@ -249,7 +246,7 @@ class HTTPClient(baseclient.Client, base.BaseAuthPlugin):
     @positional(enforcement=positional.WARN)
     def __init__(self, username=None, tenant_id=None, tenant_name=None,
                  password=None, auth_url=None, region_name=None, endpoint=None,
-                 token=None, debug=False, auth_ref=None, use_keyring=False,
+                 token=None, auth_ref=None, use_keyring=False,
                  force_new_token=False, stale_duration=None, user_id=None,
                  user_domain_id=None, user_domain_name=None, domain_id=None,
                  domain_name=None, project_id=None, project_name=None,
@@ -378,7 +375,6 @@ class HTTPClient(baseclient.Client, base.BaseAuthPlugin):
 
         self.session = session
         self.domain = ''
-        self.debug_log = debug
 
         # NOTE(jamielennox): unfortunately we can't just use **kwargs here as
         # it would incompatibly limit the kwargs that can be passed to __init__
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_discovery.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_discovery.py
index 7b7ab53ac..dc3110f17 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_discovery.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_discovery.py
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ class ClientDiscoveryTests(utils.TestCase):
         client = disc.create_client(debug=True, password='bar')
 
         self.assertIsInstance(client, v3_client.Client)
-        self.assertTrue(client.debug_log)
         self.assertFalse(disc._client_kwargs['debug'])
         self.assertEqual(client.username, 'foo')
         self.assertEqual(client.password, 'bar')