diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/README.md b/elements/os-cloud-config/README.md
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-Install os-cloud-config
-=======================
-
-os-cloud-config contains useful utilities such as init-keystone, register-nodes
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/cleanup.d/50-remove-source-os-cloud-config b/elements/os-cloud-config/cleanup.d/50-remove-source-os-cloud-config
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu
-
-sudo rm -fr "${TMP_MOUNT_PATH}/opt/stack/os-cloud-config"
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/element-deps b/elements/os-cloud-config/element-deps
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pip-and-virtualenv
-pip-manifest
-source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/environment.d/10-os-cloud-config-install-options.bash b/elements/os-cloud-config/environment.d/10-os-cloud-config-install-options.bash
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--- a/elements/os-cloud-config/environment.d/10-os-cloud-config-install-options.bash
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ -z "${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR:-}" ]; then
-    export OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR="${OPENSTACK_VENV_DIR:-"/opt/stack/venvs/os-cloud-config"}"
-fi
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-pip-install/90-os-cloud-config b/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-pip-install/90-os-cloud-config
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-#!/bin/bash
-set -eux
-set -o pipefail
-
-manifest=$(get-pip-manifest os-cloud-config)
-
-virtualenv --setuptools ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}
-set +u
-source ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
-set -u
-
-if [ -n "$manifest" ]; then
-    use-pip-manifest $manifest
-else
-    # bug #1201253 : virtualenv-1.10.1 embeds setuptools-0.9.8, which
-    # doesn't manage correctly HTTPS sockets when downloading pbr from
-    # https://pypi.python.org/simple/ if using http_proxy and https_proxy
-    # envvars
-    ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
-    # bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
-    ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.11,<2.0'
-    ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/pip install \
-        --install-option="--install-scripts=/usr/local/bin" -U os-cloud-config
-fi
-
-# Write the manifest of what was installed
-write-pip-manifest os-cloud-config
-
-set +u
-deactivate
-set -u
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-pip-install/91-os-cloud-config-links b/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-pip-install/91-os-cloud-config-links
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-../os-cloud-config-source-install/91-os-cloud-config-links
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-source-install/90-os-cloud-config b/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-source-install/90-os-cloud-config
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-#!/bin/bash
-set -eux
-
-manifest=$(get-pip-manifest os-cloud-config)
-
-virtualenv --setuptools ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}
-set +u
-source ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
-set -u
-
-if [ -n "$manifest" ]; then
-    use-pip-manifest $manifest
-else
-    # bug #1201253 : virtualenv-1.10.1 embeds setuptools-0.9.8, which
-    # doesn't manage correctly HTTPS sockets when downloading pbr from
-    # https://pypi.python.org/simple/ if using http_proxy and https_proxy
-    # envvars
-    ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/pip install -U 'setuptools>=1.0'
-    # bug #1293812 : Avoid easy_install triggering on pbr.
-    ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/pip install -U 'pbr>=0.11,<2.0'
-    if [ -e /opt/stack/os-cloud-config/requirements.txt ]; then
-        reqs=/opt/stack/os-cloud-config/requirements.txt
-    elif [ -e /opt/stack/os-cloud-config/tools/pip-requires ]; then
-        reqs=/opt/stack/os-cloud-config/tools/pip-requires
-    else
-        reqs=""
-    fi
-    if [ -n "$reqs" ] ; then
-        pip install -r $reqs
-    fi
-fi
-
-# All reqs are installed, install from source (dev versions are not installed from manifests)
-pip install /opt/stack/os-cloud-config
-
-# Write the manifest of what was installed
-write-pip-manifest os-cloud-config
-
-set +u
-deactivate
-set -u
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-source-install/91-os-cloud-config-links b/elements/os-cloud-config/install.d/os-cloud-config-source-install/91-os-cloud-config-links
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-#!/bin/bash
-set -eux
-
-ln -s ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/init-keystone /usr/local/bin/init-keystone
-ln -s ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/generate-keystone-pki /usr/local/bin/generate-keystone-pki
-ln -s ${OS_CLOUD_CONFIG_VENV_DIR}/bin/register-nodes /usr/local/bin/register-nodes
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/package-installs.yaml b/elements/os-cloud-config/package-installs.yaml
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-os-cloud-config:
-  installtype: package
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/pkg-map b/elements/os-cloud-config/pkg-map
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-{
-  "family": {
-    "debian": {
-      "os-cloud-config": "python-os-cloud-config"
-    }
-  },
-  "default": {
-    "os-cloud-config": "os-cloud-config"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/elements/os-cloud-config/source-repository-os-cloud-config b/elements/os-cloud-config/source-repository-os-cloud-config
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-os-cloud-config git /opt/stack/os-cloud-config https://git.openstack.org/openstack/os-cloud-config
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Remove-os-cloud-config-element-c9368e4a0dec66e9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Remove-os-cloud-config-element-c9368e4a0dec66e9.yaml
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+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The os-cloud-config element has been removed.