diff --git a/lib/file_store/base_store.rb b/lib/file_store/base_store.rb
index ff98b06231a..99e95422cb5 100644
--- a/lib/file_store/base_store.rb
+++ b/lib/file_store/base_store.rb
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ module FileStore
     end
 
     def download(object, max_file_size_kb: nil, print_deprecation: true)
-      Discourse.deprecate(<<~MESSAGE) if print_deprecation
-          In a future version `FileStore#download` will no longer raise an error when the
-          download fails, and will instead return `nil`. If you need a method that raises
-          an error, use `FileStore#download!`, which raises a `FileStore::DownloadError`.
-        MESSAGE
-
       DistributedMutex.synchronize("download_#{object.sha1}", validity: 3.minutes) do
         extension =
           File.extname(