diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 5ec9c508b9..76780407d2 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ node 'paste.openstack.org' {
   class { 'openstack_project::paste':
     db_password         => hiera('paste_db_password'),
     db_host             => hiera('paste_db_host'),
-    mysql_root_password => hiera('paste_mysql_root_password'),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp
index 68bfd592d3..436f897c37 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 class openstack_project::paste (
   $db_password,
   $db_host,
-  $mysql_root_password,
   $vhost_name         = $::fqdn,
 ) {
   include lodgeit
@@ -14,27 +13,5 @@ class openstack_project::paste (
     db_user     => 'openstack',
     vhost_name  => $vhost_name,
     image       => 'header-bg2.png',
-    require     => Mysql::Db['openstack'],
-  }
-
-  class { 'mysql::server':
-    config_hash => {
-      'root_password'  => $mysql_root_password,
-      'default_engine' => 'InnoDB',
-      'bind_address'   => '127.0.0.1',
-    }
-  }
-
-  include mysql::server::account_security
-  mysql::db { 'openstack':
-    user     => 'openstack',
-    password => $db_password,
-    host     => 'localhost',
-    grant    => ['all'],
-    charset  => 'utf8',
-    require  => [
-      Class['mysql::server'],
-      Class['mysql::server::account_security'],
-    ],
   }
 }