diff --git a/examples/pki/gen_cmsz.py b/examples/pki/gen_cmsz.py
index 6840c08e..9a8834ed 100644
--- a/examples/pki/gen_cmsz.py
+++ b/examples/pki/gen_cmsz.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import json
 import os
 
 from keystoneclient.common import cms
-from keystoneclient import utils
 
 CURRENT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -25,41 +24,6 @@ def make_filename(*args):
     return os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, *args)
 
 
-def generate_revocation_list():
-    REVOKED_TOKENS = ['auth_token_revoked', 'auth_v3_token_revoked']
-    revoked_list = []
-    for token in REVOKED_TOKENS:
-        with open(make_filename('cms', '%s.pkiz' % name), 'r') as f:
-            token_data = f.read()
-            id = utils.hash_signed_token(token_data.encode('utf-8'))
-            revoked_list.append({
-                'id': id,
-                "expires": "2112-08-14T17:58:48Z"
-            })
-        with open(make_filename('cms', '%s.pem' % name), 'r') as f:
-            pem_data = f.read()
-            token_data = cms.cms_to_token(pem_data).encode('utf-8')
-            id = utils.hash_signed_token(token_data)
-            revoked_list.append({
-                'id': id,
-                "expires": "2112-08-14T17:58:48Z"
-            })
-    revoked_json = json.dumps({"revoked": revoked_list})
-    with open(make_filename('cms', 'revocation_list.json'), 'w') as f:
-        f.write(revoked_json)
-    encoded = cms.pkiz_sign(revoked_json,
-                            SIGNING_CERT_FILE_NAME,
-                            SIGNING_KEY_FILE_NAME)
-    with open(make_filename('cms', 'revocation_list.pkiz'), 'w') as f:
-        f.write(encoded)
-
-    encoded = cms.cms_sign_data(revoked_json,
-                                SIGNING_CERT_FILE_NAME,
-                                SIGNING_KEY_FILE_NAME)
-    with open(make_filename('cms', 'revocation_list.pem'), 'w') as f:
-        f.write(encoded)
-
-
 CA_CERT_FILE_NAME = make_filename('certs', 'cacert.pem')
 SIGNING_CERT_FILE_NAME = make_filename('certs', 'signing_cert.pem')
 SIGNING_KEY_FILE_NAME = make_filename('private', 'signing_key.pem')
@@ -113,5 +77,3 @@ for name in EXAMPLE_TOKENS:
 
     with open(pkiz_file, 'w') as f:
         f.write(encoded)
-
-    generate_revocation_list()
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/__init__.py b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/__init__.py
index 003f14e6..e140ab8d 100644
--- a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/__init__.py
+++ b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/__init__.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ object is stored.
 
 import binascii
 import copy
-import datetime
 
 from keystoneauth1 import access
 from keystoneauth1 import adapter
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _exceptions as ksm_exceptions
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _identity
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _opts
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _request
-from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _revocations
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _signing_dir
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _user_plugin
 from keystonemiddleware.i18n import _
@@ -597,17 +595,6 @@ class AuthProtocol(BaseAuthProtocol):
 
         self._token_cache = self._token_cache_factory()
 
-        revocation_cache_timeout = datetime.timedelta(
-            seconds=self._conf.get('revocation_cache_time'))
-        self._revocations = _revocations.Revocations(revocation_cache_timeout,
-                                                     self._signing_directory,
-                                                     self._identity_server,
-                                                     self._cms_verify,
-                                                     self.log)
-
-        self._check_revocations_for_cached = self._conf.get(
-            'check_revocations_for_cached')
-
     def process_request(self, request):
         """Process request.
 
@@ -690,9 +677,6 @@ class AuthProtocol(BaseAuthProtocol):
     def _token_hashes(self, token):
         """Generate a list of hashes that the current token may be cached as.
 
-        With PKI tokens we have multiple hashing algorithms that we test with
-        revocations. This generates that whole list.
-
         The first element of this list is the preferred algorithm and is what
         new cache values should be saved as.
 
@@ -740,11 +724,6 @@ class AuthProtocol(BaseAuthProtocol):
                     self.log.debug('Cached token is marked unauthorized')
                     raise ksm_exceptions.InvalidToken()
 
-                if self._check_revocations_for_cached:
-                    # A token might have been revoked, regardless of initial
-                    # mechanism used to validate it, and needs to be checked.
-                    self._revocations.check(token_hashes)
-
                 # NOTE(jamielennox): Cached values used to be stored as a tuple
                 # of data and expiry time. They no longer are but we have to
                 # allow some time to transition the old format so if it's a
@@ -765,7 +744,6 @@ class AuthProtocol(BaseAuthProtocol):
         except (ksa_exceptions.ConnectFailure,
                 ksa_exceptions.DiscoveryFailure,
                 ksa_exceptions.RequestTimeout,
-                ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError,
                 ksm_exceptions.ServiceError) as e:
             self.log.critical('Unable to validate token: %s', e)
             if self._delay_auth_decision:
@@ -797,14 +775,10 @@ class AuthProtocol(BaseAuthProtocol):
             return
 
         try:
-            self._revocations.check(token_hashes)
             verified = self._cms_verify(token_data, inform)
         except ksc_exceptions.CertificateConfigError:
             self.log.warning('Fetch certificate config failed, '
                              'fallback to online validation.')
-        except ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError:
-            self.log.warning('Fetch revocation list failed, '
-                             'fallback to online validation.')
         else:
             self.log.warning('auth_token middleware received a PKI/Z token. '
                              'This form of token is deprecated and has been '
@@ -815,17 +789,6 @@ class AuthProtocol(BaseAuthProtocol):
 
             data = jsonutils.loads(verified)
 
