diff --git a/modules/puppet-dcmanager/src/dcmanager/manifests/init.pp b/modules/puppet-dcmanager/src/dcmanager/manifests/init.pp
index dded74403..01b472642 100644
--- a/modules/puppet-dcmanager/src/dcmanager/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/puppet-dcmanager/src/dcmanager/manifests/init.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 # TODO(kmacleod): playbook_timeout should be exposed to persist and modify
 #                 via 'system service-parameter...'
-# TODO(cdeolive): remove use_usm parameter when usm is fully integrated
 class dcmanager (
   $database_connection         = '',
   $database_idle_timeout       = 3600,
diff --git a/modules/puppet-dcorch/src/dcorch/manifests/init.pp b/modules/puppet-dcorch/src/dcorch/manifests/init.pp
index d9e3d16da..fde1ad606 100644
--- a/modules/puppet-dcorch/src/dcorch/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/puppet-dcorch/src/dcorch/manifests/init.pp
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class dcorch (
   $usm_remote_port             = 5497,
   $identity_bind_port          = 25000,
   $identity_remote_port        = 5000,
-  $use_usm                     = false
 ) {
 
   include dcorch::params
@@ -102,11 +101,6 @@ class dcorch (
     'DEFAULT/api_paste_config':    value => $api_paste_config;
   }
 
-# TODO(cdeolive): remove this parameter when usm is fully integrated
-  dcorch_config {
-    'DEFAULT/use_usm':             value => $use_usm;
-  }
-
   # Automatically add psycopg2 driver to postgresql (only does this if it is missing)
   $real_connection = regsubst($database_connection,'^postgresql:','postgresql+psycopg2:')