diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 4794bb2764c80..896874f32db71 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -3096,14 +3096,6 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
-<property>
-  <name>hadoop.ssl.enabled</name>
-  <value>false</value>
-  <description>
-    Deprecated. Use dfs.http.policy and yarn.http.policy instead.
-  </description>
-</property>
-
 <property>
   <name>hadoop.ssl.enabled.protocols</name>
   <value>TLSv1.2</value>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/SecureMode.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/SecureMode.md
index 523fa40dbc14f..ebfc16c1a5287 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/SecureMode.md
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/SecureMode.md
@@ -269,9 +269,8 @@ The following settings allow configuring SSL access to the NameNode web UI (opti
 
 | Parameter                    | Value                                           | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 |:-----------------------------|:------------------------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `dfs.http.policy`            | `HTTP_ONLY` or `HTTPS_ONLY` or `HTTP_AND_HTTPS` | `HTTPS_ONLY` turns off http access. This option takes precedence over the deprecated configuration dfs.https.enable and hadoop.ssl.enabled. If using SASL to authenticate data transfer protocol instead of running DataNode as root and using privileged ports, then this property must be set to `HTTPS_ONLY` to guarantee authentication of HTTP servers. (See `dfs.data.transfer.protection`.) |
+| `dfs.http.policy`            | `HTTP_ONLY` or `HTTPS_ONLY` or `HTTP_AND_HTTPS` | `HTTPS_ONLY` turns off http access. If using SASL to authenticate data transfer protocol instead of running DataNode as root and using privileged ports, then this property must be set to `HTTPS_ONLY` to guarantee authentication of HTTP servers. (See `dfs.data.transfer.protection`.) |
 | `dfs.namenode.https-address` | `0.0.0.0:9871`                                 | This parameter is used in non-HA mode and without federation. See [HDFS High Availability](../hadoop-hdfs/HDFSHighAvailabilityWithNFS.html#Deployment) and [HDFS Federation](../hadoop-hdfs/Federation.html#Federation_Configuration) for details.                                                                                                                                                 |
-| `dfs.https.enable`           | `true`                                          | This value is deprecated. `Use dfs.http.policy`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 
 ### Secondary NameNode
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestCommonConfigurationFields.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestCommonConfigurationFields.java
index 30ed4a4193783..8fd1df82b2ff8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestCommonConfigurationFields.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestCommonConfigurationFields.java
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ public void initializeMemberVariables() {
     // - org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils
     xmlPropsToSkipCompare
         .add("hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.ClientProtocol");
-    // - Where is this used?
-    xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("hadoop.ssl.enabled");
 
     // Keys with no corresponding variable
     // - org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.bzip2.Bzip2Factory
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/data/2jobs2min-rumen-jh.json b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/data/2jobs2min-rumen-jh.json
index 8c2e43e1e53ba..8e9af7549cd33 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/data/2jobs2min-rumen-jh.json
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/main/data/2jobs2min-rumen-jh.json
@@ -4559,7 +4559,6 @@
     "hadoop.hdfs.configuration.version" : "1",
     "dfs.datanode.balance.bandwidthPerSec" : "1048576",
     "mapreduce.reduce.shuffle.connect.timeout" : "180000",
-    "hadoop.ssl.enabled" : "false",
     "dfs.journalnode.rpc-address" : "0.0.0.0:8485",
     "yarn.nodemanager.aux-services" : "mapreduce.shuffle",
     "mapreduce.job.counters.max" : "120",
@@ -9626,7 +9625,6 @@
     "hadoop.hdfs.configuration.version" : "1",
     "dfs.datanode.balance.bandwidthPerSec" : "1048576",
     "mapreduce.reduce.shuffle.connect.timeout" : "180000",
-    "hadoop.ssl.enabled" : "false",
     "dfs.journalnode.rpc-address" : "0.0.0.0:8485",
     "yarn.nodemanager.aux-services" : "mapreduce.shuffle",
     "mapreduce.job.counters.max" : "120",