diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 96a5f26c7b..0a5160edad 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ commands = validate-projects {toxinidir}/projects.txt
 [testenv:pep8]
 commands = flake8
 
-# NOTE(dmllr): temporary addition to survive switch to zuulv3, to be removed
-[testenv:functional]
-commands = flake8
-
 [testenv:bashate]
 whitelist_externals = bash
 # E006: Line too long: