diff --git a/barbican/templates/bin/_simple_crypto_kek_rewrap.py.tpl b/barbican/templates/bin/_simple_crypto_kek_rewrap.py.tpl
index 61a14ec397..daee4c7b95 100644
--- a/barbican/templates/bin/_simple_crypto_kek_rewrap.py.tpl
+++ b/barbican/templates/bin/_simple_crypto_kek_rewrap.py.tpl
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class KekRewrap(object):
         self.db_engine = session.create_engine(conf.database.connection or conf.sql_connection)
         self._session_creator = scoping.scoped_session(
             orm.sessionmaker(
-                bind=self.db_engine,
-                autocommit=True
+                bind=self.db_engine
             )
         )
         self.crypto_plugin = simple_crypto.SimpleCryptoPlugin(conf)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/barbican-d291498fada9e601.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/barbican-d291498fada9e601.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..651c7eafb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/barbican-d291498fada9e601.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+barbican:
+  - |
+    Removed the autocommit option, which has been deprecated
+    since SQLAlchemy 2.0.
+...