diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f7d644f9d..093948344 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # dbplyr (development version)
 
+* The `vars` argument of `translate_sql()` has been removed after it threw an
+  error for the last 7 years (@mgirlich).
+
 * Added translation for `runif()` (@mgirlich, #1200).
 
 * `sql_random()` is now deprecated. It was used to power `slice_sample()` which
diff --git a/R/backend-redshift.R b/R/backend-redshift.R
index 40255f138..81e796f5a 100644
--- a/R/backend-redshift.R
+++ b/R/backend-redshift.R
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ supports_window_clause.Redshift <- function(con) {
 #' @export
 supports_window_clause.RedshiftConnection <- supports_window_clause.Redshift
 
-utils::globalVariables(c("REGEXP_REPLACE", "LAG", "LEAD", "LISTAGG", "float"))
+utils::globalVariables(c("REGEXP_REPLACE", "LAG", "LEAD", "LISTAGG", "float", "text"))
diff --git a/R/translate-sql.R b/R/translate-sql.R
index edbac411e..9947c372a 100644
--- a/R/translate-sql.R
+++ b/R/translate-sql.R
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #'   a list of already quoted objects.
 #' @param con An optional database connection to control the details of
 #'   the translation. The default, `NULL`, generates ANSI SQL.
-#' @param vars Deprecated. Now call [partial_eval()] directly.
 #' @param vars_group,vars_order,vars_frame Parameters used in the `OVER`
 #'   expression of windowed functions.
 #' @param window Use `FALSE` to suppress generation of the `OVER`
@@ -67,16 +66,10 @@
 #' translate_sql(cumsum(mpg), vars_order = "mpg")
 translate_sql <- function(...,
                           con = NULL,
-                          vars = character(),
                           vars_group = NULL,
                           vars_order = NULL,
                           vars_frame = NULL,
                           window = TRUE) {
-
-  if (!missing(vars)) {
-    cli_abort("{.arg vars} is deprecated. Please use {.fun partial_eval} directly.")
-  }
-
   con <- con %||% sql_current_con() %||% simulate_dbi()
 
   translate_sql_(
diff --git a/man/translate_sql.Rd b/man/translate_sql.Rd
index 4436a1ed0..ae825e8c3 100644
--- a/man/translate_sql.Rd
+++ b/man/translate_sql.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 translate_sql(
   ...,
   con = NULL,
-  vars = character(),
   vars_group = NULL,
   vars_order = NULL,
   vars_frame = NULL,
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ a list of already quoted objects.}
 \item{con}{An optional database connection to control the details of
 the translation. The default, \code{NULL}, generates ANSI SQL.}
 
-\item{vars}{Deprecated. Now call \code{\link[=partial_eval]{partial_eval()}} directly.}
-
 \item{vars_group, vars_order, vars_frame}{Parameters used in the \code{OVER}
 expression of windowed functions.}
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate-sql.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate-sql.md
index a58e08f7c..852cc7698 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate-sql.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/translate-sql.md
@@ -35,11 +35,3 @@
       Error:
       ! No known translation for `base::abbreviate()`
 
-# vars is deprecated
-
-    Code
-      translate_sql(sin(x), vars = c("x", "y"))
-    Condition
-      Error in `translate_sql()`:
-      ! `vars` is deprecated. Please use `partial_eval()` directly.
-
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-translate-sql.R b/tests/testthat/test-translate-sql.R
index 9ad928ac0..34e9cb6f0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-translate-sql.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-translate-sql.R
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ test_that("magrittr pipe is translated", {
   expect_identical(translate_sql(1 %>% is.na()), translate_sql(is.na(1)))
 })
 
-test_that("vars is deprecated", {
-  expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, translate_sql(sin(x), vars = c("x", "y")))
-})
-
 test_that("user infix functions are translated", {
   expect_equal(translate_sql(x %like% y), sql("`x` like `y`"))
 })