diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 94ab6373..468255cb 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -175,32 +175,26 @@ ceilometer_role_project_group: ceilometer_all
 # template engine and copied to the target host. If they do
 # not exist then the default files will be sourced from the
 # service git repository.
-ceilometer_api_paste_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/api_paste.ini"
 ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/gnocchi_resources.yaml"
 ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml"
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml"
-ceilometer_policy_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/policy.json"
 ceilometer_polling_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/polling.yaml"
 
 # If the above-mentioned files do not exist, then these
 # paths will be used to find the files from the git config
 # lookup location.
 ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ceilometer/plain
-ceilometer_api_paste_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/api_paste.ini?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
 ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_git_file_path: "ceilometer/dispatcher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
 ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/examples/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/examples/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-ceilometer_policy_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/policy.json?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
 ceilometer_polling_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/polling.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
 
 ## Tunable var-based overrides
 # The contents of these are templated over the default files.
-ceilometer_api_paste_ini_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_ceilometer_conf_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_yaml_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_yaml_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_yaml_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_pipeline_yaml_overrides: {}
-ceilometer_policy_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_polling_yaml_overrides: {}
 ceilometer_rootwrap_conf_overrides: {}
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 54c24d00..a761e995 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   command: "/bin/true"
   notify:
     - Stop services
-    - Copy new policy file into place
     - Start services
 
 - name: Stop services
@@ -35,23 +34,6 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
 
-# Note (odyssey4me):
-# The policy.json file is currently read continually by the services
-# and is not only read on service start. We therefore cannot template
-# directly to the file read by the service because the new policies
-# may not be valid until the service restarts. This is particularly
-# important during a major upgrade. We therefore only put the policy
-# file in place after the service has been stopped.
-#
-- name: Copy new policy file into place
-  copy:
-    src: "/etc/ceilometer/policy.json-{{ ceilometer_venv_tag }}"
-    dest: "/etc/ceilometer/policy.json"
-    owner: "root"
-    group: "{{ ceilometer_system_group_name }}"
-    mode: "0640"
-    remote_src: yes
-
 - name: Start services
   service:
     name: "{{ item.0.service_name }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/drop-ceilometer-api-b6d87ceddf34af81.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/drop-ceilometer-api-b6d87ceddf34af81.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd453cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/drop-ceilometer-api-b6d87ceddf34af81.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - The Ceilometer API is no longer available in the Queens release of
+    OpenStack, this patch removes all references to API related configurations
+    as they are no longer needed.
diff --git a/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml b/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml
index 7fa09bed..58d6874b 100644
--- a/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
     url: "{{ item }}"
     return_content: yes
   with_items:
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_api_paste_git_file_path }}"
     - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path }}"
     - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path }}"
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_policy_git_file_path }}"
     - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_polling_git_file_path }}"
   register: _git_file_fetch
 
@@ -52,10 +50,6 @@
       group: "root"
       config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_rootwrap_conf_overrides }}"
       config_type: "ini"
-    - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/api_paste.ini"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_api_paste_ini_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "ini"
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_api_paste_user_content | default(ceilometer_api_paste_default_content, true) }}"
     - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml"
       config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
       config_type: "yaml"
@@ -66,10 +60,6 @@
       config_type: "yaml"
       list_extend: false
       content: "{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_user_content | default(ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_content, true) }}"
-    - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/policy.json-{{ ceilometer_venv_tag }}"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_policy_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "json"
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_policy_user_content | default(ceilometer_policy_default_content, true) }}"
     - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/polling.yaml"
       config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_polling_yaml_overrides }}"
       config_type: "yaml"
diff --git a/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2 b/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
index 1bb01214..415d1a99 100644
--- a/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ event_dispatchers = database
 polling_namespaces = central
 {% endif %}
 
-[oslo_policy]
-policy_file = /etc/ceilometer/policy.json
-
 [oslo_messaging_rabbit]
 ssl = {{ ceilometer_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}
 
