diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/dreprecate_client_parameters-cb8d069e62957f7e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/dreprecate_client_parameters-cb8d069e62957f7e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4081f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/dreprecate_client_parameters-cb8d069e62957f7e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Deprecate the client_parameters argument in
+    `tempest.lib.services.clients.ServiceClients`. The parameter is actually
+    not honoured already - see https://bugs.launchpad.net/tempest/+bug/1680915
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_baremetal_nodes.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_baremetal_nodes.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7726ed4..0000000
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_baremetal_nodes.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from tempest.api.compute import base
-from tempest import config
-from tempest.lib import decorators
-from tempest import test
-
-CONF = config.CONF
-
-
-class BaremetalNodesAdminTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
-    """Tests Baremetal API"""
-
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(BaremetalNodesAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        if not getattr(CONF.service_available, 'ironic', False):
-            skip_msg = ('%s skipped as Ironic is not available' % cls.__name__)
-            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
-        cls.client = cls.os_adm.baremetal_nodes_client
-        cls.ironic_client = cls.os_adm.baremetal_client
-
-    @test.attr(type=['baremetal'])
-    @decorators.idempotent_id('e475aa6e-416d-4fa4-b3af-28d5e84250fb')
-    def test_list_get_baremetal_nodes(self):
-        # Create some test nodes in Ironic directly
-        test_nodes = []
-        for _ in range(0, 3):
-            _, node = self.ironic_client.create_node()
-            test_nodes.append(node)
-            self.addCleanup(self.ironic_client.delete_node, node['uuid'])
-
-        # List all baremetal nodes and ensure our created test nodes are
-        # listed
-        bm_node_ids = set([n['id'] for n in
-                           self.client.list_baremetal_nodes()['nodes']])
-        test_node_ids = set([n['uuid'] for n in test_nodes])
-        self.assertTrue(test_node_ids.issubset(bm_node_ids))
-
-        # Test getting each individually
-        for node in test_nodes:
-            baremetal_node = self.client.show_baremetal_node(node['uuid'])
-            self.assertEqual(node['uuid'], baremetal_node['node']['id'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v2/test_tokens.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v2/test_tokens.py
index 3428c07..98abd02 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v2/test_tokens.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v2/test_tokens.py
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@
         self.addCleanup(self.tenants_client.delete_tenant, tenant2['id'])
 
         # Create a role
-        role_name = data_utils.rand_name(name='role')
-        role = self.roles_client.create_role(name=role_name)['role']
-        # Delete the role at the end of the test
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, role['id'])
+        role = self.setup_test_role()
 
         # Grant the user the role on the tenants.
         self.roles_client.create_user_role_on_project(tenant1['id'],
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_inherits.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_inherits.py
index 3fe591b..4de0f5b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_inherits.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_inherits.py
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('4e6f0366-97c8-423c-b2be-41eae6ac91c8')
     def test_inherit_assign_list_check_revoke_roles_on_domains_user(self):
         # Create role
-        src_role = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('Role'))['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, src_role['id'])
+        src_role = self.setup_test_role()
         # Assign role on domains user
         self.inherited_roles_client.create_inherited_role_on_domains_user(
             self.domain['id'], self.user['id'], src_role['id'])
@@ -91,9 +89,7 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('c7a8dda2-be50-4fb4-9a9c-e830771078b1')
     def test_inherit_assign_list_check_revoke_roles_on_domains_group(self):
         # Create role
-        src_role = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('Role'))['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, src_role['id'])
+        src_role = self.setup_test_role()
         # Assign role on domains group
         self.inherited_roles_client.create_inherited_role_on_domains_group(
             self.domain['id'], self.group['id'], src_role['id'])
@@ -117,9 +113,7 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('18b70e45-7687-4b72-8277-b8f1a47d7591')
     def test_inherit_assign_check_revoke_roles_on_projects_user(self):
         # Create role
-        src_role = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('Role'))['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, src_role['id'])
+        src_role = self.setup_test_role()
         # Assign role on projects user
         self.inherited_roles_client.create_inherited_role_on_projects_user(
             self.project['id'], self.user['id'], src_role['id'])
@@ -134,9 +128,7 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('26021436-d5a4-4256-943c-ded01e0d4b45')
     def test_inherit_assign_check_revoke_roles_on_projects_group(self):
         # Create role
-        src_role = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('Role'))['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, src_role['id'])
+        src_role = self.setup_test_role()
         # Assign role on projects group
         self.inherited_roles_client.create_inherited_role_on_projects_group(
             self.project['id'], self.group['id'], src_role['id'])
@@ -152,9 +144,7 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('3acf666e-5354-42ac-8e17-8b68893bcd36')
     def test_inherit_assign_list_revoke_user_roles_on_domain(self):
         # Create role
-        src_role = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('Role'))['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, src_role['id'])
+        src_role = self.setup_test_role()
 
         # Create a project hierarchy
         leaf_project_name = data_utils.rand_name('project')
@@ -202,9 +192,7 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('9f02ccd9-9b57-46b4-8f77-dd5a736f3a06')
     def test_inherit_assign_list_revoke_user_roles_on_project_tree(self):
         # Create role
-        src_role = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('Role'))['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, src_role['id'])
+        src_role = self.setup_test_role()
 
         # Create a project hierarchy
         leaf_project_name = data_utils.rand_name('project')
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py
index fabb91c..ae687f6 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@
         self.addCleanup(self.projects_client.delete_project, project2['id'])
 
         # Create a role
-        role_name = data_utils.rand_name(name='role')
-        role = self.roles_client.create_role(name=role_name)['role']
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, role['id'])
+        role = self.setup_test_role()
 
