diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/upgrade.yml b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/upgrade.yml
index 93431db991..c38db1adf4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/upgrade.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/upgrade.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,5 @@
 
 - include: bootstrap_service.yml
 
-# TODO(jeffrey4l): ceilometer-api and ceilometer-collector are marked as
-# deprecated and will be removed already. Upgrade to Pike should remove
-# ceilometer-api and ceilometer-collector container. This task should be
-# remove in Q cycle.
-- name: Containers are being removed
-  kolla_docker:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    action: remove_container
-  with_items:
-    - ceilometer_api
-    - ceilometer_collector
-
 - name: Flush handlers
   meta: flush_handlers
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index fccdc6f6ab..0000000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{% set apache_cmd = 'apache2' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'httpd' %}
-{% set apache_dir = 'apache2/conf-enabled' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'httpd/conf.d' %}
-{% set apache_file = '000-default.conf' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'ceilometer-api.conf' %}
-{
-    "command": "/usr/sbin/{{ apache_cmd }} -DFOREGROUND",
-    "config_files": [
-        {
-            "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceilometer.conf",
-            "dest": "/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf",
-            "owner": "ceilometer",
-            "perm": "0600"
-        }
-    ],
-    "permissions": [
-        {
-            "path": "/var/log/kolla/ceilometer",
-            "owner": "ceilometer:ceilometer",
-            "recurse": true
-        }
-    ]
-}