diff --git a/src/metadata.yaml b/src/metadata.yaml
index 18c2c70..5d7b204 100644
--- a/src/metadata.yaml
+++ b/src/metadata.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ series:
   - xenial
   - zesty
   - trusty
-  - yakkety
 subordinate: false
 requires:
   mongodb:
diff --git a/src/tests/gate-basic-yakkety-newton b/src/tests/gate-basic-yakkety-newton
deleted file mode 100755
index 2d2aa76..0000000
--- a/src/tests/gate-basic-yakkety-newton
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-"""Amulet tests on a basic aodh deployment on yakkety-newton."""
-
-from basic_deployment import AodhBasicDeployment
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    deployment = AodhBasicDeployment(series='yakkety')
-    deployment.run_tests()
-