         # Grant the user the role on both projects.
         self.roles_client.create_user_role_on_project(project1['id'],
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_users.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_users.py
index 0d12ba9..28137ad 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_users.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_users.py
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@
         # Delete the User at the end of this method
         self.addCleanup(self.users_client.delete_user, user_body['id'])
         # Creating Role
-        role_body = self.roles_client.create_role(
-            name=data_utils.rand_name('role'))['role']
-        # Delete the Role at the end of this method
-        self.addCleanup(self.roles_client.delete_role, role_body['id'])
+        role_body = self.setup_test_role()
 
         user = self.users_client.show_user(user_body['id'])['user']
         role = self.roles_client.show_role(role_body['id'])['role']
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/base.py b/tempest/api/identity/base.py
index 8317535..5cb4c77 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/base.py
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
             self.users_client.delete_user, user['id'])
         return user
 
-    def setup_test_role(self, domain_id=None):
+    def setup_test_role(self, name=None, domain_id=None):
         """Set up a test role."""
-        params = {'name': data_utils.rand_name('test_role')}
+        params = {'name': name or data_utils.rand_name('test_role')}
         if domain_id:
             params['domain_id'] = domain_id
 
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index 01abfd8..d21e6a7 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
         self.aggregates_client = self.compute.AggregatesClient()
         self.services_client = self.compute.ServicesClient()
         self.tenant_usages_client = self.compute.TenantUsagesClient()
-        self.baremetal_nodes_client = self.compute.BaremetalNodesClient()
         self.hosts_client = self.compute.HostsClient()
         self.hypervisor_client = self.compute.HypervisorClient()
         self.instance_usages_audit_log_client = (
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/clients.py b/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
index eefac66..0a06c04 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/clients.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import copy
 import importlib
 import inspect
+import warnings
 
+from debtcollector import removals
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from tempest.lib import auth
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@
 from tempest.lib.services import network
 from tempest.lib.services import volume
 
-
+warnings.simplefilter("once")
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@
     # initialises this class using values from tempest CONF object. The wrapper
     # class should only be used by tests hosted in Tempest.
 
+    @removals.removed_kwarg('client_parameters')
     def __init__(self, credentials, identity_uri, region=None, scope='project',
                  disable_ssl_certificate_validation=True, ca_certs=None,
                  trace_requests='', client_parameters=None):
@@ -272,7 +275,12 @@
         Parameters dscv, ca_certs and trace_requests all apply to the auth
         provider as well as any service clients provided by this manager.
 
-        Any other client parameter must be set via client_parameters.
+        Any other client parameter should be set via ClientsRegistry.
+
+        Client parameter used to be set via client_parameters, but this is
+        deprecated, and it is actually already not honoured
+        anymore: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1680915.
+
         The list of available parameters is defined in the service clients
         interfaces. For reference, most clients will accept 'region',
         'service', 'endpoint_type', 'build_timeout' and 'build_interval', which
@@ -287,6 +295,10 @@
         - Volume client for 'volume' accepts 'default_volume_size'
         - Servers client from 'compute' accepts 'enable_instance_password'
 
+        If Tempest configuration is used, parameters will be loaded in the
+        Registry automatically for all service client (Tempest stable ones
+        and plugins).
+
         Examples:
 
             >>> identity_params = config.service_client_config('identity')
@@ -311,14 +323,6 @@
             for the version. Values are dictionaries of parameters that are
             going to be passed to all clients in the service client module.
 
-        Examples:
-
-            >>> params_service_x = {'param_name': 'param_value'}
-            >>> client_parameters = { 'service_x': params_service_x }
-
-            >>> params_service_y = config.service_client_config('service_y')
-            >>> client_parameters['service_y'] = params_service_y
-
         """
         self._registered_services = set([])
         self.credentials = credentials
diff --git a/tempest/test.py b/tempest/test.py
index 52994ac..70421fd 100644
--- a/tempest/test.py
+++ b/tempest/test.py
@@ -642,12 +642,24 @@
         return fixed_network.get_tenant_network(
             cred_provider, networks_client, CONF.compute.fixed_network_name)
 
-    def assertEmpty(self, list, msg=None):
-        if msg is None:
-            msg = "list is not empty: %s" % list
-        self.assertEqual(0, len(list), msg)
+    def assertEmpty(self, items, msg=None):
+        """Asserts whether a sequence or collection is empty
 
-    def assertNotEmpty(self, list, msg=None):
+        :param items: sequence or collection to be tested
+        :param msg: message to be passed to the AssertionError
+        :raises AssertionError: when items is not empty
+        """
         if msg is None:
-            msg = "list is empty."
-        self.assertGreater(len(list), 0, msg)
+            msg = "sequence or collection is not empty: %s" % items
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(items), msg)
+
+    def assertNotEmpty(self, items, msg=None):
+        """Asserts whether a sequence or collection is not empty
+
+        :param items: sequence or collection to be tested
+        :param msg: message to be passed to the AssertionError
+        :raises AssertionError: when items is empty
+        """
+        if msg is None:
+            msg = "sequence or collection is empty."
+        self.assertGreater(len(items), 0, msg)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/fake_config.py b/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
index 71a4c81..4e957a0 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@
         self.conf.set_default('ca_certificates_file', '/fake/certificates',
                               group='identity')
         self.conf.set_default('region', 'fake_region', 'identity')
-        # Identity endpoints
-        self.conf.set_default('v3_endpoint_type', 'fake_v3_uri', 'identity')
-        self.conf.set_default('v2_public_endpoint_type', 'fake_v2_public_uri',
-                              'identity')
-        self.conf.set_default('v2_admin_endpoint_type', 'fake_v2_admin_uri',
-                              'identity')
         # Compute default values
         self.conf.set_default('build_interval', 88, group='compute')
         self.conf.set_default('build_timeout', 8, group='compute')