-            audit_ids = None
-            if 'access' in data:
-                # It's a v2 token.
-                audit_ids = data['access']['token'].get('audit_ids')
-            else:
-                # It's a v3 token
-                audit_ids = data['token'].get('audit_ids')
-
-            if audit_ids:
-                self._revocations.check_by_audit_id(audit_ids)
-
             return data
 
     def _validate_token(self, auth_ref, **kwargs):
@@ -1005,4 +968,3 @@ def app_factory(global_conf, **local_conf):
 InvalidToken = ksm_exceptions.InvalidToken
 ServiceError = ksm_exceptions.ServiceError
 ConfigurationError = ksm_exceptions.ConfigurationError
-RevocationListError = ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_identity.py b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_identity.py
index c07eb45d..1e370700 100644
--- a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_identity.py
+++ b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_identity.py
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ class _RequestStrategy(object):
     def _fetch_ca_cert(self):
         pass
 
-    def fetch_revocation_list(self):
-        pass
-
 
 class _V2RequestStrategy(_RequestStrategy):
 
@@ -89,9 +86,6 @@ class _V2RequestStrategy(_RequestStrategy):
     def _fetch_ca_cert(self):
         return self._client.certificates.get_ca_certificate()
 
-    def fetch_revocation_list(self):
-        return self._client.tokens.get_revoked()
-
 
 class _V3RequestStrategy(_RequestStrategy):
 
@@ -119,9 +113,6 @@ class _V3RequestStrategy(_RequestStrategy):
     def _fetch_ca_cert(self):
         return self._client.simple_cert.get_ca_certificates()
 
-    def fetch_revocation_list(self):
-        return self._client.tokens.get_revoked()
-
 
 _REQUEST_STRATEGIES = [_V3RequestStrategy, _V2RequestStrategy]
 
@@ -130,7 +121,7 @@ class IdentityServer(object):
     """Base class for operations on the Identity API server.
 
     The auth_token middleware needs to communicate with the Identity API server
-    to validate UUID tokens, fetch the revocation list, signing certificates,
+    to validate UUID tokens, signing certificates,
     etc. This class encapsulates the data and methods to perform these
     operations.
 
@@ -243,17 +234,6 @@ class IdentityServer(object):
         else:
             return auth_ref
 
-    def fetch_revocation_list(self):
-        try:
-            data = self._request_strategy.fetch_revocation_list()
-        except ksa_exceptions.HttpError as e:
-            msg = _('Failed to fetch token revocation list: %d')
-            raise ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError(msg % e.http_status)
-        if 'signed' not in data:
-            msg = _('Revocation list improperly formatted.')
-            raise ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError(msg)
-        return data['signed']
-
     def fetch_signing_cert(self):
         return self._request_strategy.fetch_signing_cert()
 
