diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v2/overcloud_delete/test_overcloud_delete.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v2/overcloud_delete/test_overcloud_delete.py
index bcf0370b8..e2cd21ac2 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v2/overcloud_delete/test_overcloud_delete.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v2/overcloud_delete/test_overcloud_delete.py
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ class TestDeleteOvercloud(deploy_fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
     @mock.patch('os.chdir', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch('tempfile.mkdtemp', autospec=True)
     def test_overcloud_delete(self, mock_mkdir, mock_cd, mock_run_playbook):
-        arglist = ["overcast", "--heat-type", "installed", "-y"]
+        arglist = ["overcast", "--heat-type", "native", "-y"]
         verifylist = [
             ("stack", "overcast"),
-            ("heat_type", "installed"),
+            ("heat_type", "native"),
             ("yes", True)
         ]
 
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v2/overcloud_delete.py b/tripleoclient/v2/overcloud_delete.py
index aa30fbaa1..693c9dada 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v2/overcloud_delete.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v2/overcloud_delete.py
@@ -72,12 +72,11 @@ class DeleteOvercloud(command.Command):
             '--heat-type',
             action='store',
             default='pod',
-            choices=['installed', 'pod', 'container', 'native'],
+            choices=['pod', 'container', 'native'],
             help=_('DEPRECATED: This option is ineffective and '
                    'ignored after deprecation. The type of Heat '
                    'process that was used to execute the deployment.\n'
                    'pod (Default): Use an ephemeral Heat pod.\n'
-                   'installed: Use the system installed Heat.\n'
                    'container: Use an ephemeral Heat container.\n'
                    'native: Use an ephemeral Heat process.')
         )
diff --git a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
index 3874290bd..2b3fcc1cb 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def get_hosts_and_enable_ssh_admin(stack_name, overcloud_ssh_network,
                                    overcloud_ssh_user, overcloud_ssh_key,
                                    overcloud_ssh_port_timeout,
                                    working_dir, verbosity=0,
-                                   heat_type='installed'):
+                                   heat_type='pod'):
     """Enable ssh admin access.
 
     Get a list of hosts from a given stack and enable admin ssh across all of
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def get_hosts_and_enable_ssh_admin(stack_name, overcloud_ssh_network,
 
 
 def enable_ssh_admin(stack_name, hosts, ssh_user, ssh_key, timeout,
-                     working_dir, verbosity=0, heat_type='installed'):
+                     working_dir, verbosity=0, heat_type='pod'):
     """Run enable ssh admin access playbook.
 
     :param stack_name: Stack name.
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def enable_ssh_admin(stack_name, hosts, ssh_user, ssh_key, timeout,
         )
     )
     try:
-        if heat_type != 'installed' and tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
+        if tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
             tc_heat_utils.heatclient.save_environment()
         playbook = 'cli-enable-ssh-admin.yaml'
         ansible_work_dir = os.path.join(
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def enable_ssh_admin(stack_name, hosts, ssh_user, ssh_key, timeout,
             ansible_timeout=timeout
         )
     finally:
-        if heat_type != 'installed' and tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
+        if tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
             tc_heat_utils.heatclient.restore_environment()
     print("Enabling ssh admin - COMPLETE.")
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ def snapshot_dir(directory):
 
 
 def get_horizon_url(stack, verbosity=0,
-                    heat_type='installed',
+                    heat_type='pod',
                     working_dir=None):
     """Return horizon URL string.
 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def get_horizon_url(stack, verbosity=0,
     """
 
     try:
-        if heat_type != 'installed' and tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
+        if tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
             tc_heat_utils.heatclient.save_environment()
         playbook = 'cli-undercloud-get-horizon-url.yaml'
         ansible_work_dir = os.path.join(
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def get_horizon_url(stack, verbosity=0,
             }
         )
     finally:
-        if heat_type != 'installed' and tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
+        if tc_heat_utils.heatclient:
             tc_heat_utils.heatclient.restore_environment()
 
     with open(horizon_file) as f: