diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/disable-identity-v2-testing-4ef1565d1a5aedcf.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/disable-identity-v2-testing-4ef1565d1a5aedcf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5d4ab7a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/disable-identity-v2-testing-4ef1565d1a5aedcf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    As of the Queens release, tempest no longer tests the identity v2.0 API
+    because the majority of the v2.0 API have been removed from the identity
+    project. Once the Queens release reaches end-of-life, we can remove the
+    v2.0 tempest tests and clean up v2.0 testing cruft.
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
index 3fff9af841..fdf28d525a 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -196,10 +196,6 @@ def _get_api_versions(os, service):
 def verify_keystone_api_versions(os, update):
     # Check keystone api versions
     versions = _get_api_versions(os, 'keystone')
-    if (CONF.identity_feature_enabled.api_v2 !=
-            contains_version('v2.', versions)):
-        print_and_or_update('api_v2', 'identity-feature-enabled',
-                            not CONF.identity_feature_enabled.api_v2, update)
     if (CONF.identity_feature_enabled.api_v3 !=
             contains_version('v3.', versions)):
         print_and_or_update('api_v3', 'identity-feature-enabled',
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index b392a724a1..0743220c14 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -207,8 +207,14 @@ IdentityFeatureGroup = [
                 help='Does the identity service have delegation and '
                      'impersonation enabled'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('api_v2',
-                default=True,
-                help='Is the v2 identity API enabled'),
+                default=False,
+                help='Is the v2 identity API enabled',
+                deprecated_for_removal=True,
+                deprecated_reason='The identity v2.0 API was removed in the '
+                                  'Queens release. Tests that exercise the '
+                                  'v2.0 API will be removed from tempest in '
+                                  'the v22.0.0 release. They are kept only to '
+                                  'test stable branches.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('api_v2_admin',
                 default=True,
                 help="Is the v2 identity admin API available? This setting "
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
index 810f9e5d8f..8641b638f4 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -175,22 +175,6 @@ class TestDiscovery(base.TestCase):
                                            'identity-feature-enabled',
                                            False, True)
 
-    @mock.patch('tempest.lib.common.http.ClosingHttp.request')
-    def test_verify_keystone_api_versions_no_v2(self, mock_request):
-        self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(
-            verify_tempest_config, '_get_unversioned_endpoint',
-            return_value='http://fake_endpoint:5000'))
-        fake_resp = {'versions': {'values': [{'id': 'v3.0'}]}}
-        fake_resp = json.dumps(fake_resp)
-        mock_request.return_value = (None, fake_resp)
-        fake_os = mock.MagicMock()
-        with mock.patch.object(verify_tempest_config,
-                               'print_and_or_update') as print_mock:
-            verify_tempest_config.verify_keystone_api_versions(fake_os, True)
-        print_mock.assert_called_once_with('api_v2',
-                                           'identity-feature-enabled',
-                                           False, True)
-
     @mock.patch('tempest.lib.common.http.ClosingHttp.request')
     def test_verify_cinder_api_versions_no_v3(self, mock_request):
         self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatchObject(