diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 680f2a9..3755a58 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -45,27 +45,10 @@ repo_server_port: 8181
 # Pypi Server port
 repo_pypiserver_port: 8280
 
-# Toggle the implementation of the Package Cache service
-repo_pkg_cache_enabled: true
-
-# Set the listening port for the Package Cache service
-repo_pkg_cache_port: 3142
-
-# Set the listening address for the Package Cache service
-repo_pkg_cache_bind: "0.0.0.0"
-
 # Set the git file paths
 repo_git_cache_dirname: openstackgit
 repo_git_cache_dir: "{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/{{ repo_git_cache_dirname }}"
 
-# Set the Package Cache Service files path
-repo_pkg_cache_dirname: pkg-cache
-repo_pkg_cache_dir: "{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/{{ repo_pkg_cache_dirname }}"
-
-# Set the Package Cache Service owner and group
-repo_pkg_cache_owner: apt-cacher-ng
-repo_pkg_cache_group: apt-cacher-ng
-
 # Set the log directory
 repo_service_log_dir: /var/log/apt-cacher-ng
 
@@ -94,4 +77,3 @@ repo_pypiserver_start_options: >-
 
 # config override var for systemd init file
 repo_pypiserver_init_overrides: {}
-
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index db2489d..178a282 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
 
-- name: reload acng
-  service:
-    name: "apt-cacher-ng"
-    enabled: yes
-    state: restarted
-    daemon_reload: "{{ (ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd') | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
-  register: _restart
-  until: _restart is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-
 - name: reload lsyncd
   service:
     name: "lsyncd"
@@ -90,3 +79,36 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
 
+# TODO(odyssey4me):
+# Remove these tasks in T. They are only present for the
+# Q->R upgrade or for R->S upgrades for environments which
+# were installed prior to R's release.
+- name: Remove apt-cacher-ng package
+  package:
+    name: apt-cacher-ng
+    state: absent
+    purge: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
+  listen:
+    - cleanup apt-cacher-ng service
+
+- name: Remove apt-cacher-ng data folders
+  file:
+    path: "{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/{{ repo_pkg_cache_dirname | default('pkg-cache') }}"
+    state: absent
+  listen:
+    - cleanup apt-cacher-ng service
+
+- name: Remove apt-cacher-ng user
+  user:
+    name: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_owner | default('apt-cacher-ng') }}"
+    state: absent
+  listen:
+    - cleanup apt-cacher-ng service
+
+- name: Remove apt-cacher-ng group
+  group:
+    name: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_group | default('apt-cacher-ng') }}"
+    state: absent
+  listen:
+    - cleanup apt-cacher-ng service
+
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-pkg-cache-afba3577138dc0a0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-pkg-cache-afba3577138dc0a0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ad8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-pkg-cache-afba3577138dc0a0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The package cache on the repo server has been removed. If caching of
+    packages is desired, it should be setup outside of OpenStack-Ansible
+    and the variable ``lxc_container_cache_files`` (for LXC containers)
+    or ``nspawn_container_cache_files_from_host`` (for nspawn containers)
+    can be used to copy the appropriate host configuration from the host
+    into the containers on creation. Alternatively, environment variables
+    can be set to use the cache in the host /etc/environment file prior
+    to container creation, or the ``deployment_environment_variables``
+    can have the right variables set to use it. The following variables
+    have been removed.
+
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_enabled``
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_port``
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_bind``
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_dirname``
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_dir``
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_owner``
+    * ``repo_pkg_cache_group``
+
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a156b77..c52dd15 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@
   tags:
     - repo_server-config
 
