diff --git a/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py b/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py
index 1bc377f..d4dbcb5 100644
--- a/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py
+++ b/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ AUDIT_1 = {
     'created_at': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
     'updated_at': None,
     'deleted_at': None,
-    'period': 3600,
 }
 
 AUDIT_2 = {
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ AUDIT_2 = {
     'created_at': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
     'updated_at': None,
     'deleted_at': None,
-    'period': 3600,
 }
 
 
@@ -227,7 +225,7 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
             result)
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
-            type='ONESHOT', period=3600)
+            type='ONESHOT')
 
     def test_do_audit_create_with_audit_template_name(self):
         audit = resource.Audit(mock.Mock(), AUDIT_1)
@@ -243,7 +241,7 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
             result)
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
-            type='ONESHOT', period=3600)
+            type='ONESHOT')
 
     def test_do_audit_create_with_deadline(self):
         audit = resource.Audit(mock.Mock(), AUDIT_1)
@@ -261,8 +259,7 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
             type='ONESHOT',
-            deadline='2016-04-28T10:48:32.064802',
-            period=3600)
+            deadline='2016-04-28T10:48:32.064802')
 
     def test_do_audit_create_with_type(self):
         audit = resource.Audit(mock.Mock(), AUDIT_1)
@@ -279,4 +276,4 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
             result)
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
-            type='ONESHOT', period=3600)
+            type='ONESHOT')
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/audit.py b/watcherclient/v1/audit.py
index 2b2d434..830e67c 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/audit.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/audit.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from watcherclient.common import base
 from watcherclient.common import utils
 from watcherclient import exceptions as exc
 
-CREATION_ATTRIBUTES = ['audit_template_uuid', 'deadline', 'type', 'period']
+CREATION_ATTRIBUTES = ['audit_template_uuid', 'deadline', 'type']
 
 
 class Audit(base.Resource):
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py b/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py
index a38a05b..c3da48d 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py
@@ -132,19 +132,13 @@ class CreateAudit(command.ShowOne):
             metavar='<type>',
             default='ONESHOT',
             help=_("Audit type."))
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '-p', '--period',
-            dest='period',
-            metavar='<period>',
-            default=3600,
-            help=_("Audit period."))
 
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         client = getattr(self.app.client_manager, "infra-optim")
 
-        field_list = ['audit_template_uuid', 'type', 'deadline', 'period']
+        field_list = ['audit_template_uuid', 'type', 'deadline']
         fields = dict((k, v) for (k, v) in vars(parsed_args).items()
                       if k in field_list and v is not None)
         if fields.get('audit_template_uuid'):
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py b/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py
index 72c6578..f88641c 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ AUDIT_TEMPLATE_SHORT_LIST_FIELD_LABELS = ['UUID', 'Name', 'Goal', 'Strategy']
 # Audit
 AUDIT_FIELDS = ['uuid', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at',
                 'deadline', 'state', 'type', 'audit_template_uuid',
-                'audit_template_name', 'period']
+                'audit_template_name']
 
 AUDIT_FIELD_LABELS = ['UUID', 'Created At', 'Updated At', 'Deleted At',
                       'Deadline', 'State', 'Type', 'Audit Template uuid',
-                      'Audit Template Name', 'Period']
+                      'Audit Template Name']
 
 AUDIT_SHORT_LIST_FIELDS = ['uuid', 'type', 'audit_template_name', 'state']