diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 415cf44c..36cee989 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -179,18 +179,6 @@
 #   in the cinder config.
 #   Defaults to false.
 #
-# DEPECATED PARAMETERS
-#
-# [*rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread*]
-#   (Optional) EXPERIMENTAL: Run the health check heartbeat thread
-#   through a native python thread. By default if this
-#   option isn't provided the  health check heartbeat will
-#   inherit the execution model from the parent process. By
-#   example if the parent process have monkey patched the
-#   stdlib by using eventlet/greenlet then the heartbeat
-#   will be run through a green thread.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 class barbican (
   $package_ensure                     = 'present',
   $default_transport_url              = undef,
@@ -229,8 +217,6 @@ class barbican (
   $kombu_failover_strategy            = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $kombu_compression                  = $facts['os_service_default'],
   Boolean $purge_config               = false,
-  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread        = undef,
 ) {
   include barbican::deps
   include barbican::params
@@ -249,7 +235,6 @@ class barbican (
     rabbit_use_ssl                  => $rabbit_use_ssl,
     heartbeat_timeout_threshold     => $rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold,
     heartbeat_rate                  => $rabbit_heartbeat_rate,
-    heartbeat_in_pthread            => $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread,
     rabbit_qos_prefetch_count       => $rabbit_qos_prefetch_count,
     kombu_reconnect_delay           => $kombu_reconnect_delay,
     kombu_failover_strategy         => $kombu_failover_strategy,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-3a13722e1651b9aa.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-3a13722e1651b9aa.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c60c6294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-3a13722e1651b9aa.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``barbican::rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread`` parameter has been removed.
diff --git a/spec/classes/barbican_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/barbican_init_spec.rb
index 8cb97049..724c6f4a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/barbican_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/barbican_init_spec.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ describe 'barbican' do
           :rabbit_use_ssl                  => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :heartbeat_timeout_threshold     => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :heartbeat_rate                  => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
-          :heartbeat_in_pthread            => nil,
           :rabbit_qos_prefetch_count       => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :kombu_reconnect_delay           => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
           :kombu_failover_strategy         => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ describe 'barbican' do
           :rabbit_use_ssl                     => true,
           :rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold => '10',
           :rabbit_heartbeat_rate              => '10',
-          :rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread        => true,
           :rabbit_qos_prefetch_count          => 0,
           :rabbit_ha_queues                   => true,
           :rabbit_quorum_queue                => true,
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ describe 'barbican' do
           :rabbit_use_ssl                  => params[:rabbit_use_ssl],
           :heartbeat_timeout_threshold     => params[:rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold],
           :heartbeat_rate                  => params[:rabbit_heartbeat_rate],
-          :heartbeat_in_pthread            => params[:rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread],
           :rabbit_qos_prefetch_count       => params[:rabbit_qos_prefetch_count],
           :kombu_reconnect_delay           => params[:kombu_reconnect_delay],
           :kombu_failover_strategy         => params[:kombu_failover_strategy],