diff --git a/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_drop_available_versions_and_iscsi_targets.py b/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_drop_available_versions_and_iscsi_targets.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72c24354350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/073_drop_available_versions_and_iscsi_targets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#    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.
+
+from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    meta = MetaData()
+    meta.bind = migrate_engine
+
+    services = Table('services', meta, autoload=True)
+    services.c.rpc_available_version.drop()
+    services.c.object_available_version.drop()
+
+    iscsi_targets = Table('iscsi_targets', meta, autoload=True)
+    iscsi_targets.drop()
diff --git a/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index 2ca43c05b90..77a0ba469bc 100644
--- a/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/cinder/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ class Service(BASE, CinderBase):
     rpc_current_version = Column(String(36))
     object_current_version = Column(String(36))
 
-    # FIXME(dulek): In M we've removed rpc_available_version and
-    # object_available_version from the model. We need to merge a DB migration
-    # that actually drops these columns from the DB in early Newton.
-
     # replication_status can be: enabled, disabled, not-capable, error,
     # failed-over or not-configured
     replication_status = Column(String(255), default="not-capable")
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_migrations.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_migrations.py
index eafcd8b500e..782cb86177a 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_migrations.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_migrations.py
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ class MigrationsMixin(test_migrations.WalkVersionsMixin):
             # is performed with the same restrictions as column addition, which
             # we of course allow.
             66,
+            # NOTE(dulek): 73 drops tables and columns we've stopped using a
+            # release ago.
+            73,
         ]
 
         # NOTE(dulek): We only started requiring things be additive in