diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml
index 32125967f0..34eba9eaa2 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/defaults/main.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ monasca_services:
     image: "{{ monasca_logstash_image_full }}"
     volumes: "{{ monasca_log_persister_default_volumes + monasca_log_persister_extra_volumes }}"
     dimensions: "{{ monasca_log_persister_dimensions }}"
+  # TODO(dszumski): We can remove log-metrics and all other references to it after
+  # the Xena release. This is used for cleaning up the service.
   monasca-log-metrics:
     container_name: monasca_log_metrics
     group: monasca-log-metrics
-    enabled: "{{ monasca_enable_log_metrics_service | bool }}"
+    enabled: false
     image: "{{ monasca_logstash_image_full }}"
     volumes: "{{ monasca_log_metrics_default_volumes + monasca_log_metrics_extra_volumes }}"
     dimensions: "{{ monasca_log_metrics_dimensions }}"
@@ -119,10 +121,6 @@ monasca_influxdb_retention_policy:
 # Monasca
 ####################
 
-# NOTE(dszumski): This can be removed in the Xena cycle when the
-# log metrics service is removed
-monasca_enable_log_metrics_service: False
-
 monasca_kafka_servers: "{% for host in groups['kafka'] %}{{ 'api' | kolla_address(host) | put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ kafka_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}"
 monasca_zookeeper_servers: "{% for host in groups['zookeeper'] %}{{ 'api' | kolla_address(host) | put_address_in_context('url') }}:{{ zookeeper_client_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}"
 monasca_memcached_servers: "{% for host in groups['memcached'] %}{{ 'api' | kolla_address(host) | put_address_in_context('memcache') }}:{{ memcached_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/monasca/handlers/main.yml
index 7a6e145d90..1fcef1cf9a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/handlers/main.yml
@@ -29,21 +29,6 @@
   when:
     - kolla_action != "config"
 
-- name: Restart monasca-log-metrics container
-  vars:
-    service_name: "monasca-log-metrics"
-    service: "{{ monasca_services[service_name] }}"
-  become: true
-  kolla_docker:
-    action: "recreate_or_restart_container"
-    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
-    name: "{{ service.container_name }}"
-    image: "{{ service.image }}"
-    volumes: "{{ service.volumes }}"
-    dimensions: "{{ service.dimensions }}"
-  when:
-    - kolla_action != "config"
-
 - name: Restart monasca-thresh container
   vars:
     service: "{{ monasca_services['monasca-thresh'] }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/config.yml
index c6d5f58a38..7f6f729af0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/monasca/tasks/config.yml
@@ -231,24 +231,6 @@
   notify:
     - Restart monasca-log-persister container
 
-- name: Copying over monasca-log-metrics config
-  vars:
-    service: "{{ monasca_services['monasca-log-metrics'] }}"
-  template:
-    src: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf"
-    mode: "0660"
-  become: true
-  with_first_found:
-    - "{{ node_custom_config }}/monasca/{{ inventory_hostname }}/log-metrics.conf"
-    - "{{ node_custom_config }}/monasca/log-metrics.conf"
-    - "{{ role_path }}/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2"
-  when:
-    - inventory_hostname in groups[service['group']]
-    - service.enabled | bool
-  notify:
-    - Restart monasca-log-metrics container
-
 - name: Copying over monasca-thresh config
   vars:
     service: "{{ monasca_services['monasca-thresh'] }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ab974be4d..0000000000
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/log-metrics.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# This config file is used to generate Monasca metrics from logs ingested
-# by the Monasca Log API. Alarms and notifications can then be set to alert
-# users when a particular log message is ingested. This example config file
-# generates metrics for all logs which have a log level which isn't
-# debug, trace or info level. A user may want to apply additional logic to
-# generate special metrics when particular log messages are ingested. For
-# example, if HAProxy fails over, file system corruption is detected or
-# other scenarios of interest.
-
-input {
-    kafka {
-        bootstrap_servers => "{{ monasca_kafka_servers }}"
-        topics => ["{{ monasca_raw_logs_topic }}"]
-        group_id => "log_metrics"
-        consumer_threads => "{{ monasca_log_pipeline_threads }}"
-        codec => json
-    }
-}
-
-filter {
-    # Drop everything we don't want to create metrics for.
-    if ![log][dimensions][log_level] or [log][dimensions][log_level] in [ "debug", "trace", "info", "notice", "note" ] {
-        drop {
-        }
-    }
-
-    # Generate a metric name based on the program and log level
-    mutate {
-        add_field => { "[metric][name]" => "log.%{[log][dimensions][programname]}.%{[log][dimensions][log_level]}" }
-    }
-
-    # Form the metric structure.
-    mutate {
-        add_field => { "[metric][value]" => 1 }
-        rename => { "[log][dimensions]" => "[metric][dimensions]" }
-        rename => { "[metric][dimensions][Hostname]" => "[metric][dimensions][hostname]" }
-        rename => { "[metric][dimensions][programname]" => "[metric][dimensions][service]" }
-    }
-    mutate {
-         convert => { "[metric][value]" => "float" }
-    }
-
-    # Convert the timestamp of the event to milliseconds since epoch.
-    ruby {
-        code => "event.set('[metric][timestamp]', event.get('[@timestamp]').to_i*1000)"
-    }
-
-    # Clean up any fields which aren't required from the new metric to save space
-    mutate {
-        remove_field => ["[metric][dimensions][log_level]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][domain_id]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][user_id]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][tenant_id]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][project_domain]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][tag]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][Logger]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][Pid]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][user_domain]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][request_id]",
-                         "[metric][dimensions][python_module]",
-                         "[metric][meta]",
-                         "creation_time",
-                         "log",
-                         "@version",
-                         "@timestamp"]
-    }
-}
-
-output {
-    kafka {
-        codec => json
-        bootstrap_servers => "{{ monasca_kafka_servers }}"
-        topic_id => "{{ monasca_metrics_topic }}"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/monasca-log-metrics.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/monasca-log-metrics.json.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c605aeab7..0000000000
--- a/ansible/roles/monasca/templates/monasca-log-metrics/monasca-log-metrics.json.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "command": "/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash/ --log.format json --path.logs /var/log/kolla/logstash/monasca-log-metrics -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/log-metrics.conf",
-    "config_files": [
-        {
-            "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/log-metrics.conf",
-            "dest": "/etc/logstash/conf.d/log-metrics.conf",
-            "owner": "logstash",
-            "perm": "0600"
-        }
-    ],
-    "permissions": [
-        {
-            "path": "/var/log/kolla/logstash",
-            "owner": "logstash:kolla",
-            "recurse": true
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-monasca-log-metrics-02a81671f864d1a9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-monasca-log-metrics-02a81671f864d1a9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0162acaf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-monasca-log-metrics-02a81671f864d1a9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    It is no longer possible to override the removal of the Monasca
+    Log Metrics service and it will be removed automatically if it
+    hasn't already been removed in the Wallaby release. It is up
+    to the operator to remove any associated docker volumes.