diff --git a/doc/source/usage.rst b/doc/source/usage.rst
index 0e7edfc9..96b2be80 100644
--- a/doc/source/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/usage.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ call to the constructor.
     client.authenticate()
 
 The default authentication strategy assumes a Keystone compliant auth system.
-For Rackspace auth, use the keyword argument "auth_strategy='rax'".
 
 
 Versions
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-rax-references-in-client-33551aa2bb25181b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rax-references-in-client-33551aa2bb25181b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2b6c09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-rax-references-in-client-33551aa2bb25181b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Remove all the rax references in the client. Use the rackspace plugin for
+    auth if you want to use rax auth with troveclient. Bug 1401804
diff --git a/troveclient/compat/auth.py b/troveclient/compat/auth.py
index 8482fea2..ed7de513 100644
--- a/troveclient/compat/auth.py
+++ b/troveclient/compat/auth.py
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ def get_authenticator_cls(cls_or_name):
     elif isinstance(cls_or_name, six.string_types):
         if cls_or_name == "keystone":
             return KeyStoneV2Authenticator
-        elif cls_or_name == "rax":
-            return RaxAuthenticator
-        elif cls_or_name == "rax2":
-            return RaxAuthenticator2
         elif cls_or_name == "auth1.1":
             return Auth1_1
         elif cls_or_name == "fake":
@@ -133,37 +129,6 @@ class Auth1_1(Authenticator):
         return self._authenticate(auth_url, body, root_key='auth')
 
 
-class RaxAuthenticator(Authenticator):
-    def authenticate(self):
-        if self.url is None:
-            raise exceptions.AuthUrlNotGiven()
-        return self._rax_auth(self.url)
-
-    def _rax_auth(self, url):
-        """Authenticate against the Rackspace auth service."""
-        body = {'auth': {
-            'RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials': {
-                'username': self.username,
-                'apiKey': self.password,
-                'tenantName': self.tenant}
-        }
-        }
-
-        return self._authenticate(self.url, body)
-
-
-class RaxAuthenticator2(RaxAuthenticator):
-    """Rax specific authenticator.
-
-    Necessary to be able to call using the same auth url as the new client
-    uses for Rax auth.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(RaxAuthenticator2, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.url = "%s/tokens" % self.url
-
-
 class FakeAuth(Authenticator):
     """Useful for faking auth."""
 
diff --git a/troveclient/compat/common.py b/troveclient/compat/common.py
index 9f8cba55..152ea775 100644
--- a/troveclient/compat/common.py
+++ b/troveclient/compat/common.py
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ class CliOptions(object):
         add_option("tenant_id",
                    help="Tenant Id associated with the account.")
         add_option("auth_type",
-                   help="Auth type to support different auth environments, \
-                                Supported values are 'keystone', 'rax'.")
+                   help="Auth type to support different auth environments, "
+                        "Supported value are 'keystone'.")
         add_option("service_type",
                    help="Service type is a name associated for the catalog.")
         add_option("service_name",
diff --git a/troveclient/compat/tests/test_auth.py b/troveclient/compat/tests/test_auth.py
index 22b7cdf7..8f6d9217 100644
--- a/troveclient/compat/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/troveclient/compat/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class AuthenticatorTest(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def test_get_authenticator_cls(self):
         class_list = (auth.KeyStoneV2Authenticator,
-                      auth.RaxAuthenticator,
                       auth.Auth1_1,
                       auth.FakeAuth)
 
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ class AuthenticatorTest(testtools.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(c, auth.get_authenticator_cls(c))
 
         class_names = {"keystone": auth.KeyStoneV2Authenticator,
-                       "rax": auth.RaxAuthenticator,
                        "auth1.1": auth.Auth1_1,
                        "fake": auth.FakeAuth}
 
@@ -200,55 +198,6 @@ class Auth1_1Test(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('auth', root_key)
 
 
-class RaxAuthenticatorTest(testtools.TestCase):
-
-    def test_authenticate(self):
-        # url is None
-        check_url_none(self, auth.RaxAuthenticator)
-
-        # url is not None, so it must not throw exception
-        url = "test_url"
-        authObj = auth.RaxAuthenticator(url=url,
-                                        type=auth.RaxAuthenticator,
-                                        client=None, username=None,
-                                        password=None, tenant=None)
-
-        def side_effect_func(url):
-            return url
-
-        mock_obj = mock.Mock()
-        mock_obj.side_effect = side_effect_func
-        authObj._rax_auth = mock_obj
-        r = authObj.authenticate()
-        self.assertEqual(url, r)
-
-    def test__rax_auth(self):
-        username = "trove_user"
-        password = "trove_password"
-        tenant = "tenant"
-        authObj = auth.RaxAuthenticator(url=None,
-                                        type=auth.RaxAuthenticator,
-                                        client=None, username=username,
-                                        password=password, tenant=tenant)
-
-        def side_effect_func(url, body):
-            return body
-
-        mock_obj = mock.Mock()
-        mock_obj.side_effect = side_effect_func
-        authObj._authenticate = mock_obj
-        body = authObj._rax_auth(mock.Mock())
-
-        v = body['auth']['RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials']['username']
-        self.assertEqual(username, v)
-
-        v = body['auth']['RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials']['apiKey']
-        self.assertEqual(password, v)
-
-        v = body['auth']['RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials']['tenantName']
-        self.assertEqual(tenant, v)
-
-
 class FakeAuthTest(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def test_authenticate(self):