diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index eb8ae81b06..0e9370d0f2 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ enable_horizon_watcher: "{{ enable_watcher | bool }}"
 enable_horizon_zun: "{{ enable_zun | bool }}"
 enable_influxdb: "{{ enable_monasca | bool or (enable_cloudkitty | bool and cloudkitty_storage_backend == 'influxdb') }}"
 enable_ironic: "no"
-enable_ironic_ipxe: "yes"
 enable_ironic_neutron_agent: "{{ enable_neutron | bool and enable_ironic | bool }}"
 enable_ironic_pxe_uefi: "no"
 enable_iscsid: "{{ enable_cinder | bool and enable_cinder_backend_iscsi | bool }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ironic/defaults/main.yml
index ba80c617a4..dfc7ef4cc4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic/defaults/main.yml
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ openstack_ironic_inspector_auth: "{{ openstack_auth }}"
 ironic_dnsmasq_interface: "{{ api_interface }}"
 ironic_dnsmasq_dhcp_range:
 ironic_dnsmasq_default_gateway:
-ironic_dnsmasq_boot_file: "{% if enable_ironic_ipxe | bool %}undionly.kpxe{% else %}pxelinux.0{% endif %}"
+# TODO(yoctozepto): Do not rely on deprecated enable_ironic_ipxe in Zed.
+ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe: "{{ enable_ironic_ipxe | default(\"yes\") }}"
+ironic_dnsmasq_boot_file: "{% if ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool %}undionly.kpxe{% else %}pxelinux.0{% endif %}"
 ironic_dnsmasq_uefi_ipxe_boot_file: "snponly.efi"
 ironic_cleaning_network:
 ironic_console_serial_speed: "115200n8"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/config.yml
index 7b9cab1b83..742f7081a4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/config.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
     - service.enabled | bool
     - not enable_ironic_pxe_uefi | bool
-    - not enable_ironic_ipxe | bool
+    - not ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool
   notify:
     - Restart ironic-tftp container
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
     - inventory_hostname in groups[service.group]
     - service.enabled | bool
     - not enable_ironic_pxe_uefi | bool
-    - not enable_ironic_ipxe | bool
+    - not ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool
   notify:
     - Restart ironic-tftp container
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/precheck.yml
index dabf1338d5..be8d03b07c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
   when:
     # Only required when Ironic inspector is in use.
     - groups['ironic-inspector'] | length > 0
-    - (not enable_ironic_ipxe | bool and inventory_hostname in groups['ironic-tftp']) or
-        (enable_ironic_ipxe | bool and inventory_hostname in groups['ironic-http'])
+    - (not ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool and inventory_hostname in groups['ironic-tftp']) or
+        (ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool and inventory_hostname in groups['ironic-http'])
     - not enable_ironic_pxe_uefi | bool
   with_items:
     - "ironic-agent.kernel"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-dnsmasq.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-dnsmasq.conf.j2
index 7b772bd552..7fb316a6be 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-dnsmasq.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-dnsmasq.conf.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dhcp-option=3,{{ ironic_dnsmasq_default_gateway }}
 dhcp-option=option:tftp-server,{{ api_interface_address }}
 dhcp-option=option:server-ip-address,{{ api_interface_address }}
 dhcp-option=210,/var/lib/ironic/tftpboot/
-{% if enable_ironic_ipxe | bool %}
+{% if ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool %}
 dhcp-match=ipxe,175
 dhcp-match=set:efi,option:client-arch,7
 dhcp-match=set:efi,option:client-arch,9
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-tftp.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-tftp.json.j2
index a31c73c94d..f3b426fcf7 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-tftp.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic/templates/ironic-tftp.json.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {
     "command": "/usr/sbin/in.tftpd --verbose --foreground --user root --address 0.0.0.0:69 --map-file /map-file /var/lib/ironic/tftpboot",
     "config_files": [
-{% if not enable_ironic_ipxe | bool and groups['ironic-inspector'] | length > 0 %}
+{% if not ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe | bool and groups['ironic-inspector'] | length > 0 %}
 {% if not enable_ironic_pxe_uefi | bool %}
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ironic-agent.kernel",
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst b/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst
index 811434094d..a239e9c448 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/bare-metal/ironic-guide.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ plain PXE by setting the following in
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-   enable_ironic_ipxe: "no"
+   ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe: "no"
 
 To revert Ironic to previous default as well, set ``pxe`` as
 ``default_boot_interface`` in ``/etc/kolla/config/ironic.conf``:
diff --git a/etc/kolla/globals.yml b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
index a0dc5c4f2f..bd756c9680 100644
--- a/etc/kolla/globals.yml
+++ b/etc/kolla/globals.yml
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@
 #enable_horizon_zun: "{{ enable_zun | bool }}"
 #enable_influxdb: "{{ enable_monasca | bool or (enable_cloudkitty | bool and cloudkitty_storage_backend == 'influxdb') }}"
 #enable_ironic: "no"
-#enable_ironic_ipxe: "yes"
 #enable_ironic_neutron_agent: "{{ enable_neutron | bool and enable_ironic | bool }}"
 #enable_ironic_pxe_uefi: "no"
 #enable_iscsid: "{{ enable_cinder | bool and enable_cinder_backend_iscsi | bool }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-enable_ironic_ipxe-e898cd436d7f50b3.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-enable_ironic_ipxe-e898cd436d7f50b3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..398b32dc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-enable_ironic_ipxe-e898cd436d7f50b3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    ``enable_ironic_ipxe`` is deprecated in favour of
+    ``ironic_dnsmasq_serve_ipxe`` which reflects the effect better.
+    ``enable_ironic_ipxe`` will be removed in Zed.