diff --git a/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/swift/ceilometer.pp b/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/swift/ceilometer.pp
index d088bf9c1..caeb26f49 100644
--- a/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/swift/ceilometer.pp
+++ b/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/swift/ceilometer.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ class packstack::swift::ceilometer ()
     $rabbit_password = hiera('CONFIG_AMQP_AUTH_PASSWORD')
 
     class { '::swift::proxy::ceilometer':
-      rabbit_use_ssl        => hiera('CONFIG_AMQP_SSL_ENABLED'),
       default_transport_url => "rabbit://${rabbit_userid}:${rabbit_password}@${rabbit_host}:${rabbit_port}/",
       topic                 => 'notifications',
       control_exchange      => 'swift',