diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index 695ab51f36757b..f6103f61c2b786 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -3026,6 +3026,9 @@ The [`crypto.Certificate()` constructor][] is deprecated. Use
 
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57784
+    description: End-of-Life.
   - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302
     description: Runtime deprecation.
@@ -3037,10 +3040,10 @@ changes:
     description: Documentation-only deprecation.
 -->
 
-Type: Runtime
+Type: End-of-Life
 
-In future versions of Node.js, `recursive` option will be ignored for
-`fs.rmdir`, `fs.rmdirSync`, and `fs.promises.rmdir`.
+`recursive` option is ignored for `fs.rmdir`, `fs.rmdirSync`,
+and `fs.promises.rmdir`.
 
 Use `fs.rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true })`,
 `fs.rmSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true })` or
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 78618afa43c4f3..b4d768ed46b7e5 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1575,6 +1575,9 @@ Renames `oldPath` to `newPath`.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57784
+    description: The `recursive` option is removed, use `fsPromises.rm` instead.
   - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fsPromises.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path`
@@ -1614,9 +1617,6 @@ changes:
     backoff wait of `retryDelay` milliseconds longer on each try. This option
     represents the number of retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive`
     option is not `true`. **Default:** `0`.
-  * `recursive` {boolean} If `true`, perform a recursive directory removal. In
-    recursive mode, operations are retried on failure. **Default:** `false`.
-    **Deprecated.**
   * `retryDelay` {integer} The amount of time in milliseconds to wait between
     retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive` option is not `true`.
     **Default:** `100`.
@@ -4233,6 +4233,9 @@ rename('oldFile.txt', 'newFile.txt', (err) => {
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.0.2
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57784
+    description: The `recursive` option is removed, use `fs.rm` instead.
   - version: v18.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/41678
     description: Passing an invalid callback to the `callback` argument
@@ -4289,9 +4292,6 @@ changes:
     backoff wait of `retryDelay` milliseconds longer on each try. This option
     represents the number of retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive`
     option is not `true`. **Default:** `0`.
-  * `recursive` {boolean} If `true`, perform a recursive directory removal. In
-    recursive mode, operations are retried on failure. **Default:** `false`.
-    **Deprecated.**
   * `retryDelay` {integer} The amount of time in milliseconds to wait between
     retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive` option is not `true`.
     **Default:** `100`.
@@ -6209,6 +6209,9 @@ See the POSIX rename(2) documentation for more details.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.21
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57784
+    description: The `recursive` option is removed, use `fs.rmSync` instead.
   - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fs.rmdirSync(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path`
@@ -6252,9 +6255,6 @@ changes:
     backoff wait of `retryDelay` milliseconds longer on each try. This option
     represents the number of retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive`
     option is not `true`. **Default:** `0`.
-  * `recursive` {boolean} If `true`, perform a recursive directory removal. In
-    recursive mode, operations are retried on failure. **Default:** `false`.
-    **Deprecated.**
   * `retryDelay` {integer} The amount of time in milliseconds to wait between
     retries. This option is ignored if the `recursive` option is not `true`.
     **Default:** `100`.
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 41619ced0cc440..6fc7fce340fa3c 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ const {
   },
   copyObject,
   Dirent,
-  emitRecursiveRmdirWarning,
   getDirent,
   getDirents,
   getOptions,
@@ -1111,7 +1110,6 @@ function lazyLoadRimraf() {
  * @param {string | Buffer | URL} path
  * @param {{
  *   maxRetries?: number;
- *   recursive?: boolean;
  *   retryDelay?: number;
  *   }} [options]
  * @param {(err?: Error) => any} callback
@@ -1125,33 +1123,11 @@ function rmdir(path, options, callback) {
 
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
   path = getValidatedPath(path);
+  validateRmdirOptions(options);
 
