diff --git a/aodh/opts.py b/aodh/opts.py
index 9bdbf40f9..f0d3cf6f8 100644
--- a/aodh/opts.py
+++ b/aodh/opts.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def list_opts():
              aodh.notifier.rest.OPTS,
              aodh.service.OPTS,
              aodh.rpc.OPTS,
-             aodh.storage.OLD_OPTS,
              aodh.api.controllers.v2.alarms.ALARM_API_OPTS,
              aodh.storage.CLI_OPTS)),
         ('api',
diff --git a/aodh/storage/__init__.py b/aodh/storage/__init__.py
index a3d6a0bae..2edd46c95 100644
--- a/aodh/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/aodh/storage/__init__.py
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ _NAMESPACE = 'aodh.storage'
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
-OLD_OPTS = [
-    cfg.StrOpt('database_connection',
-               secret=True,
-               help='DEPRECATED - Database connection string.',
-               ),
-]
 
 OPTS = [
     cfg.IntOpt('alarm_history_time_to_live',