diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
index aceaa2e5ab9a..73a21789c5d2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use rustc_span::edition::Edition;
 use rustc_span::{Symbol, sym};
 
-use crate::{Features, Stability};
+use crate::Features;
 
 type GateFn = fn(&Features) -> bool;
 
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ pub enum AttributeSafety {
 pub enum AttributeGate {
     /// A gated attribute which requires a feature gate to be enabled.
     Gated {
-        stability: Stability,
         /// The feature gate, for example `#![feature(rustc_attrs)]` for rustc_* attributes.
         feature: Symbol,
         /// The error message displayed when an attempt is made to use the attribute without its feature gate.
@@ -112,12 +111,6 @@ pub enum AttributeGate {
     Ungated,
 }
 
-impl AttributeGate {
-    fn is_deprecated(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(*self, Self::Gated { stability: Stability::Deprecated(_, _), .. })
-    }
-}
-
 /// A template that the attribute input must match.
 /// Only top-level shape (`#[attr]` vs `#[attr(...)]` vs `#[attr = ...]`) is considered now.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Default)]
@@ -252,7 +245,6 @@ macro_rules! gated {
             template: $tpl,
             duplicates: $duplicates,
             gate: Gated {
-                stability: Stability::Unstable,
                 feature: sym::$gate,
                 message: $message,
                 check: Features::$gate,
@@ -269,7 +261,6 @@ macro_rules! gated {
             template: $tpl,
             duplicates: $duplicates,
             gate: Gated {
-                stability: Stability::Unstable,
                 feature: sym::$attr,
                 message: $message,
                 check: Features::$attr,
@@ -286,7 +277,6 @@ macro_rules! gated {
             template: $tpl,
             duplicates: $duplicates,
             gate: Gated {
-                stability: Stability::Unstable,
                 feature: sym::$gate,
                 message: $message,
                 check: Features::$gate,
@@ -303,7 +293,6 @@ macro_rules! gated {
             template: $tpl,
             duplicates: $duplicates,
             gate: Gated {
-                stability: Stability::Unstable,
                 feature: sym::$attr,
                 message: $message,
                 check: Features::$attr,
@@ -337,7 +326,6 @@ macro_rules! rustc_attr {
             template: $tpl,
             duplicates: $duplicates,
             gate: Gated {
-                stability: Stability::Unstable,
                 feature: sym::rustc_attrs,
                 message: "use of an internal attribute",
                 check: Features::rustc_attrs,
@@ -1025,7 +1013,6 @@ pub static BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &[BuiltinAttribute] = &[
         template: template!(NameValueStr: "name"),
         duplicates: ErrorFollowing,
         gate: Gated{
-            stability: Stability::Unstable,
             feature: sym::rustc_attrs,
             message: "use of an internal attribute",
             check: Features::rustc_attrs,
@@ -1240,10 +1227,6 @@ pub static BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &[BuiltinAttribute] = &[
     ),
 ];
 
-pub fn deprecated_attributes() -> Vec<&'static BuiltinAttribute> {
-    BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES.iter().filter(|attr| attr.gate.is_deprecated()).collect()
-}
-
 pub fn is_builtin_attr_name(name: Symbol) -> bool {
     BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTE_MAP.get(&name).is_some()
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/lib.rs
index 25764755a8fc..dbc0daa3d838 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ pub struct Feature {
     issue: Option<NonZero<u32>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
-pub enum Stability {
-    Unstable,
-    // First argument is tracking issue link; second argument is an optional
-    // help message, which defaults to "remove this attribute".
-    Deprecated(&'static str, Option<&'static str>),
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Hash)]
 pub enum UnstableFeatures {
     /// Disallow use of unstable features, as on beta/stable channels.
@@ -144,9 +136,8 @@ pub fn find_feature_issue(feature: Symbol, issue: GateIssue) -> Option<NonZero<u
 pub use accepted::ACCEPTED_LANG_FEATURES;
 pub use builtin_attrs::{
     AttributeDuplicates, AttributeGate, AttributeSafety, AttributeTemplate, AttributeType,
-    BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTE_MAP, BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES, BuiltinAttribute, GatedCfg, deprecated_attributes,
-    encode_cross_crate, find_gated_cfg, is_builtin_attr_name, is_stable_diagnostic_attribute,
-    is_valid_for_get_attr,
+    BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTE_MAP, BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES, BuiltinAttribute, GatedCfg, encode_cross_crate,
+    find_gated_cfg, is_builtin_attr_name, is_stable_diagnostic_attribute, is_valid_for_get_attr,
 };
 pub use removed::REMOVED_LANG_FEATURES;
 pub use unstable::{
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_lint/messages.ftl
index 46818af59f5c..74a4191916d1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/messages.ftl
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ lint_builtin_const_no_mangle = const items should never be `#[no_mangle]`
 lint_builtin_decl_unsafe_fn = declaration of an `unsafe` function
 lint_builtin_decl_unsafe_method = declaration of an `unsafe` method
 
