diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index bac50fff..91dd040a 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ series:
   - xenial
   - zesty
   - trusty
-  - yakkety
 provides:
   cloud-compute:
     interface: nova-compute
diff --git a/tests/gate-basic-yakkety-newton b/tests/gate-basic-yakkety-newton
deleted file mode 100755
index 5837fb85..00000000
--- a/tests/gate-basic-yakkety-newton
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# Copyright 2016 Canonical Ltd
-#
-# 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.
-
-"""Amulet tests on a basic nova compute deployment on xenial-mitaka."""
-
-from basic_deployment import NovaBasicDeployment
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    deployment = NovaBasicDeployment(series='yakkety')
-    deployment.run_tests()