diff --git a/doc/source/user/aio/quickstart.rst b/doc/source/user/aio/quickstart.rst
index bc63e2d392..5cf4ae251e 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/aio/quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/aio/quickstart.rst
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ version.
 The next step is to bootstrap Ansible and the Ansible roles for the
 development environment.
 
-You may wish to change the role fetch mode. Options are ``galaxy`` and
-``git-clone``. The default for this option is ``git-clone``. The mode may
-be changed by setting the ``ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE`` environment variable.
-
-options:
-  :galaxy: Resolve all role dependencies using the ``ansible-galaxy`` resolver
-  :git-clone: Clone all of the role dependencies using native git
-
 Run the following to bootstrap Ansible and the required roles:
 
 .. code-block:: shell-session
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ansible-role-fetch-mode-281d9fcb7389e163.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ansible-role-fetch-mode-281d9fcb7389e163.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7742946d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate-ansible-role-fetch-mode-281d9fcb7389e163.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    There was previously an environment variable (``ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE``)
+    to set whether the roles in ansible-role-requirements.yml were fetched using
+    ansible-galaxy or using git, however the default has been git for some time
+    ansible since the use of the ``ceph-ansible`` respoitory for ceph deployment,
+    using ansible-galaxy to download the roles does not work properly. This
+    functionality has therefore been removed.
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
index 23a18d2b1b..46a48cf882 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ export SETUP_ARA=${SETUP_ARA:-"false"}
 # This can be used to tell it which index to use, etc.
 export PIP_OPTS=${PIP_OPTS:-""}
 
-# Set the role fetch mode to any option [galaxy, git-clone]
-export ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE=${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE:-git-clone}
-
 export OSA_WRAPPER_BIN="${OSA_WRAPPER_BIN:-scripts/openstack-ansible.sh}"
 
 # This script should be executed from the root directory of the cloned repo
@@ -187,11 +184,6 @@ echo "openstack-ansible wrapper created."
 
 # Update dependent roles
 if [ -f "${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FILE}" ]; then
-  if [[ "${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE}" == 'galaxy' ]];then
-    # Pull all required roles.
-    ansible-galaxy install --role-file="${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FILE}" \
-                           --force
-  elif [[ "${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE}" == 'git-clone' ]];then
     # NOTE(cloudnull): When bootstrapping we don't want ansible to interact
     #                  with our plugins by default. This change will force
     #                  ansible to ignore our plugins during this process.
@@ -221,10 +213,6 @@ if [ -f "${ANSIBLE_ROLE_FILE}" ]; then
     unset ANSIBLE_VARS_PLUGINS
     unset ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS
     unset ANSIBLE_CONFIG
-  else
-    echo "Please set the ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE to either of the following options ['galaxy', 'git-clone']"
-    exit 99
-  fi
 fi
 
 # Install and export the ARA callback plugin
diff --git a/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh b/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
index ecf27b42a8..94501fda71 100755
--- a/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/gate-check-commit.sh
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ export TERM=linux
 # Store the clone repo root location
 export OSA_CLONE_DIR="$(readlink -f $(dirname ${0})/..)"
 
-# Set the role fetch mode to git-clone to avoid interactions
-# with the Ansible galaxy API.
-export ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE="git-clone"
-
 # The directory in which the ansible logs will be placed
 export ANSIBLE_LOG_DIR="/openstack/log/ansible-logging"