diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index 4a1054d0a..fe852ff1b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ void _PG_init(void);
 static void multi_log_hook(ErrorData *edata);
 static void CreateRequiredDirectories(void);
 static void RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void);
-static void WarningForEnableDeadlockPrevention(bool newval, void *extra);
 static bool ErrorIfNotASuitableDeadlockFactor(double *newval, void **extra,
 											  GucSource source);
 static void NormalizeWorkerListPath(void);
@@ -487,7 +486,7 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 		true,
 		PGC_USERSET,
 		GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL,
-		NULL, WarningForEnableDeadlockPrevention, NULL);
+		NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 	DefineCustomBoolVariable(
 		"citus.enable_ddl_propagation",
@@ -922,18 +921,6 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * Inform the users about the deprecated flag.
- */
-static void
-WarningForEnableDeadlockPrevention(bool newval, void *extra)
-{
-	ereport(WARNING, (errcode(ERRCODE_WARNING_DEPRECATED_FEATURE),
-					  errmsg("citus.enable_deadlock_prevention is deprecated and it has "
-							 "no effect. The flag will be removed in the next release.")));
-}
-
-
 /*
  * We don't want to allow values less than 1.0. However, we define -1 as the value to disable
  * distributed deadlock checking. Here we enforce our special constraint.