diff --git a/include/crm/cib/Makefile.am b/include/crm/cib/Makefile.am
index 0cd236c14a..28b2df8666 100644
--- a/include/crm/cib/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/crm/cib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2012-2021 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in
 
 headerdir=$(pkgincludedir)/crm/cib
 
 noinst_HEADERS		= internal.h
 header_HEADERS		= cib_types.h	\
-			  util.h	\
-			  util_compat.h
+			  util.h
diff --git a/include/crm/cib/util.h b/include/crm/cib/util.h
index b68c061b86..8da9b4d007 100644
--- a/include/crm/cib/util.h
+++ b/include/crm/cib/util.h
@@ -1,65 +1,61 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_CIB_UTIL__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_CIB_UTIL__H
 
 #include <glib.h>               // gboolean
 #include <libxml/tree.h>        // xmlNode
 #include <crm/cib/cib_types.h>  // cib_t
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /* Utility functions */
 xmlNode *createEmptyCib(int cib_epoch);
 
 gboolean cib_version_details(xmlNode * cib, int *admin_epoch, int *epoch, int *updates);
 
 int update_attr_delegate(cib_t * the_cib, int call_options,
                          const char *section, const char *node_uuid,
                          const char *set_type, const char *set_name,
                          const char *attr_id, const char *attr_name,
                          const char *attr_value, gboolean to_console,
                          const char *user_name, const char *node_type);
 
 int find_nvpair_attr_delegate(cib_t * the_cib, const char *attr,
                               const char *section, const char *node_uuid,
                               const char *set_type, const char *set_name,
                               const char *attr_id, const char *attr_name,
                               gboolean to_console, char **value, const char *user_name);
 
 int read_attr_delegate(cib_t * the_cib,
                        const char *section, const char *node_uuid,
                        const char *set_type, const char *set_name,
                        const char *attr_id, const char *attr_name,
                        char **attr_value, gboolean to_console, const char *user_name);
 
 int delete_attr_delegate(cib_t * the_cib, int options,
                          const char *section, const char *node_uuid,
                          const char *set_type, const char *set_name,
                          const char *attr_id, const char *attr_name,
                          const char *attr_value, gboolean to_console, const char *user_name);
 
 int query_node_uuid(cib_t * the_cib, const char *uname, char **uuid, int *is_remote_node);
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 int cib_apply_patch_event(xmlNode *event, xmlNode *input, xmlNode **output,
                           int level);
 
-#if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
-#include <crm/cib/util_compat.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/crm/cib/util_compat.h b/include/crm/cib/util_compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b3cf01ecd..0000000000
--- a/include/crm/cib/util_compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
- *
- * The version control history for this file may have further details.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
- */
-
-#ifndef PCMK__CRM_CIB_UTIL_COMPAT__H
-#  define PCMK__CRM_CIB_UTIL_COMPAT__H
-
-#include <libxml/tree.h>        // xmlNode
-
-#include <crm/cib/cib_types.h>  // cib_t
-
-#include <crm/common/xml.h>
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * \file
- * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker configuration utilities
- * \ingroup cib
- * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The utilities in this
- *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
- *             release.
- */
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif // PCMK__CRM_CIB_UTIL_COMPAT__H