diff --git a/manifests/identity.pp b/manifests/identity.pp
index f5be1e38..c091e042 100644
--- a/manifests/identity.pp
+++ b/manifests/identity.pp
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ class cloud::identity (
     token_expiration      => $ks_token_expiration,
     admin_endpoint        => "${ks_keystone_admin_proto}://${ks_keystone_admin_host}:${ks_keystone_admin_port}/",
     public_endpoint       => "${ks_keystone_public_proto}://${ks_keystone_public_host}:${ks_keystone_public_port}/",
-    validate_service      => true,
   }
 
   keystone_config {
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloud_identity_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloud_identity_spec.rb
index 1f7dcee9..f846c404 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloud_identity_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloud_identity_spec.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ describe 'cloud::identity' do
         :admin_endpoint        => 'https://10.0.0.1:35357/',
         :public_endpoint       => 'https://10.0.0.1:5000/'
       )
-      is_expected.to contain_exec('validate_keystone_connection')
       is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('ec2/driver').with('value' => 'keystone.contrib.ec2.backends.sql.Ec2')
       is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('DEFAULT/log_file').with_ensure('absent')
       is_expected.to contain_keystone_config('DEFAULT/log_dir').with_ensure('absent')