diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/ironic_api_paste_ini.rb b/lib/puppet/type/ironic_api_paste_ini.rb
index ceb0b685..40447863 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/ironic_api_paste_ini.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/ironic_api_paste_ini.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:ironic_api_paste_ini) do
   ensurable
 
   newparam(:name, :namevar => true) do
-    desc 'Section/setting name to manage from /etc/ironic/api-paste.ini'
+    desc 'Section/setting name to manage from /etc/ironic/api-paste.ini (DEPRECATED!)'
     newvalues(/\S+\/\S+/)
   end
 
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index b55b7c5c..94ac1dcf 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #     DEFAULT/bar:
 #       value: barValue
 #
+# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#
 # [*ironic_api_paste_ini*]
 #   (optional) Allow configuration of /etc/ironic/api-paste.ini options.
 #
@@ -25,14 +27,17 @@
 #
 class ironic::config (
   $ironic_config        = {},
-  $ironic_api_paste_ini = {},
+  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+  $ironic_api_paste_ini = undef,
 ) {
 
   include ironic::deps
 
+  if $ironic_api_paste_ini != undef {
+    warning('The ironic_api_paste_ini parameter is deprecated and has no effect')
+  }
+
   validate_legacy(Hash, 'validate_hash', $ironic_config)
-  validate_legacy(Hash, 'validate_hash', $ironic_api_paste_ini)
 
   create_resources('ironic_config', $ironic_config)
-  create_resources('ironic_api_paste_ini', $ironic_api_paste_ini)
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ironic_api_paste_ini-7100439884d6febe.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ironic_api_paste_ini-7100439884d6febe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8caff6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ironic_api_paste_ini-7100439884d6febe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``ironic_api_paste_ini`` resource type has been deprecated and will be
+    removed in a future release.
+
+  - |
+    The ``ironic::config::ironic_api_paste_ini`` parameter has been deprecated
+    and has no effect now. This parameter will be removed in a future release.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ironic_config_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ironic_config_spec.rb
index 3d3912fc..7693a400 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ironic_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ironic_config_spec.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ describe 'ironic::config' do
         'DEFAULT/foo' => { 'value'  => 'fooValue' },
         'DEFAULT/bar' => { 'value'  => 'barValue' },
         'DEFAULT/baz' => { 'ensure' => 'absent' }
-      },
-      :ironic_api_paste_ini => {
-        'DEFAULT/foo2' => { 'value'  => 'fooValue' },
-        'DEFAULT/bar2' => { 'value'  => 'barValue' },
-        'DEFAULT/baz2' => { 'ensure' => 'absent' }
       }
     }
   end
@@ -24,12 +19,6 @@ describe 'ironic::config' do
       should contain_ironic_config('DEFAULT/bar').with_value('barValue')
       should contain_ironic_config('DEFAULT/baz').with_ensure('absent')
     }
-
-    it {
-      should contain_ironic_api_paste_ini('DEFAULT/foo2').with_value('fooValue')
-      should contain_ironic_api_paste_ini('DEFAULT/bar2').with_value('barValue')
-      should contain_ironic_api_paste_ini('DEFAULT/baz2').with_ensure('absent')
-    }
   end
 
   on_supported_os({