diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6244659cb..374895923 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -281,16 +281,6 @@
 #
 # DEPRECATED 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
-#
 # [*vlan_transparent*]
 #   (optional) Allow plugins that support it to create VLAN transparent
 #   networks.
@@ -361,7 +351,6 @@ class neutron (
   $notification_retry                   = $facts['os_service_default'],
   $max_allowed_address_pair             = $facts['os_service_default'],
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread          = undef,
   $vlan_transparent                     = undef,
   $vlan_qinq                            = undef,
 ) {
@@ -442,7 +431,6 @@ will be removed in a future release")
   oslo::messaging::rabbit { 'neutron_config':
     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,
     rabbit_use_ssl                       => $rabbit_use_ssl,
     rabbit_transient_queues_ttl          => $rabbit_transient_queues_ttl,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-3e2d38d65fefe775.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-3e2d38d65fefe775.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a389eddd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread-3e2d38d65fefe775.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``neutron::rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread`` parameter has been removed.
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_init_spec.rb
index b3d6a6aef..78ed1b000 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_init_spec.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ describe 'neutron' do
       should contain_oslo__messaging__rabbit('neutron_config').with(
         :heartbeat_timeout_threshold          => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :heartbeat_rate                       => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
-        :heartbeat_in_pthread                 => nil,
         :rabbit_qos_prefetch_count            => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :rabbit_use_ssl                       => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
         :rabbit_transient_queues_ttl          => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ describe 'neutron' do
       params.merge!(
         :rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold => 60,
         :rabbit_heartbeat_rate              => 10,
-        :rabbit_heartbeat_in_pthread        => true,
         :amqp_durable_queues                => true,
         :rabbit_ha_queues                   => true,
         :rabbit_transient_queues_ttl        => 20,
@@ -136,7 +134,6 @@ describe 'neutron' do
       should contain_oslo__messaging__rabbit('neutron_config').with(
         :heartbeat_timeout_threshold => 60,
         :heartbeat_rate              => 10,
-        :heartbeat_in_pthread        => true,
         :amqp_durable_queues         => true,
         :rabbit_ha_queues            => true,
         :rabbit_transient_queues_ttl => 20,