diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Remove-manager-2e0b0af48f01294a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Remove-manager-2e0b0af48f01294a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..822df7d00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Remove-manager-2e0b0af48f01294a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    In this release tempest/manager.py is removed after more than 4 years
+    of deprecation.
diff --git a/tempest/manager.py b/tempest/manager.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b485ef2426..0000000000
--- a/tempest/manager.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from oslo_log import log as logging
-
-from tempest import clients as tempest_clients
-from tempest import config
-from tempest.lib.services import clients
-
-CONF = config.CONF
-LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class Manager(clients.ServiceClients):
-    """Service client manager class for backward compatibility
-
-    The former manager.Manager is not a stable interface in Tempest,
-    nonetheless it is consumed by a number of plugins already. This class
-    exists to provide some grace time for the move to tempest.lib.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, credentials, scope='project'):
-        msg = ("tempest.manager.Manager is not a stable interface and as such "
-               "it should not be imported directly. It will be removed as "
-               "soon as the client manager becomes available in tempest.lib.")
-        LOG.warning(msg)
-        dscv = CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation
-        _, uri = tempest_clients.get_auth_provider_class(credentials)
-        super(Manager, self).__init__(
-            credentials=credentials, scope=scope,
-            identity_uri=uri,
-            disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv,
-            ca_certs=CONF.identity.ca_certificates_file,
-            trace_requests=CONF.debug.trace_requests)
-
-
-def get_auth_provider(credentials, pre_auth=False, scope='project'):
-    """Shim to get_auth_provider in clients.py
-
-    get_auth_provider used to be hosted in this module, but it has been
-    moved to clients.py now as a more permanent location.
-    This module will be removed eventually, and this shim is only
-    maintained for the benefit of plugins already consuming this interface.
-    """
-    msg = ("tempest.manager.get_auth_provider is not a stable interface and "
-           "as such it should not imported directly. It will be removed as "
-           "the client manager becomes available in tempest.lib.")
-    LOG.warning(msg)
-    return tempest_clients.get_auth_provider(credentials=credentials,
-                                             pre_auth=pre_auth, scope=scope)
diff --git a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
index 618c388d4e..b449e551fc 100644
--- a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
+++ b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ BLACKLIST = [
     'x/kingbird',  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/kingbird/+bug/1869722
     # vmware-nsx is blacklisted since https://review.opendev.org/#/c/736952
     'x/vmware-nsx-tempest-plugin',
+    # mogan is unmaintained now, remove from the list when this is merged:
+    # https://review.opendev.org/c/x/mogan/+/767718
+    'x/mogan',
 ]
 
 url = 'https://review.opendev.org/projects/'