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_opts.py b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_opts.py
index 7e687950..941d0adb 100644
--- a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_opts.py
+++ b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_opts.py
@@ -113,17 +113,6 @@ _OPTS = [
                ' tokens, the middleware caches previously-seen tokens for a'
                ' configurable duration (in seconds). Set to -1 to disable'
                ' caching completely.'),
-    cfg.IntOpt('revocation_cache_time',
-               default=10,
-               deprecated_for_removal=True,
-               deprecated_reason='PKI token format is no longer supported.',
-               deprecated_since='Ocata',
-               help='Determines the frequency at which the list of revoked'
-               ' tokens is retrieved from the Identity service (in seconds). A'
-               ' high number of revocation events combined with a low cache'
-               ' duration may significantly reduce performance. Only valid'
-               ' for PKI tokens. This option has been deprecated in the Ocata'
-               ' release and will be removed in the P release.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('memcache_security_strategy',
                default='None',
                choices=('None', 'MAC', 'ENCRYPT'),
@@ -179,13 +168,6 @@ _OPTS = [
                ' unknown the token will be rejected. "required" any form of'
                ' token binding is needed to be allowed. Finally the name of a'
                ' binding method that must be present in tokens.'),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('check_revocations_for_cached', default=False,
-                deprecated_for_removal=True,
-                deprecated_reason='PKI token format is no longer supported.',
-                deprecated_since='Ocata',
-                help='If true, the revocation list will be checked for cached'
-                ' tokens. This requires that PKI tokens are configured on the'
-                ' identity server.'),
     cfg.ListOpt('hash_algorithms', default=['md5'],
                 deprecated_for_removal=True,
                 deprecated_reason='PKI token format is no longer supported.',
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_revocations.py b/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_revocations.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d0fa31..00000000
--- a/keystonemiddleware/auth_token/_revocations.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-import datetime
-import os
-
-from oslo_log import log as logging
-from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
-from oslo_utils import timeutils
-
-from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _exceptions as exc
-from keystonemiddleware.i18n import _
-
-_LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class Revocations(object):
-    _FILE_NAME = 'revoked.pem'
-
-    def __init__(self, timeout, signing_directory, identity_server,
-                 cms_verify, log=_LOG):
-        self._cache_timeout = timeout
-        self._signing_directory = signing_directory
-        self._identity_server = identity_server
-        self._cms_verify = cms_verify
-        self._log = log
-
-        self._fetched_time_prop = None
-        self._list_prop = None
-
-    @property
-    def _fetched_time(self):
-        if not self._fetched_time_prop:
-            # If the fetched list has been written to disk, use its
-            # modification time.
-            file_path = self._signing_directory.calc_path(self._FILE_NAME)
-            if os.path.exists(file_path):
-                mtime = os.path.getmtime(file_path)
-                fetched_time = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(mtime)
-            # Otherwise the list will need to be fetched.
-            else:
-                fetched_time = datetime.datetime.min
-            self._fetched_time_prop = fetched_time
-        return self._fetched_time_prop
-
-    @_fetched_time.setter
-    def _fetched_time(self, value):
-        self._fetched_time_prop = value
-
-    def _fetch(self):
-        revocation_list_data = self._identity_server.fetch_revocation_list()
-        return self._cms_verify(revocation_list_data)
-
-    @property
-    def _list(self):
-        timeout = self._fetched_time + self._cache_timeout
-        list_is_current = timeutils.utcnow() < timeout
-
-        if list_is_current:
-            # Load the list from disk if required
-            if not self._list_prop:
-                self._list_prop = jsonutils.loads(
-                    self._signing_directory.read_file(self._FILE_NAME))
-        else:
-            self._list = self._fetch()
-        return self._list_prop
-
-    @_list.setter
-    def _list(self, value):
-        """Save a revocation list to memory and to disk.
-
-        :param value: A json-encoded revocation list
-
-        """
-        self._list_prop = jsonutils.loads(value)
-        self._fetched_time = timeutils.utcnow()
-        self._signing_directory.write_file(self._FILE_NAME, value)
-
-    def _is_revoked(self, token_id):
-        """Indicate whether the token_id appears in the revocation list."""
-        revoked_tokens = self._list.get('revoked', None)
-        if not revoked_tokens:
-            return False
-
-        revoked_ids = (x['id'] for x in revoked_tokens)
-        return token_id in revoked_ids
-
-    def _any_revoked(self, token_ids):
-        for token_id in token_ids:
-            if self._is_revoked(token_id):
-                return True
-        return False
-
-    def check(self, token_ids):
-        if self._any_revoked(token_ids):
-            self._log.debug('Token is marked as having been revoked')
-            raise exc.InvalidToken(_('Token has been revoked'))
-
-    def check_by_audit_id(self, audit_ids):
-        """Check whether the audit_id appears in the revocation list.
-
-        :raises keystonemiddleware.auth_token._exceptions.InvalidToken:
-            if the audit ID(s) appear in the revocation list.
-
-        """
-        revoked_tokens = self._list.get('revoked', None)
-        if not revoked_tokens:
-            # There's no revoked tokens, so nothing to do.
-            return
-
-        # The audit_id may not be present in the revocation events because
-        # earlier versions of the identity server didn't provide them.
-        revoked_ids = set(
-            x['audit_id'] for x in revoked_tokens if 'audit_id' in x)
-        for audit_id in audit_ids:
-            if audit_id in revoked_ids:
-                self._log.debug(
-                    'Token is marked as having been revoked by audit id')
-                raise exc.InvalidToken(_('Token has been revoked'))
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_auth_token_middleware.py b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_auth_token_middleware.py
index 9051d718..c62b3cc2 100644
--- a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_auth_token_middleware.py
+++ b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_auth_token_middleware.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import pbr.version
 import six
 import testresources
-import testtools
 from testtools import matchers
 import webob
 import webob.dec
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ from keystonemiddleware import auth_token
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _base
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _cache
 from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _exceptions as ksm_exceptions
-from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _revocations
 from keystonemiddleware.tests.unit.auth_token import base
 from keystonemiddleware.tests.unit import client_fixtures
 
@@ -101,13 +99,6 @@ ERROR_TOKEN = '7ae290c2a06244c4b41692eb4e9225f2'
 TIMEOUT_TOKEN = '4ed1c5e53beee59458adcf8261a8cae2'
 
 
-def cleanup_revoked_file(filename):
-    try:
-        os.remove(filename)
-    except OSError:
-        pass
-
-
 def strtime(at=None):
     at = at or timeutils.utcnow()
     return at.strftime(timeutils.PERFECT_TIME_FORMAT)
@@ -337,9 +328,6 @@ class BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest(base.BaseAuthTokenTestCase):
         self.middleware = auth_token.AuthProtocol(
             self.fake_app(self.expected_env), self.conf)
 
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = jsonutils.dumps(
-            {"revoked": [], "extra": "success"})
-
     def update_expected_env(self, expected_env={}):
         self.middleware._app.expected_env.update(expected_env)
 
@@ -476,27 +464,14 @@ class GeneralAuthTokenMiddlewareTest(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
         self.assertThat(hashed_short_string_key,
                         matchers.HasLength(len(hashed_long_string_key)))
 
