diff --git a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
index 67c779ea637c..30b82a361881 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
+++ b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ PHP 8.5 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
   . Added the zend_update_exception_properties() function for instantiating
     Exception child classes. It updates the $message, $code, and $previous
     properties.
+  . zend_exception_get_default() was removed, use zend_ce_exception directly.
+  . zend_get_error_exception() was removed, use zend_ce_error_exception
+    directly.
   . ZEND_IS_XDIGIT() macro was removed because it was unused and its name
     did not match its actual behavior.
   . zend_register_constant() now returns a pointer to the added constant
diff --git a/Zend/zend_exceptions.c b/Zend/zend_exceptions.c
index 212fe3cb7ab6..7366eeaa2dd5 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_exceptions.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_exceptions.c
@@ -846,20 +846,6 @@ void zend_register_default_exception(void) /* {{{ */
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-/* {{{ Deprecated - Use zend_ce_exception directly instead */
-ZEND_API zend_class_entry *zend_exception_get_default(void)
-{
-	return zend_ce_exception;
-}
-/* }}} */
-
-/* {{{ Deprecated - Use zend_ce_error_exception directly instead */
-ZEND_API zend_class_entry *zend_get_error_exception(void)
-{
-	return zend_ce_error_exception;
-}
-/* }}} */
-
 static zend_object *zend_throw_exception_zstr(zend_class_entry *exception_ce, zend_string *message, zend_long code) /* {{{ */
 {
 	zval ex, tmp;
diff --git a/Zend/zend_exceptions.h b/Zend/zend_exceptions.h
index 35f669955942..5df49dcd6a3a 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_exceptions.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_exceptions.h
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ void zend_register_default_exception(void);
 
 ZEND_API zend_class_entry *zend_get_exception_base(zend_object *object);
 
-/* Deprecated - Use zend_ce_exception directly instead */
-ZEND_API zend_class_entry *zend_exception_get_default(void);
-
-/* Deprecated - Use zend_ce_error_exception directly instead */
-ZEND_API zend_class_entry *zend_get_error_exception(void);
-
 ZEND_API void zend_register_default_classes(void);
 
 /* exception_ce   NULL, zend_ce_exception, zend_ce_error, or a derived class