diff --git a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/defaults/main.yml
index 7db023e017..bb38946a74 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ keepalived_traffic_mode: "multicast"
 # Extended global configuration, optimization options.
 haproxy_max_connections: 40000
 haproxy_threads: 1
-# More than 1 process is deprecated by HAProxy, prefer haproxy_threads
-haproxy_processes: 1
-haproxy_process_cpu_map: "no"
+haproxy_thread_cpu_map: "no"
 # Matches the mariadb 10000 max connections limit
 haproxy_defaults_max_connections: 10000
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/haproxy/haproxy_main.cfg.j2 b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/haproxy/haproxy_main.cfg.j2
index 40d571bf93..0e572333b9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/haproxy/haproxy_main.cfg.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/haproxy/haproxy_main.cfg.j2
@@ -6,14 +6,8 @@ global
     daemon
     log {{ syslog_server }}:{{ syslog_udp_port }} {{ syslog_haproxy_facility }}
     maxconn {{ haproxy_max_connections }}
-    nbproc {{ haproxy_processes }}
     nbthread {{ haproxy_threads }}
-    {% if (haproxy_processes | int > 1) and (haproxy_process_cpu_map | bool) %}
-        {% for cpu_idx in range(0, haproxy_processes) %}
-    cpu-map {{ cpu_idx + 1 }} {{ cpu_idx }}
-        {% endfor %}
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if (haproxy_threads | int > 1) and (haproxy_process_cpu_map | bool) %}
+    {% if (haproxy_threads | int > 1) and (haproxy_thread_cpu_map | bool) %}
     cpu-map auto:1/all 0-63
     {% endif %}
     stats socket /var/lib/kolla/haproxy/haproxy.sock group kolla mode 660{% if haproxy_socket_level_admin | bool %} level admin{% endif %}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/haproxy-drop-processes-f6951f7b995e0694.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/haproxy-drop-processes-f6951f7b995e0694.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b5269dde6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/haproxy-drop-processes-f6951f7b995e0694.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Configuring HAProxy nbproc setting via ``haproxy_processes`` and
+    ``haproxy_process_cpu_map`` variables has been dropped since
+    threads are the recommended way to scale CPU performance since 1.8.
+    Please use ``haproxy_threads`` and ``haproxy_thread_cpu_map`` instead.