-  if (options?.recursive) {
-    emitRecursiveRmdirWarning();
-    validateRmOptions(
-      path,
-      { ...options, force: false },
-      true,
-      (err, options) => {
-        if (err === false) {
-          const req = new FSReqCallback();
-          req.oncomplete = callback;
-          binding.rmdir(path, req);
-          return;
-        }
-        if (err) {
-          return callback(err);
-        }
-
-        lazyLoadRimraf();
-        rimraf(path, options, callback);
-      });
-  } else {
-    validateRmdirOptions(options);
-    const req = new FSReqCallback();
-    req.oncomplete = callback;
-    binding.rmdir(path, req);
-  }
+  const req = new FSReqCallback();
+  req.oncomplete = callback;
+  binding.rmdir(path, req);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1159,23 +1135,13 @@ function rmdir(path, options, callback) {
  * @param {string | Buffer | URL} path
  * @param {{
  *   maxRetries?: number;
- *   recursive?: boolean;
  *   retryDelay?: number;
  *   }} [options]
  * @returns {void}
  */
 function rmdirSync(path, options) {
   path = getValidatedPath(path);
-
-  if (options?.recursive) {
-    emitRecursiveRmdirWarning();
-    options = validateRmOptionsSync(path, { ...options, force: false }, true);
-    if (options !== false) {
-      return binding.rmSync(path, options.maxRetries, options.recursive, options.retryDelay);
-    }
-  } else {
-    validateRmdirOptions(options);
-  }
+  validateRmdirOptions(options);
 
   binding.rmdir(path);
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 0e8675c5318003..f38461b4b14bb4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ const {
     kWriteFileMaxChunkSize,
   },
   copyObject,
-  emitRecursiveRmdirWarning,
   getDirents,
   getOptions,
   getStatFsFromBinding,
@@ -808,14 +807,6 @@ async function rmdir(path, options) {
   path = getValidatedPath(path);
   options = validateRmdirOptions(options);
 
-  if (options.recursive) {
-    emitRecursiveRmdirWarning();
-    const stats = await stat(path);
-    if (stats.isDirectory()) {
-      return lazyRimRaf()(path, options);
-    }
-  }
-
   return await PromisePrototypeThen(
     binding.rmdir(path, kUsePromises),
     undefined,
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index fc9a390f812a5e..66fe805c8fbf5a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -781,7 +781,6 @@ const defaultRmOptions = {
 const defaultRmdirOptions = {
   retryDelay: 100,
   maxRetries: 0,
-  recursive: false,
 };
 
 const validateCpOptions = hideStackFrames((options) => {
@@ -839,6 +838,7 @@ const validateRmOptions = hideStackFrames((path, options, expectDir, cb) => {
 const validateRmOptionsSync = hideStackFrames((path, options, expectDir) => {
   options = validateRmdirOptions.withoutStackTrace(options, defaultRmOptions);
   validateBoolean.withoutStackTrace(options.force, 'options.force');
+  validateBoolean.withoutStackTrace(options.recursive, 'options.recursive');
 
   if (!options.force || expectDir || !options.recursive) {
     const isDirectory = lazyLoadFs()
@@ -862,23 +862,6 @@ const validateRmOptionsSync = hideStackFrames((path, options, expectDir) => {
   return options;
 });
 
-let recursiveRmdirWarned;
-function emitRecursiveRmdirWarning() {
-  if (recursiveRmdirWarned === undefined) {
-    // TODO(joyeecheung): use getOptionValue('--no-deprecation') instead.
-    recursiveRmdirWarned = process.noDeprecation;
-  }
-  if (!recursiveRmdirWarned) {
-    process.emitWarning(
-      'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
-      'will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead',
-      'DeprecationWarning',
-      'DEP0147',
-    );
-    recursiveRmdirWarned = true;
-  }
-}
-
 const validateRmdirOptions = hideStackFrames(
   (options, defaults = defaultRmdirOptions) => {
     if (options === undefined)
@@ -887,7 +870,6 @@ const validateRmdirOptions = hideStackFrames(
 
     options = { ...defaults, ...options };
 
-    validateBoolean.withoutStackTrace(options.recursive, 'options.recursive');
     validateInt32.withoutStackTrace(options.retryDelay, 'options.retryDelay', 0);
     validateUint32.withoutStackTrace(options.maxRetries, 'options.maxRetries');
 
