diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
index f19717e..00acc7d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
@@ -32,14 +32,9 @@
     @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(VolumeMultiBackendV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
-        # support 2 backends names, deprecated_for_removal.
-        # keep support 2 backend names, in case they are not empty
-        if CONF.volume.backend1_name and CONF.volume.backend2_name:
-            cls.backend_names = {CONF.volume.backend1_name,
-                                 CONF.volume.backend2_name}
-        else:
-            # read backend name from a list .
-            cls.backend_names = set(CONF.volume.backend_names)
+
+        # read backend name from a list .
+        cls.backend_names = set(CONF.volume.backend_names)
 
         cls.name_field = cls.special_fields['name_field']
         cls.volume_type_id_list = []
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 0292462..67c8c9e 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -700,22 +700,10 @@
                choices=['public', 'admin', 'internal',
                         'publicURL', 'adminURL', 'internalURL'],
                help="The endpoint type to use for the volume service."),
-    cfg.StrOpt('backend1_name',
-               default='',
-               help='Name of the backend1 (must be declared in cinder.conf)',
-               deprecated_for_removal=True),
-    cfg.StrOpt('backend2_name',
-               default='',
-               help='Name of the backend2 (must be declared in cinder.conf)',
-               deprecated_for_removal=True),
     cfg.ListOpt('backend_names',
                 default=['BACKEND_1', 'BACKEND_2'],
                 help='A list of backend names separated by comma. '
-                     'The backend name must be declared in cinder.conf',
-                deprecated_opts=[cfg.DeprecatedOpt('BACKEND_1',
-                                                   group='volume'),
-                                 cfg.DeprecatedOpt('BACKEND_2',
-                                                   group='volume')]),
+                     'The backend name must be declared in cinder.conf'),
     cfg.StrOpt('storage_protocol',
                default='iSCSI',
                help='Backend protocol to target when creating volume types'),