-- include: repo_cacher.yml
-  static: no
-  when: repo_pkg_cache_enabled | bool
-
 - include: repo_key_populate.yml
   tags:
     - repo_server-config
diff --git a/tasks/repo_cacher.yml b/tasks/repo_cacher.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ee8eea..0000000
--- a/tasks/repo_cacher.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2016, 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 repo caching server packages
-  package:
-    name: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_server_distro_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ repo_server_package_state }}"
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 5
-  when:
-    - repo_pkg_cache_enabled | bool
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-install
-
-- name: Create cache directory
-  file:
-    path: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_dir }}"
-    state: "directory"
-    owner: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_owner }}"
-    group: "{{ repo_service_group_name }}"
-    mode: "02775"
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-install
-
-- name: Create log directory
-  file:
-    path: "{{ repo_service_log_dir }}"
-    state: "directory"
-    owner: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_owner }}"
-    group: "{{ repo_pkg_cache_group }}"
-    mode: "02775"
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-install
-
-- name: Stat the cache path
-  stat:
-    path: /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng
-  register: acs
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-install
-
-- name: Remove cacher directory if its a directory
-  file:
-    path: "/var/cache/apt-cacher-ng"
-    state: "absent"
-  when:
-    - acs.stat.isdir is defined and acs.stat.isdir
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-install
-
-- name: Link cacher to the repo path
-  file:
-    src: "{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/pkg-cache"
-    dest: "/var/cache/apt-cacher-ng"
-    state: "link"
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-install
-
-- name: Create yum merged mirror list
-  shell: |
-    curl https://www.centos.org/download/full-mirrorlist.csv | sed 's/^.*"http:/http:/' | sed 's/".*$//' | grep ^http >/etc/apt-cacher-ng/centos_mirrors
-    echo "http://mirror.centos.org/centos/" >>/etc/apt-cacher-ng/centos_mirrors
-  args:
-    warn: no
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'yum'
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-config
-    - skip_ansible_lint
-
-- name: Drop acng.conf
-  template:
-    src: "acng.conf.j2"
-    dest: "/etc/apt-cacher-ng/acng.conf"
-  notify:
-    - reload acng
-  tags:
-    - repo_server-config
diff --git a/tasks/repo_install.yml b/tasks/repo_install.yml
index bacc720..70797ca 100644
--- a/tasks/repo_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/repo_install.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     gpgcheck: yes
     enabled: yes
     state: present
-    includepkgs: 'apt-cacher-ng lsyncd'
+    includepkgs: 'lsyncd'
   when:
     - ansible_pkg_mgr in ['yum', 'dnf']
   register: install_epel_repo
diff --git a/tasks/repo_sync_manager.yml b/tasks/repo_sync_manager.yml
index 8cce69a..85db8f7 100644
--- a/tasks/repo_sync_manager.yml
+++ b/tasks/repo_sync_manager.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,27 @@
     - { src: "lsyncd.defaults.j2", dest: "{{ repo_lsyncd_defaults_file }}" }
   notify:
     - reload lsyncd
+    - cleanup apt-cacher-ng service
   when:
-    - groups['repo_all']|length > 1
+    - groups['repo_all'] | length > 1
   tags:
     - repo-lsyncd
     - repo-config
+
+# TODO(odyssey4me):
+# Remove this task in T. It is only present for the
+# Q->R upgrade or for R->S upgrades for environments which
+# were installed prior to R's release.
+# It is implemented as a handler to prevent the service
+# being removed before lsync has restarted with the new
+# config. This task in particular cater for when lsync
+# is not used because there is only one repo container.
+- name: Remove apt-cacher-ng service
+  command: "true"
+  when:
+    - groups['repo_all'] | length == 1
+  notify:
+    - cleanup apt-cacher-ng service
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
+
diff --git a/templates/acng.conf.j2 b/templates/acng.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f46514..0000000
--- a/templates/acng.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-
-CacheDir: {{ repo_pkg_cache_dir }}
-LogDir: /var/log/apt-cacher-ng
-Port: {{ repo_pkg_cache_port }}
-BindAddress: {{ repo_pkg_cache_bind }}
-Remap-debrep: file:deb_mirror*.gz /debian ; file:backends_debian # Debian Archives
-Remap-uburep: file:ubuntu_mirrors /ubuntu ; file:backends_ubuntu # Ubuntu Archives
-Remap-debvol: file:debvol_mirror*.gz /debian-volatile ; file:backends_debvol # Debian Volatile Archives
-Remap-cygwin: file:cygwin_mirrors /cygwin # ; file:backends_cygwin # incomplete, please create this file or specify preferred mirrors here
