diff --git a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
index bfda036605..aaf06a002b 100644
--- a/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/nova-compute.yaml
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ outputs:
             nova::compute::rbd::libvirt_rbd_secret_uuid: {get_param: CephClusterFSID}
             nova::compute::instance_usage_audit: true
             nova::compute::instance_usage_audit_period: 'hour'
-            nova::compute::rbd::ephemeral_storage: {get_param: NovaEnableRbdBackend}
             # TUNNELLED mode provides a security improvement for migration, but
             # can't be used in combination with block migration. So we only enable it
             # when shared storage is available (Ceph RDB is currently the only option).