diff --git a/tests/templates/mongodb.conf.j2 b/tests/templates/mongodb.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 0eb2d875..00000000
--- a/tests/templates/mongodb.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-#
-##
-### Basic Defaults
-##
-
-# Comma separated list of ip addresses to listen on (all local ips by default)
-bind_ip = {{ ansible_host }}
-
-# Specify port number (27017 by default)
-#port = 27017
-
-# Fork server process (false by default)
-{% if ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt' %}
-fork = false
-{% else %}
-# CentOS and openSUSE use Type=forking in the systemd
-# service file
-fork = true
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if ansible_service_mgr != 'systemd' %}
-# Full path to pidfile (if not set, no pidfile is created)
-pidfilepath = /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
-# Alternative directory for UNIX domain sockets (defaults to /tmp)
-unixSocketPrefix = /var/run/mongodb
-{% endif %}
-
-# Log file to send write to instead of stdout - has to be a file, not directory
-logpath = /var/log/mongodb/{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf']) | ternary ('mongod.conf', 'mongodb.conf') }}
-
-# Directory for datafiles (defaults to /data/db/)
-dbpath = /var/lib/mongodb
-
-# Enable/Disable journaling (journaling is on by default for 64 bit)
-#journal = true
-#nojournal = true
-
-
-
-##
-### General options
-##
-
-# Be more verbose (include multiple times for more verbosity e.g. -vvvvv) (v by default)
-#verbose = v
-
-# Max number of simultaneous connections (1000000 by default)
-#maxConns = 1000000
-
-# Log to system's syslog facility instead of file or stdout (false by default)
-#syslog = true
-
-# Syslog facility used for monogdb syslog message (user by defautl)
-#syslogFacility = user
-
-# Append to logpath instead of over-writing (false by default)
-#logappend = true
-
-# Desired format for timestamps in log messages (One of ctime, iso8601-utc or iso8601-local) (iso8601-local by default)
-#timeStampFormat = arg
-
-# Private key for cluster authentication
-#keyFile = arg
-
-# Set a configurable parameter
-#setParameter = arg
-
-# Enable http interface (false by default)
-#httpinterface = true
-
-# Authentication mode used for cluster authentication. Alternatives are (keyFile|sendKeyFile|sendX509|x509) (keyFile by default)
-#clusterAuthMode = arg
-
-# Disable listening on unix sockets (false by default)
-#nounixsocket = true
-
-# Run with/without security (without by default)
-#auth = true
-#noauth = true
-
-# Enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)
-#ipv6 = true
-
-# Allow JSONP access via http (has security implications) (false by default)
-#jsonp = true
-
-# Turn on simple rest api (false by default)
-#rest = true
-
-# Value of slow for profile and console log (100 by default)
-#slowms = 100
-
-# 0=off 1=slow, 2=all (0 by default)
-#profile = 0
-
-# Periodically show cpu and iowait utilization (false by default)
-#cpu = true
-
-# Print some diagnostic system information (false by default)
-#sysinfo = true
-
-# Each database will be stored in a separate directory (false by default)
-#directoryperdb = true
-
-# Don't retry any index builds that were interrupted by shutdown (false by default)
-#noIndexBuildRetry = true
-
-# Disable data file preallocation - will often hurt performance (false by default)
-#noprealloc = true
-
-# .ns file size (in MB) for new databases (16 MB by default)
-#nssize = 16
-
-# Limits each database to a certain number of files (8 default)
-#quota
-
-# Number of files allowed per db, implies --quota (8 by default)
-#quotaFiles = 8
-
-# Use a smaller default file size (false by default)
-smallfiles = true
-
-# Seconds between disk syncs (0=never, but not recommended) (60 by default)
-#syncdelay = 60
-
-# Upgrade db if needed (false by default)
-#upgrade = true
-
-# Run repair on all dbs (false by default)
-#repair = true
-
-# Root directory for repair files (defaults to dbpath)
-#repairpath = arg
-
-# Disable scripting engine (false by default)
-#noscripting = true
-
-# Do not allow table scans (false by default)
-#notablescan = true
-
-# Journal diagnostic options (0 by default)
-#journalOptions = 0
-
-# How often to group/batch commit (ms) (100 or 30 by default)
-#journalCommitInterval = 100
-
-
-
-##
-### Replication options
-##
-
-# Size to use (in MB) for replication op log (default 5% of disk space - i.e. large is good)
-#oplogSize = arg
-
-
-
-##
-### Master/slave options (old; use replica sets instead)
-##
-
-# Master mode
-#master = true
-
-# Slave mode
-#slave = true
-
-# When slave: specify master as <server:port>
-#source = arg
-
-# When slave: specify a single database to replicate
-#only = arg
-
-# Specify delay (in seconds) to be used when applying master ops to slave
-#slavedelay = arg
-
-# Automatically resync if slave data is stale
-#autoresync = true
-
-
-
-##
-### Replica set options
-##
-
-# Arg is <setname>[/<optionalseedhostlist>]
-#replSet = arg
-
-# Specify index prefetching behavior (if secondary) [none|_id_only|all] (all by default)
-#replIndexPrefetch = all
-
-
-
-##
-### Sharding options
-##
-
-# Declare this is a config db of a cluster (default port 27019; default dir /data/configdb) (false by default)
-#configsvr = true
-
-# Declare this is a shard db of a cluster (default port 27018)  (false by default)
-#shardsvr = true
-
-
-
-##
-### SSL options
-##
-
-# Use ssl on configured ports
-#sslOnNormalPorts = true
-
-# Set the SSL operation mode (disabled|allowSSL|preferSSL|requireSSL)
-# sslMode = arg
-
-# PEM file for ssl
-#sslPEMKeyFile = arg
-
-# PEM file password
-#sslPEMKeyPassword = arg
-
-# Key file for internal SSL authentication
-#sslClusterFile = arg
-
-# Internal authentication key file password
-#sslClusterPassword = arg
-
-# Certificate Authority file for SSL
-#sslCAFile = arg
-
-# Certificate Revocation List file for SSL
-#sslCRLFile = arg
-
-# Allow client to connect without presenting a certificate