-lint_builtin_deprecated_attr_link = use of deprecated attribute `{$name}`: {$message}. See {$link}
-    .msg_suggestion = {$suggestion}
-    .default_suggestion = remove this attribute
 lint_builtin_deref_nullptr = dereferencing a null pointer
     .label = this code causes undefined behavior when executed
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
index 2e09ef75be4f..e9b85a4f1b18 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use rustc_ast::visit::{FnCtxt, FnKind};
 use rustc_ast::{self as ast, *};
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust::expr_to_string;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, LintDiagnostic};
-use rustc_feature::{AttributeGate, BuiltinAttribute, GateIssue, Stability, deprecated_attributes};
+use rustc_feature::GateIssue;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def::{DefKind, Res};
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{CRATE_DEF_ID, DefId, LocalDefId};
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ use rustc_trait_selection::traits::{self};
 
 use crate::errors::BuiltinEllipsisInclusiveRangePatterns;
 use crate::lints::{
-    BuiltinAnonymousParams, BuiltinConstNoMangle, BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLink,
-    BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion, BuiltinDerefNullptr, BuiltinDoubleNegations,
+    BuiltinAnonymousParams, BuiltinConstNoMangle, BuiltinDerefNullptr, BuiltinDoubleNegations,
     BuiltinDoubleNegationsAddParens, BuiltinEllipsisInclusiveRangePatternsLint,
     BuiltinExplicitOutlives, BuiltinExplicitOutlivesSuggestion, BuiltinFeatureIssueNote,
     BuiltinIncompleteFeatures, BuiltinIncompleteFeaturesHelp, BuiltinInternalFeatures,
@@ -798,50 +797,6 @@ impl EarlyLintPass for AnonymousParameters {
     }
 }
 
-/// Check for use of attributes which have been deprecated.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct DeprecatedAttr {
-    // This is not free to compute, so we want to keep it around, rather than
-    // compute it for every attribute.
-    depr_attrs: Vec<&'static BuiltinAttribute>,
-}
-
-impl_lint_pass!(DeprecatedAttr => []);
-
-impl Default for DeprecatedAttr {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        DeprecatedAttr { depr_attrs: deprecated_attributes() }
-    }
-}
-
-impl EarlyLintPass for DeprecatedAttr {
-    fn check_attribute(&mut self, cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, attr: &ast::Attribute) {
-        for BuiltinAttribute { name, gate, .. } in &self.depr_attrs {
-            if attr.ident().map(|ident| ident.name) == Some(*name) {
-                if let &AttributeGate::Gated {
-                    stability: Stability::Deprecated(link, suggestion),
-                    message,
-                    ..
-                } = gate
-                {
-                    let suggestion = match suggestion {
-                        Some(suggestion) => {
-                            BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion::Msg { span: attr.span, suggestion }
-                        }
-                        None => BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion::Default { span: attr.span },
-                    };
-                    cx.emit_span_lint(
-                        DEPRECATED,
-                        attr.span,
-                        BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLink { name: *name, message, link, suggestion },
-                    );
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 fn warn_if_doc(cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, node_span: Span, node_kind: &str, attrs: &[ast::Attribute]) {
     use rustc_ast::token::CommentKind;
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lib.rs
index 0a52e42e4428..63c884f1ab9a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lib.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ early_lint_methods!(
             AnonymousParameters: AnonymousParameters,
             EllipsisInclusiveRangePatterns: EllipsisInclusiveRangePatterns::default(),
             NonCamelCaseTypes: NonCamelCaseTypes,
-            DeprecatedAttr: DeprecatedAttr::default(),
             WhileTrue: WhileTrue,
             NonAsciiIdents: NonAsciiIdents,
             IncompleteInternalFeatures: IncompleteInternalFeatures,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
index 82b88ec72151..0a47393eb999 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
@@ -199,32 +199,6 @@ pub(crate) struct BuiltinAnonymousParams<'a> {
     pub ty_snip: &'a str,
 }
 
-// FIXME(davidtwco) translatable deprecated attr
-#[derive(LintDiagnostic)]
-#[diag(lint_builtin_deprecated_attr_link)]
-pub(crate) struct BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLink<'a> {
-    pub name: Symbol,
-    pub message: &'a str,
-    pub link: &'a str,
-    #[subdiagnostic]
-    pub suggestion: BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion<'a>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
-pub(crate) enum BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion<'a> {
-    #[suggestion(lint_msg_suggestion, code = "", applicability = "machine-applicable")]
-    Msg {
-        #[primary_span]
-        span: Span,
-        suggestion: &'a str,
-    },
-    #[suggestion(lint_default_suggestion, code = "", applicability = "machine-applicable")]
-    Default {
-        #[primary_span]
-        span: Span,
-    },
-}
-
 #[derive(LintDiagnostic)]
 #[diag(lint_builtin_unused_doc_comment)]
 pub(crate) struct BuiltinUnusedDocComment<'a> {