diff --git a/keystone/auth/controllers.py b/keystone/auth/controllers.py
index 0375153fc5..1a6735df34 100644
--- a/keystone/auth/controllers.py
+++ b/keystone/auth/controllers.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-from keystoneclient.common import cms
 from oslo_log import log
-from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 import six
 
 from keystone.auth import core
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ from keystone.auth import schema
 from keystone.common import authorization
 from keystone.common import controller
 from keystone.common import provider_api
-from keystone.common import utils
 from keystone.common import wsgi
 import keystone.conf
 from keystone import exception
@@ -296,33 +293,16 @@ class Auth(controller.V3Controller):
 
         return render_token_data_response(token.id, token_reference)
 
-    @controller.protected()
     def revocation_list(self, request):
         if not CONF.token.revoke_by_id:
             raise exception.Gone()
-
-        audit_id_only = 'audit_id_only' in request.params
-
-        tokens = PROVIDERS.token_provider_api.list_revoked_tokens()
-
-        for t in tokens:
-            expires = t['expires']
-            if not (expires and isinstance(expires, six.text_type)):
-                t['expires'] = utils.isotime(expires)
-            if audit_id_only:
-                t.pop('id', None)
-        data = {'revoked': tokens}
-
-        if audit_id_only:
-            # No need to obfuscate if no token IDs.
-            return data
-
-        json_data = jsonutils.dumps(data)
-        signed_text = cms.cms_sign_text(json_data,
-                                        CONF.signing.certfile,
-                                        CONF.signing.keyfile)
-
-        return {'signed': signed_text}
+        # NOTE(lbragstad): This API is deprecated and isn't supported. Keystone
+        # also doesn't store tokens, so returning a list of revoked tokens
+        # would require keystone to write invalid tokens to disk, which defeats
+        # the purpose. Return a 403 instead of removing the API all together.
+        # The alternative would be to return a signed response of just an empty
+        # list.
+        raise exception.Forbidden()
 
     def _combine_lists_uniquely(self, a, b):
         # it's most likely that only one of these will be filled so avoid
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py b/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py
index 6adc435744..714e696759 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_auth.py
@@ -3437,6 +3437,19 @@ class TestTokenRevokeApi(TestTokenRevokeById):
         self.head('/auth/tokens/OS-PKI/revoked',
                   expected_status=http_client.GONE)
 
+    def test_revoke_by_id_true_returns_forbidden(self):
+        self.config_fixture.config(
+            group='token',
+            revoke_by_id=True)
+        self.get(
+            '/auth/tokens/OS-PKI/revoked',
+            expected_status=http_client.FORBIDDEN
+        )
+        self.head(
+            '/auth/tokens/OS-PKI/revoked',
+            expected_status=http_client.FORBIDDEN
+        )
+
     def test_list_delete_project_shows_in_event_list(self):
         self.role_data_fixtures()
         events = self.get('/OS-REVOKE/events').json_body['events']
diff --git a/keystone/token/provider.py b/keystone/token/provider.py
index 5de31e9fd8..50ada78b17 100644
--- a/keystone/token/provider.py
+++ b/keystone/token/provider.py
@@ -291,14 +291,3 @@ class Manager(manager.Manager):
         # consulted before accepting a token as valid.  For now we will
         # do the explicit individual token invalidation.
         self.invalidate_individual_token_cache(token_id)
-
-    def list_revoked_tokens(self):
-        # FIXME(lbragstad): In the future, the token providers are going to be
-        # responsible for handling persistence if they require it (e.g. token
-        # providers not doing some sort of authenticated encryption strategy).
-        # When that happens, we could still expose this API by checking an
-        # interface on the provider can calling it if available. For now, this
-        # will return a valid response, but it will just be an empty list. See
-        # http://paste.openstack.org/raw/670196/ for and example using
-        # keystoneclient.common.cms to verify the response.
-        return []