-    def test_config_revocation_cache_timeout(self):
-        conf = {
-            'revocation_cache_time': '24',
-            'www_authenticate_uri': 'https://keystone.example.com:1234',
-            'admin_user': uuid.uuid4().hex
-        }
-        middleware = auth_token.AuthProtocol(self.fake_app, conf)
-        self.assertEqual(middleware._revocations._cache_timeout,
-                         datetime.timedelta(seconds=24))
-
     def test_conf_values_type_convert(self):
         conf = {
-            'revocation_cache_time': '24',
             'identity_uri': 'https://keystone.example.com:1234',
             'include_service_catalog': '0',
             'nonexsit_option': '0',
         }
 
         middleware = auth_token.AuthProtocol(self.fake_app, conf)
-        self.assertEqual(datetime.timedelta(seconds=24),
-                         middleware._revocations._cache_timeout)
         self.assertFalse(middleware._include_service_catalog)
         self.assertEqual('0', middleware._conf.get('nonexsit_option'))
 
@@ -643,42 +618,6 @@ class CommonAuthTokenMiddlewareTest(object):
         self.assert_valid_request_200(self.token_dict['uuid_token_default'])
         self.assert_valid_last_url(self.token_dict['uuid_token_default'])
 
-    def _test_cache_revoked(self, token, revoked_form=None):
-        # When the token is cached and revoked, 401 is returned.
-        self.middleware._check_revocations_for_cached = True
-
-        # Token should be cached as ok after this.
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token})
-
-        # Put it in revocation list.
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = self.get_revocation_list_json(
-            token_ids=[revoked_form or token])
-
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                             expected_status=401)
-
-    def test_cached_revoked_error(self):
-        # When the token is cached and revocation list retrieval fails,
-        # 503 is returned
-        token = self.token_dict['uuid_token_default']
-        self.middleware._check_revocations_for_cached = True
-
-        # Token should be cached as ok after this.
-        resp = self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token})
-        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_int)
-
-        # Cause the revocation list to be fetched again next time so we can
-        # test the case where that retrieval fails
-        self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time = datetime.datetime.min
-        with mock.patch.object(self.middleware._revocations, '_fetch',
-                               side_effect=ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError):
-            self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                                 expected_status=503)
-
-    def test_cached_revoked_uuid(self):
-        # When the UUID token is cached and revoked, 401 is returned.
-        self._test_cache_revoked(self.token_dict['uuid_token_default'])
-
     def test_valid_signed_request(self):
         for _ in range(2):  # Do it twice because first result was cached.
             self.assert_valid_request_200(
@@ -692,176 +631,13 @@ class CommonAuthTokenMiddlewareTest(object):
         # ensure that signed requests do not generate HTTP traffic
         self.assertLastPath(None)
 
-    def test_revoked_token_receives_401(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json())
-
-        token = self.token_dict['revoked_token']
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                             expected_status=401)
-
-    def test_revoked_token_receives_401_sha256(self):
-        self.conf['hash_algorithms'] = ','.join(['sha256', 'md5'])
-        self.set_middleware()
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json(mode='sha256'))
-
-        token = self.token_dict['revoked_token']
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                             expected_status=401)
-
-    def test_cached_revoked_pki(self):
-        # When the PKI token is cached and revoked, 401 is returned.
-        token = self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped']
-        revoked_form = cms.cms_hash_token(token)
-        self._test_cache_revoked(token, revoked_form)
-
-    def test_cached_revoked_pkiz(self):
-        # When the PKIZ token is cached and revoked, 401 is returned.
-        token = self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_pkiz']
-        revoked_form = cms.cms_hash_token(token)
-        self._test_cache_revoked(token, revoked_form)
-
-    def test_revoked_token_receives_401_md5_secondary(self):
-        # When hash_algorithms has 'md5' as the secondary hash and the
-        # revocation list contains the md5 hash for a token, that token is
-        # considered revoked so returns 401.
-        self.conf['hash_algorithms'] = ','.join(['sha256', 'md5'])
-        self.set_middleware()
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json())
-
-        token = self.token_dict['revoked_token']
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                             expected_status=401)
-
-    def _test_revoked_hashed_token(self, token_name):
-        # If hash_algorithms is set as ['sha256', 'md5'],
-        # and check_revocations_for_cached is True,
-        # and a token is in the cache because it was successfully validated
-        # using the md5 hash, then
