diff --git a/doc/source/common-image-properties.rst b/doc/source/common-image-properties.rst
index 0d3e1a0324..581faa8655 100644
--- a/doc/source/common-image-properties.rst
+++ b/doc/source/common-image-properties.rst
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ booting an AMI-style image.
 The common name of the operating system distribution as specified in
 http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/adding-images.html
 
-**os_libosinfo_shortid**
--------------------------
-
-The short identifier ('short-id') used by the libosinfo operating system
-database.  See http://libosinfo.org.
-
 **os_version**
 --------------
 
diff --git a/etc/schema-image.json b/etc/schema-image.json
index 1eccdd6056..5aafd6b371 100644
--- a/etc/schema-image.json
+++ b/etc/schema-image.json
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
         "description": "Common name of operating system distribution as specified in http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/adding-images.html",
         "type": "string"
     },
-    "os_libosinfo_shortid": {
-        "description": "Short identifier ('short-id') used by libosinfo operating system database, http://libosinfo.org",
-        "type": "string"
-    },
     "os_version": {
         "description": "Operating system version as specified by the distributor",
         "type": "string"