diff --git a/config_tempest/constants.py b/config_tempest/constants.py
index f361cbae..b2e63c76 100644
--- a/config_tempest/constants.py
+++ b/config_tempest/constants.py
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ SERVICE_NAMES = {
 # depending on whether they get discovered as supported. Services with only one
 # version don't need to be here, neither do service versions that are not
 # configurable in tempest.conf
+# TODO(mkopec) since Queens, there are only image v2, identity v3 and
+# volume v3 versions, however, for backward compatibility let's keep
+# all versions here
+# TODO(mkopec) Move this information about supported versions somewhere else,
+# so that we don't have to have this global object, for example move the
+# information to service classes
 SERVICE_VERSIONS = {
     'image': {'supported_versions': ['v1', 'v2'], 'catalog': 'image'},
     'identity': {'supported_versions': ['v2', 'v3'], 'catalog': 'identity'},
diff --git a/config_tempest/services/base.py b/config_tempest/services/base.py
index ff130c0f..550da909 100644
--- a/config_tempest/services/base.py
+++ b/config_tempest/services/base.py
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ class VersionedService(Service):
         self.versions = self.deserialize_versions(body)
 
     def deserialize_versions(self, body):
-        return map(lambda x: x['id'], body['versions'])
+        versions = []
+        for version in body['versions']:
+            if version['status'] != "DEPRECATED":
+                versions.append(version)
+        return map(lambda x: x['id'], versions)
 
     def no_port_cut_url(self):
         # if there is no port defined, cut the url from version to the end
diff --git a/config_tempest/tests/base.py b/config_tempest/tests/base.py
index eefb7b72..19e9aa48 100644
--- a/config_tempest/tests/base.py
+++ b/config_tempest/tests/base.py
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ class BaseServiceTest(base.BaseTestCase):
                 "values": [
                     {"id": 'v2.0'}
                 ]
+            }, {
+                "status": "DEPRECATED",
+                "updated": "2013-07-23T11:33:21Z",
+                "links": [{
+                    "href": "http://10.200.16.10:8774/v1/",
+                    "rel": "self"
+                }],
+                "min_version": "1.0",
+                "version": "1.0",
+                "id": "v1.0",
+                "values": [
+                    {"id": 'v1.0'}
+                ]
             }]
         }
     )