-        # if the token is in the revocation list by md5 hash, it'll be
-        # rejected and auth_token returns 401.
-        self.conf['hash_algorithms'] = ','.join(['sha256', 'md5'])
-        self.conf['check_revocations_for_cached'] = 'true'
-        self.set_middleware()
-
-        token = self.token_dict[token_name]
-
-        # Put the token in the revocation list.
-        token_hashed = cms.cms_hash_token(token)
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = self.get_revocation_list_json(
-            token_ids=[token_hashed])
-
-        # First, request is using the hashed token, is valid so goes in
-        # cache using the given hash.
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token_hashed})
-
-        # This time use the PKI(Z) token
-        # Should find the token in the cache and revocation list.
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                             expected_status=401)
-
-    def test_revoked_hashed_pki_token(self):
-        self._test_revoked_hashed_token('signed_token_scoped')
-
-    def test_revoked_hashed_pkiz_token(self):
-        self._test_revoked_hashed_token('signed_token_scoped_pkiz')
-
-    def test_revoked_pki_token_by_audit_id(self):
-        # When the audit ID is in the revocation list, the token is invalid.
-        self.set_middleware()
-        token = self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped']
-
-        # Put the token audit ID in the revocation list,
-        # the entry will have a false token ID so the token ID doesn't match.
-        fake_token_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        # The audit_id value is in examples/pki/cms/auth_*_token_scoped.json.
-        audit_id = 'SLIXlXQUQZWUi9VJrqdXqA'
-        revocation_list_data = {
-            'revoked': [
-                {
-                    'id': fake_token_id,
-                    'audit_id': audit_id
-                },
-            ]
-        }
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = jsonutils.dumps(
-            revocation_list_data)
-
-        self.call_middleware(headers={'X-Auth-Token': token},
-                             expected_status=401)
-
-    def get_revocation_list_json(self, token_ids=None, mode=None):
-        if token_ids is None:
-            key = 'revoked_token_hash' + (('_' + mode) if mode else '')
-            token_ids = [self.token_dict[key]]
-        revocation_list = {'revoked': [{'id': x, 'expires': timeutils.utcnow()}
-                                       for x in token_ids]}
-        return jsonutils.dumps(revocation_list)
-
-    def test_is_signed_token_revoked_returns_false(self):
-        # explicitly setting an empty revocation list here to document intent
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = jsonutils.dumps(
-            {"revoked": [], "extra": "success"})
-        result = self.middleware._revocations._any_revoked(
-            [self.token_dict['revoked_token_hash']])
-        self.assertFalse(result)
-
-    def test_is_signed_token_revoked_returns_true(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json())
-        result = self.middleware._revocations._any_revoked(
-            [self.token_dict['revoked_token_hash']])
-        self.assertTrue(result)
-
-    def test_is_signed_token_revoked_returns_true_sha256(self):
-        self.conf['hash_algorithms'] = ','.join(['sha256', 'md5'])
-        self.set_middleware()
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json(mode='sha256'))
-        result = self.middleware._revocations._any_revoked(
-            [self.token_dict['revoked_token_hash_sha256']])
-        self.assertTrue(result)
-
-    def test_validate_offline_raises_exception_for_revoked_token(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json())
-        self.assertRaises(ksm_exceptions.InvalidToken,
-                          self.middleware._validate_offline,
-                          self.token_dict['revoked_token'],
-                          [self.token_dict['revoked_token_hash']])
-
-    def test_validate_offline_raises_exception_for_revoked_token_s256(self):
-        self.conf['hash_algorithms'] = ','.join(['sha256', 'md5'])
-        self.set_middleware()
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json(mode='sha256'))
-        self.assertRaises(ksm_exceptions.InvalidToken,
-                          self.middleware._validate_offline,
-                          self.token_dict['revoked_token'],
-                          [self.token_dict['revoked_token_hash_sha256'],
-                           self.token_dict['revoked_token_hash']])
-
-    def test_validate_offline_raises_exception_for_revoked_pkiz_token(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.examples.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_LIST_JSON)
-        self.assertRaises(ksm_exceptions.InvalidToken,
-                          self.middleware._validate_offline,
-                          self.token_dict['revoked_token_pkiz'],
-                          [self.token_dict['revoked_token_pkiz_hash']])
-
     def test_validate_offline_succeeds_for_unrevoked_token(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json())
         token = self.middleware._validate_offline(
             self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped'],
             [self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_hash']])
         self.assertIsInstance(token, dict)
 