@@ -950,7 +932,6 @@ module.exports = {
   copyObject,
   Dirent,
   DirentFromStats,
-  emitRecursiveRmdirWarning,
   getDirent,
   getDirents,
   getOptions,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-sync-warns-not-found.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-sync-warns-not-found.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fef68048dec1f4..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-sync-warns-not-found.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-tmpdir.refresh();
-
-{
-  // Should warn when trying to delete a nonexistent path
-  common.expectWarning(
-    'DeprecationWarning',
-    'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
-      'will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead',
-    'DEP0147'
-  );
-  assert.throws(
-    () => fs.rmdirSync(tmpdir.resolve('noexist.txt'),
-                       { recursive: true }),
-    { code: 'ENOENT' }
-  );
-}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-sync-warns-on-file.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-sync-warns-on-file.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b3919020063c86..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-sync-warns-on-file.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-tmpdir.refresh();
-
-{
-  common.expectWarning(
-    'DeprecationWarning',
-    'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
-      'will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead',
-    'DEP0147'
-  );
-  const filePath = tmpdir.resolve('rmdir-recursive.txt');
-  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '');
-  assert.throws(
-    () => fs.rmdirSync(filePath, { recursive: true }),
-    { code: common.isWindows ? 'ENOENT' : 'ENOTDIR' }
-  );
-}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-warns-not-found.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-warns-not-found.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 86bd27aa9ec5dd..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-warns-not-found.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-tmpdir.refresh();
-
-{
-  // Should warn when trying to delete a nonexistent path
-  common.expectWarning(
-    'DeprecationWarning',
-    'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
-      'will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead',
-    'DEP0147'
-  );
-  fs.rmdir(
-    tmpdir.resolve('noexist.txt'),
-    { recursive: true },
-    common.mustCall()
-  );
-}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-warns-on-file.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-warns-on-file.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 86cb69829a86ac..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive-warns-on-file.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-tmpdir.refresh();
-
-{
-  common.expectWarning(
-    'DeprecationWarning',
-    'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
-      'will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead',
-    'DEP0147'
-  );
-  const filePath = tmpdir.resolve('rmdir-recursive.txt');
-  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '');
-  fs.rmdir(filePath, { recursive: true }, common.mustCall((err) => {
-    assert.strictEqual(err.code, common.isWindows ? 'ENOENT' : 'ENOTDIR');
-  }));
-}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 77c205794b1678..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-recursive.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,219 +0,0 @@
-// Flags: --expose-internals
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const { validateRmdirOptions } = require('internal/fs/utils');
-
-common.expectWarning(
-  'DeprecationWarning',
-  'In future versions of Node.js, fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true }) ' +
-      'will be removed. Use fs.rm(path, { recursive: true }) instead',
-  'DEP0147'
-);
-
-tmpdir.refresh();
-
-let count = 0;
-const nextDirPath = (name = 'rmdir-recursive') =>
-  tmpdir.resolve(`${name}-${count++}`);
-
-function makeNonEmptyDirectory(depth, files, folders, dirname, createSymLinks) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(dirname, { recursive: true });
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dirname, 'text.txt'), 'hello', 'utf8');
-
-  const options = { flag: 'wx' };
-
-  for (let f = files; f > 0; f--) {
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dirname, `f-${depth}-${f}`), '', options);
-  }
-
-  if (createSymLinks) {
-    // Valid symlink
-    fs.symlinkSync(
-      `f-${depth}-1`,
-      path.join(dirname, `link-${depth}-good`),
-      'file'
-    );
-
-    // Invalid symlink
-    fs.symlinkSync(
-      'does-not-exist',
-      path.join(dirname, `link-${depth}-bad`),
-      'file'
-    );
-  }
-
-  // File with a name that looks like a glob
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dirname, '[a-z0-9].txt'), '', options);
-
-  depth--;
