diff --git a/include/crm/common/Makefile.am b/include/crm/common/Makefile.am
index e303b78bb5..5f916b0792 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/crm/common/Makefile.am
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
 #
 # 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 General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
 headerdir=$(pkgincludedir)/crm/common
 
 header_HEADERS = acl.h 			\
 		 actions.h		\
 		 agents.h 		\
 		 cib.h 			\
 		 ipc.h 			\
 		 ipc_controld.h 	\
 		 ipc_pacemakerd.h 	\
 		 ipc_schedulerd.h 	\
 		 iso8601.h 		\
 		 logging.h 		\
 		 logging_compat.h 	\
 		 mainloop.h 		\
 		 nodes.h 		\
 		 nvpair.h 		\
 		 options.h 		\
 		 output.h 		\
 		 resources.h		\
 		 results.h 		\
 		 roles.h		\
 		 rules.h		\
 		 scheduler.h		\
 		 scheduler_types.h	\
 		 schemas.h		\
 		 scores.h		\
-		 scores_compat.h	\
 		 tags.h			\
 		 tickets.h		\
 		 util.h 		\
 		 util_compat.h 		\
 		 xml.h 			\
 		 xml_compat.h		\
 		 xml_io.h		\
 		 xml_io_compat.h	\
 		 xml_names.h
 
 noinst_HEADERS = $(wildcard *internal.h)
diff --git a/include/crm/common/scores_compat.h b/include/crm/common/scores_compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d94a7310d7..0000000000
--- a/include/crm/common/scores_compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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_COMMON_SCORES_COMPAT__H
-#define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_SCORES_COMPAT__H
-
-#include <sys/types.h>  // size_t
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * \file
- * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker score APIs
- * \ingroup core
- * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The APIs in this header, and
- *             the header itself, will be removed in a future release.
- */
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif // PCMK__CRM_COMMON_SCORES_COMPAT__H