diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
index 58b5d0148a3e..4b949298cf52 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
@@ -521,19 +521,6 @@ public HColumnDescriptor setCacheDataOnWrite(boolean value) {
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * This is a noop call from HBase 2.0 onwards
-   *
-   * @return this (for chained invocation)
-   * @deprecated Since 2.0 and will be removed in 3.0 with out any replacement. Caching data in on
-   *             heap Cache, when there are both on heap LRU Cache and Bucket Cache will no longer
-   *             be supported from 2.0.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public HColumnDescriptor setCacheDataInL1(boolean value) {
-    return this;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean isCacheIndexesOnWrite() {
     return delegatee.isCacheIndexesOnWrite();