diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 479972378..5af342f39 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -211,10 +211,6 @@
 #   (optional) DEPRECATED. The keystone url where nova should send requests for ec2tokens
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
-# [*volume_api_class*]
-#   (optional) DEPRECATED. The name of the class that nova will use to access volumes. Cinder is the only option.
-#   Defaults to undef
-#
 # [*ec2_listen_port*]
 #   (optional) DEPRECATED. The port on which the EC2 API will listen.
 #   Defaults to port undef
@@ -311,7 +307,6 @@ class nova::api(
   $ec2_workers                          = undef,
   $keystone_ec2_url                     = undef,
   $auth_version                         = undef,
-  $volume_api_class                     = undef,
   $osapi_v3                             = undef,
   $admin_password                       = undef,
   $auth_uri                             = undef,
@@ -334,10 +329,6 @@ class nova::api(
     warning('osapi_v3 is deprecated, has no effect and will be removed in a future release.')
   }
 
-  if $volume_api_class {
-    warning('volume_api_class parameter is deprecated, has no effect and will be removed in a future release.')
-  }
-
   if $ec2_listen_port or $ec2_workers or $keystone_ec2_url {
     warning('ec2_listen_port, ec2_workers and keystone_ec2_url are deprecated and have no effect. Deploy openstack/ec2-api instead.')
   }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove_deprecated_volume_api_class_option-671a562e918fd571.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove_deprecated_volume_api_class_option-671a562e918fd571.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76298046c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove_deprecated_volume_api_class_option-671a562e918fd571.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - The deprecated ``volume_api_class`` config option has been
+    removed.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
index ce83fa175..f2e0d1a21 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_api_spec.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
           :metadata_listen                      => '127.0.0.1',
           :metadata_listen_port                 => 8875,
           :osapi_compute_listen_port            => 8874,
-          :volume_api_class                     => 'nova.volume.cinder.API',
           :use_forwarded_for                    => false,
           :ratelimits                           => '(GET, "*", .*, 100, MINUTE);(POST, "*", .*, 200, MINUTE)',
           :neutron_metadata_proxy_shared_secret => 'secrete',
@@ -204,11 +203,11 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         })
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_exec('execute nova-api validation').with(
-        :path        => '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
-        :provider    => 'shell',
-        :tries       => '10',
-        :try_sleep   => '2',
-        :command     => 'nova --os-auth-url http://127.0.0.1:5000/ --os-project-name services --os-username nova --os-password passw0rd flavor-list',
+        :path      => '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
+        :provider  => 'shell',
+        :tries     => '10',
+        :try_sleep => '2',
+        :command   => 'nova --os-auth-url http://127.0.0.1:5000/ --os-project-name services --os-username nova --os-password passw0rd flavor-list',
       )}
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_anchor('create nova-api anchor').with(
@@ -224,11 +223,11 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
         })
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_exec('execute nova-api validation').with(
-        :path        => '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
-        :provider    => 'shell',
-        :tries       => '10',
-        :try_sleep   => '2',
-        :command     => 'my-script',
+        :path      => '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
+        :provider  => 'shell',
+        :tries     => '10',
+        :try_sleep => '2',
+        :command   => 'my-script',
       )}
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_anchor('create nova-api anchor').with(
@@ -239,8 +238,8 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
     context 'while not managing service state' do
       before do
         params.merge!({
-          :enabled           => false,
-          :manage_service    => false,
+          :enabled        => false,
+          :manage_service => false,
         })
       end
 
@@ -301,10 +300,10 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
 
       it 'enable nova API service' do
         is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api').with(
-          :ensure     => 'running',
-          :name       => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
-          :enable     => true,
-          :tag        => 'nova-service',
+          :ensure => 'running',
+          :name   => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
+          :enable => true,
+          :tag    => 'nova-service',
         )
       end
       it 'enable metadata in evenlet configuration' do
@@ -326,10 +325,10 @@ describe 'nova::api' do
 
       it 'disable nova API service' do
         is_expected.to contain_service('nova-api').with(
-          :ensure     => 'stopped',
-          :name       => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
-          :enable     => false,
-          :tag        => 'nova-service',
+          :ensure => 'stopped',
+          :name   => platform_params[:nova_api_service],
+          :enable => false,
+          :tag    => 'nova-service',
         )
       end
     end