diff --git a/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am b/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am
index 77bc28e91f..52e48240ed 100644
--- a/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2006-2024 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/pengine
 
 noinst_HEADERS		= internal.h 			\
 			  $(wildcard *_internal.h)
 header_HEADERS		= common.h 		\
 			  complex.h 		\
 			  pe_types.h 		\
 			  rules.h 		\
 			  status.h 		\
-			  common_compat.h	\
 			  pe_types_compat.h	\
 			  rules_compat.h	\
 			  status_compat.h
diff --git a/include/crm/pengine/common.h b/include/crm/pengine/common.h
index 57005e1047..c1048c8e69 100644
--- a/include/crm/pengine/common.h
+++ b/include/crm/pengine/common.h
@@ -1,62 +1,58 @@
 /*
  * 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_PENGINE_COMMON__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_COMMON__H
 
 #  include <glib.h>
 #  include <regex.h>
 #  include <crm/common/iso8601.h>
 #  include <crm/common/scheduler.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 typedef struct pe_re_match_data {
     char *string;
     int nregs;
     regmatch_t *pmatch;
 } pe_re_match_data_t;
 
 typedef struct pe_match_data {
     pe_re_match_data_t *re;
     GHashTable *params;
     GHashTable *meta;
 } pe_match_data_t;
 
 typedef struct pe_rsc_eval_data {
     const char *standard;
     const char *provider;
     const char *agent;
 } pe_rsc_eval_data_t;
 
 typedef struct pe_op_eval_data {
     const char *op_name;
     guint interval;
 } pe_op_eval_data_t;
 
 typedef struct pe_rule_eval_data {
     GHashTable *node_hash;          // Only used with g_hash_table_lookup()
     enum rsc_role_e role;           //!< \deprecated Ignored
     crm_time_t *now;                // @COMPAT could be const
     pe_match_data_t *match_data;    // @COMPAT could be const
     pe_rsc_eval_data_t *rsc_data;   // @COMPAT could be const
     pe_op_eval_data_t *op_data;     // @COMPAT could be const
 } pe_rule_eval_data_t;
 
-#if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
-#include <crm/pengine/common_compat.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/crm/pengine/common_compat.h b/include/crm/pengine/common_compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 89ce7c9bdf..0000000000
--- a/include/crm/pengine/common_compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +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_PENGINE_COMMON_COMPAT__H
-#  define PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_COMMON_COMPAT__H
-
-#include <crm/common/scheduler.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-/**
- * \file
- * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker scheduler utilities
- * \ingroup pengine
- * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The utilities in this
- *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
- *             release.
- */
-
-//! \deprecated Use (pcmk_role_promoted + 1) instead
-#define RSC_ROLE_MAX    (pcmk_role_promoted + 1)
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif // PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_COMMON_COMPAT__H