diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/test_upgrade.py b/tripleo_common/tests/test_upgrade.py
index 1a9fb2f1f..99509dcff 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/test_upgrade.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/test_upgrade.py
@@ -80,31 +80,3 @@ class StackUpgradeManagerTest(base.TestCase):
         heatclient.stacks.update.assert_called_once_with(**params)
         mock_env_files.assert_called_once_with(env_paths=[
             '/tmp/environments/major-upgrade-pacemaker-converge.yaml'])
-
-    @mock.patch('heatclient.common.template_utils.'
-                'process_multiple_environments_and_files')
-    @mock.patch('heatclient.common.template_utils.get_template_contents')
-    def test_upgrade_pre(self, mock_template_contents, mock_env_files):
-        heatclient = mock.MagicMock()
-        heatclient.stacks.get.return_value = mock.MagicMock(
-            stack_name='stack', id='stack_id')
-        mock_template_contents.return_value = ({}, 'template body')
-        mock_env_files.return_value = ({}, {})
-        upgrade.StackUpgradeManager(
-            heatclient=heatclient,
-            stack_id='stack_id',
-            tht_dir='/tmp/'
-        ).upgrade_pre()
-        params = {
-            'existing': True,
-            'stack_id': 'stack_id',
-            'template': 'template body',
-            'files': {},
-            'parameters': {},
-            'environment': {
-            },
-            'timeout_mins': 240,
-        }
-        heatclient.stacks.update.assert_called_once_with(**params)
-        mock_env_files.assert_called_once_with(env_paths=[
-            '/tmp/environments/major-upgrade-pacemaker-init.yaml'])
diff --git a/tripleo_common/upgrade.py b/tripleo_common/upgrade.py
index ad284521a..60ead6412 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/upgrade.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/upgrade.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from tripleo_common import constants
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-UPGRADE_PREPARE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME = 'major-upgrade-pacemaker-init.yaml'
+TEMPLATE_NAME = 'overcloud-without-mergepy.yaml'
 UPGRADE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME = 'major-upgrade-pacemaker.yaml'
 UPGRADE_CLEANUP_ENVIRONMENT_NAME = 'major-upgrade-pacemaker-converge.yaml'
 
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ class StackUpgradeManager(object):
 
         self.heatclient.stacks.update(**fields)
 
-    def upgrade_pre(self, timeout_mins=constants.STACK_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT):
-        LOG.info('upgrading stack: %s', self.stack.stack_name)
-        self._update_stack(timeout_mins, UPGRADE_PREPARE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME)
-
     def upgrade(self, timeout_mins=constants.STACK_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT):
         LOG.info('upgrading stack: %s', self.stack.stack_name)
         self._update_stack(timeout_mins, UPGRADE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME)