diff --git a/teuthology/misc.py b/teuthology/misc.py
index d4c619cc5..1cd00d10e 100644
--- a/teuthology/misc.py
+++ b/teuthology/misc.py
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ def wait_until_healthy(ctx, remote, ceph_cluster='ceph', use_sudo=False):
     Wait until a Ceph cluster is healthy. Give up after 15min.
     """
     testdir = get_testdir(ctx)
-    # when cluster is setup using ceph-deploy or ansible
+    # when cluster is setup using ansible
     # access to admin key is readonly for ceph user
     cmd = ['ceph', '--cluster', ceph_cluster, 'health']
     if use_sudo:
diff --git a/teuthology/suite/placeholder.py b/teuthology/suite/placeholder.py
index e9be34d1e..f36bcf593 100644
--- a/teuthology/suite/placeholder.py
+++ b/teuthology/suite/placeholder.py
@@ -85,15 +85,6 @@ def _substitute(input_dict, values_dict):
                               r'\(MDS_UP_LESS_THAN_MAX\)'],
             'sha1': Placeholder('ceph_hash'),
         },
-        'ceph-deploy': {
-            'conf': {
-                'client': {
-                    'log file': '/var/log/ceph/ceph-$name.$pid.log'
-                },
-                'mon': {
-                }
-            }
-        },
         'install': {
             'ceph': {
                 'sha1': Placeholder('ceph_hash'),
diff --git a/teuthology/task/install/__init__.py b/teuthology/task/install/__init__.py
index ebe18d043..9717034a3 100644
--- a/teuthology/task/install/__init__.py
+++ b/teuthology/task/install/__init__.py
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ def verify_package_version(ctx, config, remote):
     For most cases this is for ceph, but we also install samba
     for example.
     """
-    # Do not verify the version if the ceph-deploy task is being used to
-    # install ceph. Verifying the ceph installed by ceph-deploy should work,
-    # but the qa suites will need reorganized first to run ceph-deploy
-    # before the install task.
-    # see: http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/11248
-    if config.get("extras"):
-        log.info("Skipping version verification...")
-        return True
     if 'repos' in config and config.get('repos'):
         log.info("Skipping version verification because we have custom repos...")
         return True
@@ -203,17 +195,6 @@ def install(ctx, config):
         debs += extra_pkgs
         rpms += extra_pkgs
 
-    # When extras is in the config we want to purposely not install ceph.
-    # This is typically used on jobs that use ceph-deploy to install ceph
-    # or when we are testing ceph-deploy directly.  The packages being
-    # installed are needed to properly test ceph as ceph-deploy won't
-    # install these. 'extras' might not be the best name for this.
-    extras = config.get('extras')
-    if extras is not None:
-        debs = ['ceph-test', 'ceph-fuse',
-                'librados2', 'librbd1',
-                'python-ceph']
-        rpms = ['ceph-fuse', 'librbd1', 'librados2', 'ceph-test', 'python-ceph']
     package_list = dict(deb=debs, rpm=rpms)
     install_packages(ctx, package_list, config)
     try:
@@ -225,7 +206,7 @@ def install(ctx, config):
 
 def upgrade_old_style(ctx, node, remote, pkgs, system_type):
     """
-    Handle the upgrade using methods in use prior to ceph-deploy.
+    Handle the upgrade using methods in use prior to deploy.
     """
     if system_type == 'deb':
         deb._upgrade_packages(ctx, node, remote, pkgs)
@@ -233,28 +214,6 @@ def upgrade_old_style(ctx, node, remote, pkgs, system_type):
         rpm._upgrade_packages(ctx, node, remote, pkgs)
 
 
-def upgrade_with_ceph_deploy(ctx, node, remote, pkgs, sys_type):
-    """
-    Upgrade using ceph-deploy
-    """
-    dev_table = ['branch', 'tag', 'dev']
-    ceph_dev_parm = ''
-    ceph_rel_parm = ''
-    for entry in node.keys():
-        if entry in dev_table:
-            ceph_dev_parm = node[entry]
-        if entry == 'release':
-            ceph_rel_parm = node[entry]
-    params = []
-    if ceph_dev_parm:
-        params += ['--dev', ceph_dev_parm]
-    if ceph_rel_parm:
-        params += ['--release', ceph_rel_parm]
-    params.append(remote.name)
-    subprocess.call(['ceph-deploy', 'install'] + params)
-    remote.run(args=['sudo', 'restart', 'ceph-all'])
-
-
 def upgrade_remote_to_config(ctx, config):
     assert config is None or isinstance(config, dict), \
         "install.upgrade only supports a dictionary for configuration"
@@ -393,11 +352,8 @@ def upgrade_common(ctx, config, deploy_style):
     :param config: the config dict
     """
 
-#
-# __doc__ strings for upgrade and ceph_deploy_upgrade are set from
-# the same string so that help(upgrade) and help(ceph_deploy_upgrade)
-# look the same.
-#
+# __doc__ strings for upgrade are set from the same string so that
+# help(upgrade) look the same.
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -408,14 +364,6 @@ def upgrade(ctx, config):
 upgrade.__doc__ = docstring_for_upgrade.format(cmd_parameter='upgrade')
 
 
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def ceph_deploy_upgrade(ctx, config):
-    upgrade_common(ctx, config, upgrade_with_ceph_deploy)
-    yield
-
-ceph_deploy_upgrade.__doc__ = docstring_for_upgrade.format(
-    cmd_parameter='ceph_deploy_upgrade')
-
 def _override_extra_system_packages(config, project, install_overrides):
     teuthology.deep_merge(config, install_overrides.get(project, {}))
     extra_overrides = install_overrides.get('extra_system_packages')
@@ -541,7 +489,7 @@ def task(ctx, config):
     will be installed. The override of the sha1 has no effect.
 
     When passed 'rhbuild' as a key, it will attempt to install an rh ceph build
-    using ceph-deploy
+    using ceph
 
     Normally, the package management system will try to install or upgrade
     specified packages as instructed. But if newer versions of these packages
diff --git a/teuthology/task/install/redhat.py b/teuthology/task/install/redhat.py
index 511808865..721772ec5 100644
--- a/teuthology/task/install/redhat.py
+++ b/teuthology/task/install/redhat.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def install(ctx, config):
 
 def install_pkgs(ctx, remote, version, downstream_config):
     """
-    Installs RH build using ceph-deploy.
+    Installs RH build using ceph.
 
     :param ctx: the argparse.Namespace object
     :param remote: the teuthology.orchestra.remote.Remote object
diff --git a/teuthology/test/task/test_install.py b/teuthology/test/task/test_install.py
index e635e0502..1bbb5015c 100644
--- a/teuthology/test/task/test_install.py
+++ b/teuthology/test/task/test_install.py
@@ -91,20 +91,6 @@ def test_verify_ceph_version_failed(self, m_get_package_version,
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
             install.verify_package_version(Mock(), config, Mock())
 
-    @patch("teuthology.task.install._get_builder_project")
-    @patch("teuthology.task.install.packaging.get_package_version")
-    def test_skip_when_using_ceph_deploy(self, m_get_package_version,
-                                         m_gitbuilder_project):
-        gb = Mock()
-        gb.version = "0.89.0"
-        gb.project = "ceph"
-        m_gitbuilder_project.return_value = gb
-        # ceph isn't installed because ceph-deploy would install it
-        m_get_package_version.return_value = None
-        config = dict()
-        config['extras'] = True
-        install.verify_package_version(Mock(), config, Mock())
-
     def test_get_flavor_default(self):
         config = dict()
         assert install.get_flavor(config) == 'default'