-Remap-sfnet:  file:sfnet_mirrors # ; file:backends_sfnet # incomplete, please create this file or specify preferred mirrors here
-Remap-alxrep: file:archlx_mirrors /archlinux # ; file:backend_archlx # Arch Linux
-Remap-fedora: file:fedora_mirrors # Fedora Linux
-Remap-slrep:  file:sl_mirrors # Scientific Linux
-Remap-centos: file:centos_mirrors /centos #centos
-ReportPage: acng-report.html
-PidFile: /var/run/apt-cacher-ng
-ExTreshold: 4
-LocalDirs: acng-doc /usr/share/doc/apt-cacher-ng
-PassThroughPattern: .*
-{% if proxy_env_url is defined %}
-Proxy: {{ proxy_env_url }}
-{% endif %}
-VfilePatternEx: ^/\?release=[0-9]+&arch=
-# NOTE(mhayden): Caching the CentOS mirror list causes yum to throw
-# 503 errors intermittently since the remote file is dynamic. Also,
-# yum has issues with retrieving the mariadb.org repodata bz2 and
-# that causes more intermittent 503 errors. This DontCache line
-# tells apt-cacher-ng to allow requests for these to pass through
-# without being cached.
-DontCache: (mirrorlist\.centos\.org)|(mariadb\.org.*\.bz2$)
diff --git a/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2 b/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2
index b3978fb..ef1821b 100644
--- a/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2
+++ b/templates/lsyncd.lua.j2
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ sync {
     rsync,
     source = "{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo",
     target = "{{ hostvars[node]['ansible_host'] }}:{{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo",
-    exclude = {"{{ repo_pkg_cache_dirname }}", "{{ repo_git_cache_dir }}"},
+    exclude = {"{{ repo_git_cache_dir }}"},
     rsync = {
         compress = true,
         acls = true,
@@ -614,20 +614,5 @@ sync {
         postcmd = "sudo {{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/repo_prepost_cmd.sh post-git"
     }
 }
-{% if repo_pkg_cache_enabled | bool %}
-sync {
-    rsync,
-    source = "{{ repo_pkg_cache_dir }}",
-    target = "{{ hostvars[node]['ansible_host'] }}:{{ repo_pkg_cache_dir }}",
-    delete = false,
-    rsync = {
-        compress = true,
-        acls = true,
-        rsh = "/usr/bin/ssh -l {{ repo_service_user_name }} -i {{ repo_service_home_folder }}/.ssh/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ServerAliveInterval=30 -o ServerAliveCountMax=5",
-        precmd = "sudo {{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/repo_prepost_cmd.sh pre-pkg",
-        postcmd = "sudo {{ repo_service_home_folder }}/repo/repo_prepost_cmd.sh post-pkg"
-    }
-}
-{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/templates/repo_prepost_cmd.sh.j2 b/templates/repo_prepost_cmd.sh.j2
index 308e57b..122d0d0 100644
--- a/templates/repo_prepost_cmd.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/repo_prepost_cmd.sh.j2
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #  This script is called by lsyncd to perform 'pre' and 'post' rsync tasks.
 #
-PKG_CACHE={{ repo_pkg_cache_dir }}
-
-function chg_owner {
-  NEW_OWNER=$1
-  if [ -d $PKG_CACHE ]; then
-    chown -R $NEW_OWNER $PKG_CACHE
-  fi
-}
-
 CMD=$1
 case $CMD in
 pre-www)
@@ -26,12 +17,6 @@ pre-git)
 post-git)
   systemctl start git.socket
   ;;
-pre-pkg)
-  chg_owner {{ repo_service_user_name }}
-  ;;
-post-pkg)
-  chg_owner {{ repo_pkg_cache_owner }}
-  ;;
 *)
   echo "Unknown command."
 esac
diff --git a/tests/test-repo-server-functional.yml b/tests/test-repo-server-functional.yml
index 8f75590..f4493b0 100644
--- a/tests/test-repo-server-functional.yml
+++ b/tests/test-repo-server-functional.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,3 @@
         dest: /tmp/repo_server
         version: master
         accept_hostkey: yes
-
-    - name: Check apt-cacher-ng is running
-      command: "pgrep apt-cacher-ng"
-      register: pgrep_apt_cacher_ng
-      until: pgrep_apt_cacher_ng is success
-      retries: 5
-      delay: 2
-      tags:
-        - skip_ansible_lint
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index a59c055..42f2fbf 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ repo_server_distro_packages:
   - openssh-server
   - rsync
 
-repo_pkg_cache_server_distro_packages:
-  - apt-cacher-ng
-
 repo_lsyncd_config_file: /etc/lsyncd/lsyncd.conf.lua
 repo_lsyncd_defaults_file: /etc/default/lsyncd
 
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
index d2017fa..2064505 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ repo_server_distro_packages:
   - openssh-server
   - rsync
 
-repo_pkg_cache_server_distro_packages:
-  - apt-cacher-ng
-
 repo_lsyncd_config_file: /etc/lsyncd.conf
 repo_lsyncd_defaults_file: /etc/sysconfig/lsyncd
 
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 52867be..52f0626 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ repo_server_distro_packages:
   - openssh
   - rsync
 
-repo_pkg_cache_server_distro_packages:
-  - apt-cacher-ng
-
 repo_lsyncd_config_file: /etc/lsyncd/lsyncd.conf
 repo_lsyncd_defaults_file: /etc/sysconfig/lsyncd