     def test_verify_signed_compressed_token_succeeds_for_unrevoked_token(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json())
         token = self.middleware._validate_offline(
             self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_pkiz'],
             [self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_hash']])
@@ -870,84 +646,12 @@ class CommonAuthTokenMiddlewareTest(object):
     def test_validate_offline_token_succeeds_for_unrevoked_token_sha256(self):
         self.conf['hash_algorithms'] = ','.join(['sha256', 'md5'])
         self.set_middleware()
-        self.middleware._revocations._list = (
-            self.get_revocation_list_json(mode='sha256'))
         token = self.middleware._validate_offline(
             self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped'],
             [self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_hash_sha256'],
              self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_hash']])
         self.assertIsInstance(token, dict)
 
-    def test_get_token_revocation_list_fetched_time_returns_min(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time = None
-
-        # Get rid of the revoked file
-        revoked_path = self.middleware._signing_directory.calc_path(
-            _revocations.Revocations._FILE_NAME)
-        os.remove(revoked_path)
-
-        self.assertEqual(self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time,
-                         datetime.datetime.min)
-
-    # FIXME(blk-u): move the unit tests into unit/test_auth_token.py
-    def test_get_token_revocation_list_fetched_time_returns_mtime(self):
-        self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time = None
-        revoked_path = self.middleware._signing_directory.calc_path(
-            _revocations.Revocations._FILE_NAME)
-        mtime = os.path.getmtime(revoked_path)
-        fetched_time = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(mtime)
-        self.assertEqual(fetched_time,
-                         self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time)
-
-    @testtools.skipUnless(TimezoneFixture.supported(),
-                          'TimezoneFixture not supported')
-    def test_get_token_revocation_list_fetched_time_returns_utc(self):
-        with TimezoneFixture('UTC-1'):
-            self.middleware._revocations._list = jsonutils.dumps(
-                self.examples.REVOCATION_LIST)
-            self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time = None
-            fetched_time = self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time
-            self.assertTrue(timeutils.is_soon(fetched_time, 1))
-
-    def test_get_token_revocation_list_fetched_time_returns_value(self):
-        expected = self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time
-        self.assertEqual(self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time,
-                         expected)
-
-    def test_get_revocation_list_returns_fetched_list(self):
-        # auth_token uses v2 to fetch this, so don't allow the v3
-        # tests to override the fake http connection
-        self.middleware._revocations._fetched_time = None
-
-        # Get rid of the revoked file
-        revoked_path = self.middleware._signing_directory.calc_path(
-            _revocations.Revocations._FILE_NAME)
-        os.remove(revoked_path)
-
-        self.assertEqual(self.middleware._revocations._list,
-                         self.examples.REVOCATION_LIST)
-
-    def test_get_revocation_list_returns_current_list_from_memory(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.middleware._revocations._list,
-                         self.middleware._revocations._list_prop)
-
-    def test_get_revocation_list_returns_current_list_from_disk(self):
-        in_memory_list = self.middleware._revocations._list
-        self.middleware._revocations._list_prop = None
-        self.assertEqual(self.middleware._revocations._list,
-                         in_memory_list)
-
-    def test_invalid_revocation_list_raises_error(self):
-        self.requests_mock.get(self.revocation_url, json={})
-        self.assertRaises(ksm_exceptions.RevocationListError,
-                          self.middleware._revocations._fetch)
-
-    def test_fetch_revocation_list(self):
-        # auth_token uses v2 to fetch this, so don't allow the v3
-        # tests to override the fake http connection
-        fetched = jsonutils.loads(self.middleware._revocations._fetch())
-        self.assertEqual(fetched, self.examples.REVOCATION_LIST)
-
     def test_request_invalid_uuid_token(self):
         # remember because we are testing the middleware we stub the connection
         # to the keystone server, but this is not what gets returned
@@ -1604,13 +1308,6 @@ class v2AuthTokenMiddlewareTest(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
             self.examples.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_HASH_SHA256,
             'signed_token_scoped_expired':
             self.examples.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_EXPIRED,
-            'revoked_token': self.examples.REVOKED_TOKEN,
-            'revoked_token_pkiz': self.examples.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ,
-            'revoked_token_pkiz_hash':
-            self.examples.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_HASH,
-            'revoked_token_hash': self.examples.REVOKED_TOKEN_HASH,
-            'revoked_token_hash_sha256':
-            self.examples.REVOKED_TOKEN_HASH_SHA256,
             'uuid_service_token_default':
             self.examples.UUID_SERVICE_TOKEN_DEFAULT,
         }
@@ -1622,10 +1319,6 @@ class v2AuthTokenMiddlewareTest(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
         self.requests_mock.post('%s/v2.0/tokens' % BASE_URI,
                                 text=FAKE_ADMIN_TOKEN)
 
-        self.revocation_url = '%s/v2.0/tokens/revoked' % BASE_URI
-        self.requests_mock.get(self.revocation_url,
-                               text=self.examples.SIGNED_REVOCATION_LIST)
-
         for token in (self.examples.UUID_TOKEN_DEFAULT,
                       self.examples.UUID_TOKEN_UNSCOPED,
                       self.examples.UUID_TOKEN_BIND,
@@ -1812,13 +1505,6 @@ class v3AuthTokenMiddlewareTest(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
             self.examples.SIGNED_v3_TOKEN_SCOPED_HASH_SHA256,
             'signed_token_scoped_expired':
             self.examples.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_EXPIRED,
-            'revoked_token': self.examples.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN,
-            'revoked_token_pkiz': self.examples.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_PKIZ,
-            'revoked_token_hash': self.examples.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_HASH,
-            'revoked_token_hash_sha256':
-            self.examples.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_HASH_SHA256,
-            'revoked_token_pkiz_hash':
-            self.examples.REVOKED_v3_PKIZ_TOKEN_HASH,
             'uuid_service_token_default':
             self.examples.v3_UUID_SERVICE_TOKEN_DEFAULT,
         }
@@ -1832,10 +1518,6 @@ class v3AuthTokenMiddlewareTest(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
         self.requests_mock.post('%s/v2.0/tokens' % BASE_URI,
                                 text=FAKE_ADMIN_TOKEN)
 
-        self.revocation_url = '%s/v3/auth/tokens/OS-PKI/revoked' % BASE_URI
-        self.requests_mock.get(self.revocation_url,
-                               text=self.examples.SIGNED_REVOCATION_LIST)
-
         self.requests_mock.get('%s/v3/auth/tokens' % BASE_URI,
                                text=self.token_response,
                                headers={'X-Subject-Token': uuid.uuid4().hex})
@@ -1944,7 +1626,6 @@ class v3AuthTokenMiddlewareTest(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
             self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_pkiz'])
 
     def test_fallback_to_online_validation_with_revocation_list_error(self):
-        self.requests_mock.get(self.revocation_url, status_code=404)
         self.assert_valid_request_200(self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped'])
         self.assert_valid_request_200(
             self.token_dict['signed_token_scoped_pkiz'])
@@ -2398,10 +2079,6 @@ class v2CompositeAuthTests(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
         self.requests_mock.post('%s/v2.0/tokens' % BASE_URI,
                                 text=FAKE_ADMIN_TOKEN)
 
-        self.requests_mock.get('%s/v2.0/tokens/revoked' % BASE_URI,
-                               text=self.examples.SIGNED_REVOCATION_LIST,
-                               status_code=200)
-
         for token in (self.examples.UUID_TOKEN_DEFAULT,
                       self.examples.UUID_SERVICE_TOKEN_DEFAULT,
                       self.examples.UUID_TOKEN_BIND,
@@ -2455,9 +2132,6 @@ class v3CompositeAuthTests(BaseAuthTokenMiddlewareTest,
         self.requests_mock.post('%s/v2.0/tokens' % BASE_URI,
                                 text=FAKE_ADMIN_TOKEN)
 
