diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
index 285c8eb20..01bca6b9a 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.yaml.template
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ ceilometer::keystone::authtoken::auth_uri: "%{hiera('keystone_auth_uri')}"
 ceilometer::keystone::authtoken::auth_url: "%{hiera('keystone_identity_uri')}"
 ceilometer::db::database_connection: mysql+pymysql://ceilometer:{{UNDERCLOUD_CEILOMETER_PASSWORD}}@{{LOCAL_IP}}/ceilometer
 ceilometer::agent::auth::auth_password: {{UNDERCLOUD_CEILOMETER_PASSWORD}}
-ceilometer::agent::notification::store_events: {{STORE_EVENTS}}
 ceilometer_compute_agent: ''
 snmpd_readonly_user_name: {{UNDERCLOUD_CEILOMETER_SNMPD_USER}}
 snmpd_readonly_user_password: {{UNDERCLOUD_CEILOMETER_SNMPD_PASSWORD}}
diff --git a/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py b/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
index 67cf438be..5d4f78d95 100644
--- a/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
+++ b/instack_undercloud/undercloud.py
@@ -329,10 +329,6 @@ _opts = [
                 help=('Whether to use iPXE for deploy and inspection.'),
                 deprecated_name='ipxe_deploy',
                 ),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('store_events',
-                default=False,
-                help=('Whether to store events in the Undercloud Ceilometer.')
-                ),
     cfg.IntOpt('scheduler_max_attempts',
                default=30, min=1,
                help=('Maximum number of attempts the scheduler will make '
diff --git a/undercloud.conf.sample b/undercloud.conf.sample
index 432cd6e63..3903f9ff4 100644
--- a/undercloud.conf.sample
+++ b/undercloud.conf.sample
@@ -179,10 +179,6 @@
 # Deprecated group/name - [DEFAULT]/ipxe_deploy
 #ipxe_enabled = true
 
-# Whether to store events in the Undercloud Ceilometer. (boolean
-# value)
-#store_events = false
-
 # Maximum number of attempts the scheduler will make when deploying
 # the instance. You should keep it greater or equal to the number of
 # bare metal nodes you expect to deploy at once to work around