diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_errors.py b/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_errors.py
index dcca3a3fd1..0e15103628 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_errors.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_errors.py
@@ -254,11 +254,12 @@ def hf_raise_for_status(
         raise HfHubHTTPError(str(HTTPError), response=response) from e
 
 
-@_deprecate_method(version="0.15", message="Use `hf_raise_for_status` instead.")
 def _raise_for_status(response):
     """Keep alias for now.
 
-    Deprecated but will stay longer since used in transformers.
+    Deprecated but without warning since it is used in transformers.
+    TODO: deprecate this properly after next release (just after v0.10).
+          See https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/pull/1019#issuecomment-1233240452
     """
     hf_raise_for_status(response)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_errors.py b/tests/test_utils_errors.py
index 52fa026803..404d55e89d 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_errors.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_errors.py
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ def test_hf_raise_for_status_fallback(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(context.exception.response.status_code, 404)
         self.assertEqual(context.exception.response.url, "test_URL")
 
-    @expect_deprecation("_raise_for_status")
     @patch("huggingface_hub.utils._errors.hf_raise_for_status")
     def test_raise_for_status(self, mock_hf_raise_for_status: Mock) -> None:
         """Test `_raise_for_status` alias."""