-        self.requests_mock.get('%s/v3/auth/tokens/OS-PKI/revoked' % BASE_URI,
-                               text=self.examples.SIGNED_REVOCATION_LIST)
-
         self.requests_mock.get('%s/v3/auth/tokens' % BASE_URI,
                                text=self.token_response,
                                headers={'X-Subject-Token': uuid.uuid4().hex})
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_revocations.py b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_revocations.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 258e195a..00000000
--- a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/auth_token/test_revocations.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
-#
-#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#   not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#   a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#   WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#   under the License.
-
-import datetime
-import json
-import shutil
-import uuid
-
-import mock
-
-from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _exceptions as exc
-from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _revocations
-from keystonemiddleware.auth_token import _signing_dir
-from keystonemiddleware.tests.unit import utils
-
-
-class RevocationsTests(utils.BaseTestCase):
-
-    def _setup_revocations(self, revoked_list):
-        directory_name = '/tmp/%s' % uuid.uuid4().hex
-        signing_directory = _signing_dir.SigningDirectory(directory_name)
-        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, directory_name)
-
-        identity_server = mock.Mock()
-
-        verify_result_obj = {'revoked': revoked_list}
-        cms_verify = mock.Mock(return_value=json.dumps(verify_result_obj))
-
-        revocations = _revocations.Revocations(
-            timeout=datetime.timedelta(1), signing_directory=signing_directory,
-            identity_server=identity_server, cms_verify=cms_verify)
-        return revocations
-
-    def _check_with_list(self, revoked_list, token_ids):
-        revoked_list = list({'id': r} for r in revoked_list)
-        revocations = self._setup_revocations(revoked_list)
-        revocations.check(token_ids)
-
-    def test_check_empty_list(self):
-        # When the identity server returns an empty list, a token isn't
-        # revoked.
-
-        revoked_tokens = []
-        token_ids = [uuid.uuid4().hex]
-        # No assert because this would raise
-        self._check_with_list(revoked_tokens, token_ids)
-
-    def test_check_revoked(self):
-        # When the identity server returns a list with a token in it, that
-        # token is revoked.
-
-        token_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        revoked_tokens = [token_id]
-        token_ids = [token_id]
-        self.assertRaises(exc.InvalidToken,
-                          self._check_with_list, revoked_tokens, token_ids)
-
-    def test_check_by_audit_id_revoked(self):
-        # When the audit ID is in the revocation list, InvalidToken is raised.
-        audit_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        revoked_list = [{'id': uuid.uuid4().hex, 'audit_id': audit_id}]
-        revocations = self._setup_revocations(revoked_list)
-        self.assertRaises(exc.InvalidToken,
-                          revocations.check_by_audit_id, [audit_id])
-
-    def test_check_by_audit_id_chain_revoked(self):
-        # When the token's audit chain ID is in the revocation list,
-        # InvalidToken is raised.
-        revoked_audit_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        revoked_list = [{'id': uuid.uuid4().hex, 'audit_id': revoked_audit_id}]
-        revocations = self._setup_revocations(revoked_list)
-
-        token_audit_ids = [uuid.uuid4().hex, revoked_audit_id]
-        self.assertRaises(exc.InvalidToken,
-                          revocations.check_by_audit_id, token_audit_ids)
-
-    def test_check_by_audit_id_not_revoked(self):
-        # When the audit ID is not in the revocation list no exception.
-        revoked_list = [{'id': uuid.uuid4().hex, 'audit_id': uuid.uuid4().hex}]
-        revocations = self._setup_revocations(revoked_list)
-
-        audit_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        revocations.check_by_audit_id([audit_id])
-
-    def test_check_by_audit_id_no_audit_ids(self):
-        # Older identity servers don't send audit_ids in the revocation list.
-        # When this happens, check_by_audit_id still works, just doesn't
-        # verify anything.
-        revoked_list = [{'id': uuid.uuid4().hex}]
-        revocations = self._setup_revocations(revoked_list)
-
-        audit_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        revocations.check_by_audit_id([audit_id])
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/client_fixtures.py b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/client_fixtures.py
index 9f5a9173..9f56804c 100644
--- a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/client_fixtures.py
+++ b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/client_fixtures.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from keystoneauth1 import fixture
 from keystoneclient.common import cms
 from keystoneclient import utils
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
-from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import six
 import testresources
 
@@ -77,29 +76,17 @@ class Examples(fixtures.Fixture):
             self.SIGNED_v3_TOKEN_SCOPED)
         self.SIGNED_v3_TOKEN_SCOPED_HASH_SHA256 = _hash_signed_token_safe(
             self.SIGNED_v3_TOKEN_SCOPED, mode='sha256')
-        with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_token_revoked.pem')) as f:
-            self.REVOKED_TOKEN = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
         with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_token_scoped_expired.pem')) as f:
             self.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_EXPIRED = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
-        with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_v3_token_revoked.pem')) as f:
-            self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
         with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_token_scoped.pkiz')) as f:
             self.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_PKIZ = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
         with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_token_unscoped.pkiz')) as f:
             self.SIGNED_TOKEN_UNSCOPED_PKIZ = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
         with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_v3_token_scoped.pkiz')) as f:
             self.SIGNED_v3_TOKEN_SCOPED_PKIZ = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
-        with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_token_revoked.pkiz')) as f:
-            self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
         with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR,
                                'auth_token_scoped_expired.pkiz')) as f:
             self.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_EXPIRED_PKIZ = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
-        with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'auth_v3_token_revoked.pkiz')) as f:
-            self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_PKIZ = cms.cms_to_token(f.read())
-        with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'revocation_list.json')) as f:
-            self.REVOCATION_LIST = jsonutils.loads(f.read())
-        with open(os.path.join(CMSDIR, 'revocation_list.pem')) as f:
-            self.SIGNED_REVOCATION_LIST = jsonutils.dumps({'signed': f.read()})
 
