diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/cinder-native-ceph-image-copy-2bfb1f98a11a3209.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-native-ceph-image-copy-2bfb1f98a11a3209.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2de6748ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-native-ceph-image-copy-2bfb1f98a11a3209.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Cinder now uses native Ceph-to-Ceph copies when creating volumes from
+    Ceph-backed images.
diff --git a/roles/cinder/vars/main.yml b/roles/cinder/vars/main.yml
index 681c1dd258..7a497c53e5 100644
--- a/roles/cinder/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cinder/vars/main.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ __cinder_helm_values:
         os_region_name: "{{ openstack_helm_endpoints['identity']['auth']['cinder']['region_name'] }}"
         volume_usage_audit_period: hour
         volume_name_template: volume-%s
-        image_conversion_disable: true
         osapi_volume_workers: 8
       barbican:
         barbican_endpoint_type: internal