diff --git a/nova/policies/server_groups.py b/nova/policies/server_groups.py
index ea6ef2c13cf0..30ae91c58ef7 100644
--- a/nova/policies/server_groups.py
+++ b/nova/policies/server_groups.py
@@ -18,20 +18,13 @@ from oslo_policy import policy
 from nova.policies import base
 
 
-BASE_POLICY_NAME = 'os_compute_api:os-server-groups'
 POLICY_ROOT = 'os_compute_api:os-server-groups:%s'
-BASE_POLICY_RULE = 'rule:%s' % BASE_POLICY_NAME
 
 
 server_groups_policies = [
-    # TODO(Kevin_Zheng): remove this rule as this not used by any API
-    policy.RuleDefault(
-        name=BASE_POLICY_NAME,
-        check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
-        description='Deprecated in Pike and will be removed in next release'),
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         POLICY_ROOT % 'create',
-        BASE_POLICY_RULE,
+        base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
         "Create a new server group",
         [
             {
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@ server_groups_policies = [
     ),
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         POLICY_ROOT % 'delete',
-        BASE_POLICY_RULE,
+        base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
         "Delete a server group",
         [
             {
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ server_groups_policies = [
     ),
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         POLICY_ROOT % 'index',
-        BASE_POLICY_RULE,
+        base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
         "List all server groups",
         [
             {
@@ -64,7 +57,7 @@ server_groups_policies = [
     ),
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         POLICY_ROOT % 'show',
-        BASE_POLICY_RULE,
+        base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
         "Show details of a server group",
         [
             {
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/fake_policy.py b/nova/tests/unit/fake_policy.py
index 481119aae634..fb43e28114cb 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/fake_policy.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/fake_policy.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ policy_data = """
     "os_compute_api:os-server-tags:update_all": "",
     "os_compute_api:os-server-tags:delete": "",
     "os_compute_api:os-server-tags:delete_all": "",
-    "os_compute_api:os-server-groups": "",
     "os_compute_api:os-server-groups:show": "",
     "os_compute_api:os-server-groups:index": "",
     "os_compute_api:os-server-groups:create": "",
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_policy.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_policy.py
index 1d804dd321b7..42286234fe11 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_policy.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_policy.py
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ class RealRolePolicyTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 "os_compute_api:os-rescue",
 "os_compute_api:os-security-groups",
 "os_compute_api:os-server-password",
-"os_compute_api:os-server-groups",
 "os_compute_api:os-server-tags:delete",
 "os_compute_api:os-server-tags:delete_all",
 "os_compute_api:os-server-tags:index",
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-deprecated-os-server-groups-policy-de89d5d11d490338.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-deprecated-os-server-groups-policy-de89d5d11d490338.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44dd3b7b4026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-deprecated-os-server-groups-policy-de89d5d11d490338.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - The ``os_compute_api:os-server-groups`` policy deprecated in 16.0.0
+    has been removed.