         self.SIGNING_CERT_FILE = os.path.join(CERTDIR, 'signing_cert.pem')
         with open(self.SIGNING_CERT_FILE) as f:
@@ -134,50 +121,6 @@ class Examples(fixtures.Fixture):
         self.v3_UUID_SERVICE_TOKEN_DEFAULT = 'g431071bbc2f492748596c1b53cb229'
         self.v3_UUID_SERVICE_TOKEN_BIND = 'be705e4426d0449a89e35ae21c380a05'
         self.v3_NOT_IS_ADMIN_PROJECT = uuid.uuid4().hex
-
-        revoked_token = self.REVOKED_TOKEN
-        if isinstance(revoked_token, six.text_type):
-            revoked_token = revoked_token.encode('utf-8')
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_HASH = utils.hash_signed_token(revoked_token)
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_HASH_SHA256 = utils.hash_signed_token(revoked_token,
-                                                                 mode='sha256')
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_LIST = (
-            {'revoked': [{'id': self.REVOKED_TOKEN_HASH,
-                          'expires': timeutils.utcnow()}]})
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_LIST_JSON = jsonutils.dumps(self.REVOKED_TOKEN_LIST)
-
-        revoked_v3_token = self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN
-        if isinstance(revoked_v3_token, six.text_type):
-            revoked_v3_token = revoked_v3_token.encode('utf-8')
-        self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_HASH = utils.hash_signed_token(revoked_v3_token)
-        hash = utils.hash_signed_token(revoked_v3_token, mode='sha256')
-        self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_HASH_SHA256 = hash
-        self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_LIST = (
-            {'revoked': [{'id': self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_HASH,
-                          'expires': timeutils.utcnow()}]})
-        self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_LIST_JSON = jsonutils.dumps(
-            self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_LIST)
-
-        revoked_token_pkiz = self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ
-        if isinstance(revoked_token_pkiz, six.text_type):
-            revoked_token_pkiz = revoked_token_pkiz.encode('utf-8')
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_HASH = utils.hash_signed_token(
-            revoked_token_pkiz)
-        revoked_v3_token_pkiz = self.REVOKED_v3_TOKEN_PKIZ
-        if isinstance(revoked_v3_token_pkiz, six.text_type):
-            revoked_v3_token_pkiz = revoked_v3_token_pkiz.encode('utf-8')
-        self.REVOKED_v3_PKIZ_TOKEN_HASH = utils.hash_signed_token(
-            revoked_v3_token_pkiz)
-
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_LIST = (
-            {'revoked': [{'id': self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_HASH,
-                          'expires': timeutils.utcnow()},
-                         {'id': self.REVOKED_v3_PKIZ_TOKEN_HASH,
-                          'expires': timeutils.utcnow()},
-                         ]})
-        self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_LIST_JSON = jsonutils.dumps(
-            self.REVOKED_TOKEN_PKIZ_LIST)
-
         self.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED_KEY = cms.cms_hash_token(
             self.SIGNED_TOKEN_SCOPED)
         self.SIGNED_TOKEN_UNSCOPED_KEY = cms.cms_hash_token(
diff --git a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/test_opts.py b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/test_opts.py
index 5768011d..3b4e510e 100644
--- a/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/test_opts.py
+++ b/keystonemiddleware/tests/unit/test_opts.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class OptsTestCase(utils.TestCase):
             'signing_dir',
             'memcached_servers',
             'token_cache_time',
-            'revocation_cache_time',
             'memcache_security_strategy',
             'memcache_secret_key',
             'memcache_use_advanced_pool',
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ class OptsTestCase(utils.TestCase):
             'memcache_pool_socket_timeout',
             'include_service_catalog',
             'enforce_token_bind',
-            'check_revocations_for_cached',
             'hash_algorithms',
             'auth_type',
             'auth_section',
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ class OptsTestCase(utils.TestCase):
             'signing_dir',
             'memcached_servers',
             'token_cache_time',
-            'revocation_cache_time',
             'memcache_security_strategy',
             'memcache_secret_key',
             'memcache_use_advanced_pool',
@@ -113,7 +110,6 @@ class OptsTestCase(utils.TestCase):
             'memcache_pool_socket_timeout',
             'include_service_catalog',
             'enforce_token_bind',
-            'check_revocations_for_cached',
             'hash_algorithms',
             'auth_type',
             'auth_section',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1649735-3c68f3243e474775.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1649735-3c68f3243e474775.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06741d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1649735-3c68f3243e474775.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - >
+    [`bug 1649735 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1649735>`_]
+    The auth_token middleware no longer attempts to retrieve the revocation
+    list from the Keystone server. The deprecated options
+    `check_revocations_for_cached` and `check_revocations_for_cached` have been
+    removed.