diff --git a/doc/source/user/jobs.rst b/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
index 9ec4646713..820e3166f3 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
@@ -281,14 +281,6 @@ of item.
             msg: "Project {{ item.name }} is at {{ item.src_dir }}
           with_items: {{ zuul.projects.values() | list }}
 
-
-   .. var:: _projects
-      :type: dict
-
-      The same as ``projects`` but a dictionary indexed by the
-      ``name`` value of each entry.  ``projects`` will be converted to
-      this.
-
    .. var:: tenant
 
       The name of the current Zuul tenant.
diff --git a/zuul/executor/client.py b/zuul/executor/client.py
index b21a290d5a..d561232f39 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/client.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/client.py
@@ -262,12 +262,6 @@ class ExecutorClient(object):
                 src_dir=os.path.join('src', p.canonical_name),
                 required=(p in required_projects),
             ))
-        # We are transitioning "projects" from a list to a dict
-        # indexed by canonical name, as it is much easier to access
-        # values in ansible.  Existing callers have been converted to
-        # "_projects" and "projects" is swapped; we will convert users
-        # back to "projects" and remove this soon.
-        zuul_params['_projects'] = zuul_params['projects']
 
         build = Build(job, uuid)
         build.parameters = params
diff --git a/zuul/executor/server.py b/zuul/executor/server.py
index a8ab8c45e6..03a3a12cb3 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/server.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/server.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class AnsibleJob(object):
                                            project['default_branch'])
             # Update the inventory variables to indicate the ref we
             # checked out
-            p = args['zuul']['_projects'][project['canonical_name']]
+            p = args['zuul']['projects'][project['canonical_name']]
             p['checkout'] = selected
         # Delete the origin remote from each repo we set up since
         # it will not be valid within the jobs.