diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 661fde3abf..a9ee8932eb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ neutron.service_plugins =
     vmware_nsxtvd_qos = vmware_nsx.services.qos.nsx_tvd.plugin:QoSPlugin
     vmware_nsxtvd_vpnaas = vmware_nsx.services.vpnaas.nsx_tvd.plugin:VPNPlugin
     vmware_nsx_vpnaas = vmware_nsx.services.vpnaas.nsx_plugin:NsxVPNPlugin
-neutron.qos.notification_drivers =
-    vmware_nsxv3_message_queue = vmware_nsx.services.qos.nsx_v3.message_queue:NsxV3QosNotificationDriver
 neutron.ipam_drivers =
     vmware_nsxv_ipam = vmware_nsx.services.ipam.nsx_v.driver:NsxvIpamDriver
     vmware_nsxv3_ipam = vmware_nsx.services.ipam.nsx_v3.driver:Nsxv3IpamDriver
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/services/qos/nsx_v3/message_queue.py b/vmware_nsx/services/qos/nsx_v3/message_queue.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f5e2058b4..0000000000
--- a/vmware_nsx/services/qos/nsx_v3/message_queue.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2016 VMware, Inc.
-#
-# All Rights Reserved
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from neutron.services.qos.notification_drivers import message_queue
-
-
-class NsxV3QosNotificationDriver(
-    message_queue.RpcQosServiceNotificationDriver):
-    """NSXv3 message queue service notification driver for QoS.
-    Overriding the create_policy method in order to add a notification
-    message in this case too.
-    """
-    # The message queue is no longer needed in Pike.
-    # Keeping this class for a while for existing configurations.