diff --git a/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml b/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml
index b8e93f2009..0b71dbd94b 100644
--- a/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml
+++ b/environments/puppet-pacemaker.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # An environment which enables configuration of an
 # Overcloud controller with Pacemaker.
 resource_registry:
-  OS::TripleO::ControllerConfig: ../puppet/controller-config-pacemaker.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPrePuppet: ../extraconfig/tasks/pre_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPostPuppet: ../extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker.yaml
   OS::TripleO::Tasks::ControllerPostPuppetRestart: ../extraconfig/tasks/post_puppet_pacemaker_restart.yaml
diff --git a/puppet/controller-config-pacemaker.yaml b/puppet/controller-config-pacemaker.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b7198390a..0000000000
--- a/puppet/controller-config-pacemaker.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-heat_template_version: ocata
-
-description: >
-  A software config which runs manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
-
-parameters:
-  ConfigDebug:
-    default: false
-    description: Whether to run config management (e.g. Puppet) in debug mode.
-    type: boolean
-  StepConfig:
-     type: string
-     description: Config manifests that will be used to step through the deployment.
-     default: ''
-
-resources:
-
-  ControllerPuppetConfigImpl:
-    type: OS::Heat::SoftwareConfig
-    properties:
-      group: puppet
-      options:
-        enable_debug: {get_param: ConfigDebug}
-        enable_hiera: True
-        enable_facter: False
-        modulepath: /etc/puppet/modules:/opt/stack/puppet-modules:/usr/share/openstack-puppet/modules
-      outputs:
-      - name: result
-      inputs:
-      - name: step
-        type: Number
-      config:
-        list_join:
-        - ''
-        - - get_file: manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
-          - {get_param: StepConfig}
-
-outputs:
-  OS::stack_id:
-    description: The software config which runs overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
-    value: {get_resource: ControllerPuppetConfigImpl}
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index d329d5fcbf..0000000000
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
-# 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.
-
-if hiera('step') >= 4 {
-  hiera_include('controller_classes', [])
-}
-
-$package_manifest_name = join(['/var/lib/tripleo/installed-packages/overcloud_controller_pacemaker', hiera('step')])
-package_manifest{$package_manifest_name: ensure => present}
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_role.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_role.pp
index 1a59620cf5..e2bf514621 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_role.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_role.pp
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ if hiera('step') >= 4 {
 
 $package_manifest_name = join(['/var/lib/tripleo/installed-packages/overcloud___ROLE__', hiera('step')])
 package_manifest{$package_manifest_name: ensure => present}
+
+# NOTE(gfidente): ensure deprecated package manifest is absent, can be removed after Pike
+$absent_package_manifest_name = join(['/var/lib/tripleo/installed-packages/overcloud_controller_pacemaker', hiera('step')])
+package_manifest{$absent_package_manifest_name: ensure => absent}