diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/CHANGELOG.rst b/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1213e305cf813..b55a36bd82cb4 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 
 Changelog
 ---------
+main
+....
+
+.. warning::
+  All deprecated classes, parameters and features have been removed from the {provider_name} provider package.
+  The following breaking changes were introduced:
+
+  * Removed deprecated ``GSSAPI`` for ``auth_mechanism.`` Use ``KERBEROS`` instead.
 
 8.2.1
 .....
diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py
index d768743cd459b..dde421e01e69b 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py
@@ -873,14 +873,6 @@ def get_conn(self, schema: str | None = None) -> Any:
             auth_mechanism = db.extra_dejson.get("auth_mechanism", "KERBEROS")
             kerberos_service_name = db.extra_dejson.get("kerberos_service_name", "hive")
 
-        # pyhive uses GSSAPI instead of KERBEROS as a auth_mechanism identifier
-        if auth_mechanism == "GSSAPI":
-            self.log.warning(
-                "Detected deprecated 'GSSAPI' for auth_mechanism for %s. Please use 'KERBEROS' instead",
-                self.hiveserver2_conn_id,  # type: ignore
-            )
-            auth_mechanism = "KERBEROS"
-
         # Password should be set if and only if in LDAP or CUSTOM mode
         if auth_mechanism in ("LDAP", "CUSTOM"):
             password = db.password