-#sslWeakCertificateValidation = true
-
-# Allow server certificates to provide non-matching hostnames
-#sslAllowInvalidHostnames = true
-
-# Allow connections to servers with invalid certificates
-#sslAllowInvalidCertificates = true
-
-# Activate FIPS 140-2 mode at startup
-#sslFIPSMode = true
-
diff --git a/tests/test-install-mongodb.yml b/tests/test-install-mongodb.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1380b138..00000000
--- a/tests/test-install-mongodb.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2015, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# 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.
-
-- name: Install MongoDB for ceilometer
-  hosts: mongo_all
-  user: root
-
-  roles:
-    - role: "pip_install"
-      tags:
-        - pip
-
-  tasks:
-    # NOTE(hwoarang) MongoDB is available on openSUSE Leap >= 42.3. For older
-    # versions we need to add the OBS repository
-    - name: Install MongoDB repository (SUSE)
-      zypper_repository:
-        auto_import_keys: yes
-        name: "OBS:server_database"
-        repo: "http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_Leap_{{ ansible_distribution_version }}"
-        runrefresh: yes
-      when:
-        - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper'
-        - ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('42.3', '<')
-
-    - name: Install mongo packages
-      package:
-        state: present
-        name: "{{ item }}"
-      with_items: "{{ packages_mongodb }}"
-
-    - name: Install client package (Ubuntu)
-      package:
-        state: present
-        name: "{{ item }}"
-      with_items:
-        - mongodb-clients
-        - python-pymongo
-      when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-
-    - name: Install client package (rpm)
-      package:
-        state: present
-        name: mongodb
-      when: ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf', 'zypper']
-
-    - name: Install pip package (rpm)
-      pip:
-        state: latest
-        name: pymongo
-      when: ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf', 'zypper']
-
-    - name: Configure the MongoDB
-      template:
-        src: "mongodb.conf.j2"
-        dest: "{{ mongodb_config_file }}"
-      register: mongodb_configured
-
-    - name: Restart mongodb
-      service:
-        name: "{{ mongodb_service_name }}"
-        state: restarted
-        enabled: yes
-      when:
-        - mongodb_configured | changed
-      register: mongodb_restart
-
-    - name: Wait for mongodb to come back online after the restart
-      wait_for:
-        host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
-        port: 27017
-        delay: 5
-        timeout: 30
-      when:
-        - mongodb_restart is defined
-        - mongodb_restart | changed
-
-    - name: Test mongodb connectivity
-      command: "mongo --host {{ ansible_host }} --eval ' '"
-      changed_when: False
-
-    - name: Add admin user
-      mongodb_user:
-        login_host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
-        database: admin
-        name: root
-        password: "{{ ceilometer_container_db_password }}"
-        roles: 'root'
-        state: present
-
-    - name: Add ceilometer database user
-      mongodb_user:
-        login_host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
-        login_user: "root"
-        login_password: "{{ ceilometer_container_db_password }}"
-        database: "ceilometer"
-        name: "{{ ceilometer_database_user }}"
-        password: "{{ ceilometer_container_db_password }}"
-        roles: 'readWrite,dbAdmin'
-        state: present
-  vars:
-    packages_mongodb:
-      - mongodb-server
-    mongodb_config_file: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('/etc/mongodb.conf','/etc/mongod.conf') }}"
-    mongodb_service_name: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('mongodb','mongod') }}"
-    ceilometer_database_name: ceilometer
-    ceilometer_database_user: ceilometer
diff --git a/tests/test.yml b/tests/test.yml
index f0f30cf3..40ba558d 100644
--- a/tests/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 # Needed in order to run Ceilometer Tempest test
 - include: common/test-install-glance.yml
 
-# Ceilometer metric data backend
-- include: test-install-mongodb.yml
-
 - include: test-install-ceilometer.yml
 
 # Install and execute Tempest
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index d87ced2a..ce038e5a 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -14,23 +14,17 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # These vars find a file on the deployment node, if it exists - otherwise the result is empty.
-ceilometer_api_paste_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_api_paste_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
-ceilometer_policy_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_policy_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 ceilometer_polling_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_polling_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 
 # These vars find the appropriate result content from the with_items loop
-ceilometer_api_paste_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_api_paste_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
 ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_default_content: |
   {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
 ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_default_content: |
   {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_content: |
   {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
-ceilometer_policy_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_policy_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
 ceilometer_polling_default_content: |
   {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_polling_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}