diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
index 8f4a1472fb3..6ecc22cecdb 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
@@ -592,14 +592,6 @@ static class PrivacyOptionGroup {
       defaultValue = "localhost,127.0.0.1")
   private final JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty hostsAllowlist = new JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty();
 
-  @Option(
-      names = {"--host-whitelist"},
-      hidden = true,
-      paramLabel = "<hostname>[,<hostname>...]... or * or all",
-      description =
-          "Deprecated in favor of --host-allowlist. Comma separated list of hostnames to allow for RPC access, or * to accept any host (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty hostsWhitelist = new JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty();
-
   @SuppressWarnings({"FieldCanBeFinal", "FieldMayBeFinal"})
   @Option(
       names = {"--color-enabled"},
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/HostAllowlistOptionsTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/HostAllowlistOptionsTest.java
index c1f867f4892..21dd587ce7f 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/HostAllowlistOptionsTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/HostAllowlistOptionsTest.java
@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@
 
 public class HostAllowlistOptionsTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
 
-  /** test deprecated CLI option * */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Test
-  public void rpcHttpHostWhitelistAcceptsSingleArgument() {
-    parseCommand("--host-whitelist", "a");
-
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).jsonRpcConfiguration(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.capture());
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).build();
-
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist().size()).isEqualTo(1);
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist()).contains("a");
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist())
-        .doesNotContain("localhost");
-
-    assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-    assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void rpcHttpHostAllowlistAcceptsSingleArgument() {
     parseCommand("--host-allowlist", "a");
@@ -89,23 +71,6 @@ public void rpcHttpHostAllowlistAcceptsDoubleComma() {
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
   }
 
-  @Deprecated
-  @Test
-  public void rpcHttpHostWhitelistAllowlistAcceptsMultipleFlags() {
-    parseCommand("--host-whitelist=a", "--host-allowlist=b");
-
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).jsonRpcConfiguration(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.capture());
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).build();
-
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist().size()).isEqualTo(2);
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist()).contains("a", "b");
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist())
-        .doesNotContain("*", "localhost");
-
-    assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-    assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void rpcHttpHostAllowlistAcceptsMultipleFlags() {
     parseCommand("--host-allowlist=a", "--host-allowlist=b");