diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/verify-tempest-command-8e88452c7a08dd77.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/verify-tempest-command-8e88452c7a08dd77.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce401ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/verify-tempest-command-8e88452c7a08dd77.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Remove the deprecated CLI ``verify-tempest-config`` in favour of
+    ``tempest verify-config`` command.
+    You can use ``tempest verify-config`` CLI to verify the tempest
+    conf file.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 52c31db..d246c68 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 [entry_points]
 console_scripts =
-    verify-tempest-config = tempest.cmd.verify_tempest_config:main
     tempest-account-generator = tempest.cmd.account_generator:main
     tempest = tempest.cmd.main:main
     skip-tracker = tempest.lib.cmd.skip_tracker:main
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
index d25d3ca..8d5bdbd 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -433,11 +433,6 @@
 
 
 def main(opts=None):
-    print('Running config verification...')
-    if opts is None:
-        print("Use of: 'verify-tempest-config' is deprecated, "
-              "please use: 'tempest verify-config'")
-        opts = parse_args()
     update = opts.update
     replace = opts.replace_ext
     global CONF_PARSER
@@ -497,7 +492,3 @@
             LOG.exception("Failure verifying configuration.")
             traceback.print_exc()
             raise
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()