-  if (depth <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  for (let f = folders; f > 0; f--) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(
-      path.join(dirname, `folder-${depth}-${f}`),
-      { recursive: true }
-    );
-    makeNonEmptyDirectory(
-      depth,
-      files,
-      folders,
-      path.join(dirname, `d-${depth}-${f}`),
-      createSymLinks
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-function removeAsync(dir) {
-  // Removal should fail without the recursive option.
-  fs.rmdir(dir, common.mustCall((err) => {
-    assert.strictEqual(err.syscall, 'rmdir');
-
-    // Removal should fail without the recursive option set to true.
-    fs.rmdir(dir, { recursive: false }, common.mustCall((err) => {
-      assert.strictEqual(err.syscall, 'rmdir');
-
-      // Recursive removal should succeed.
-      fs.rmdir(dir, { recursive: true }, common.mustSucceed(() => {
-        // An error should occur if recursive and the directory does not exist.
-        fs.rmdir(dir, { recursive: true }, common.mustCall((err) => {
-          assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ENOENT');
-          // Attempted removal should fail now because the directory is gone.
-          fs.rmdir(dir, common.mustCall((err) => {
-            assert.strictEqual(err.syscall, 'rmdir');
-          }));
-        }));
-      }));
-    }));
-  }));
-}
-
-// Test the asynchronous version
-{
-  // Create a 4-level folder hierarchy including symlinks
-  let dir = nextDirPath();
-  makeNonEmptyDirectory(4, 10, 2, dir, true);
-  removeAsync(dir);
-
-  // Create a 2-level folder hierarchy without symlinks
-  dir = nextDirPath();
-  makeNonEmptyDirectory(2, 10, 2, dir, false);
-  removeAsync(dir);
-
-  // Create a flat folder including symlinks
-  dir = nextDirPath();
-  makeNonEmptyDirectory(1, 10, 2, dir, true);
-  removeAsync(dir);
-}
-
-// Test the synchronous version.
-{
-  const dir = nextDirPath();
-  makeNonEmptyDirectory(4, 10, 2, dir, true);
-
-  // Removal should fail without the recursive option set to true.
-  assert.throws(() => {
-    fs.rmdirSync(dir);
-  }, { syscall: 'rmdir' });
-  assert.throws(() => {
-    fs.rmdirSync(dir, { recursive: false });
-  }, { syscall: 'rmdir' });
-
-  // Recursive removal should succeed.
-  fs.rmdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
-
-  // An error should occur if recursive and the directory does not exist.
-  assert.throws(() => fs.rmdirSync(dir, { recursive: true }),
-                { code: 'ENOENT' });
-
-  // Attempted removal should fail now because the directory is gone.
-  assert.throws(() => fs.rmdirSync(dir), { syscall: 'rmdir' });
-}
-
-// Test the Promises based version.
-(async () => {
-  const dir = nextDirPath();
-  makeNonEmptyDirectory(4, 10, 2, dir, true);
-
-  // Removal should fail without the recursive option set to true.
-  await assert.rejects(fs.promises.rmdir(dir), { syscall: 'rmdir' });
-  await assert.rejects(fs.promises.rmdir(dir, { recursive: false }), {
-    syscall: 'rmdir'
-  });
-
-  // Recursive removal should succeed.
-  await fs.promises.rmdir(dir, { recursive: true });
-
-  // An error should occur if recursive and the directory does not exist.
-  await assert.rejects(fs.promises.rmdir(dir, { recursive: true }),
-                       { code: 'ENOENT' });
-
-  // Attempted removal should fail now because the directory is gone.
-  await assert.rejects(fs.promises.rmdir(dir), { syscall: 'rmdir' });
-})().then(common.mustCall());
-
-// Test input validation.
-{
-  const defaults = {
-    retryDelay: 100,
-    maxRetries: 0,
-    recursive: false
-  };
-  const modified = {
-    retryDelay: 953,
-    maxRetries: 5,
-    recursive: true
-  };
-
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(validateRmdirOptions(), defaults);
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(validateRmdirOptions({}), defaults);
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(validateRmdirOptions(modified), modified);
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(validateRmdirOptions({
-    maxRetries: 99
-  }), {
-    retryDelay: 100,
-    maxRetries: 99,
-    recursive: false
-  });
-
-  [null, 'foo', 5, NaN].forEach((bad) => {
-    assert.throws(() => {
-      validateRmdirOptions(bad);
-    }, {
-      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-      name: 'TypeError',
-      message: /^The "options" argument must be of type object\./
-    });
-  });
-
-  [undefined, null, 'foo', Infinity, function() {}].forEach((bad) => {
-    assert.throws(() => {
-      validateRmdirOptions({ recursive: bad });
-    }, {
-      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-      name: 'TypeError',
-      message: /^The "options\.recursive" property must be of type boolean\./
-    });
-  });
-
-  assert.throws(() => {
-    validateRmdirOptions({ retryDelay: -1 });
-  }, {
-    code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
-    name: 'RangeError',
-    message: /^The value of "options\.retryDelay" is out of range\./
-  });
-
-  assert.throws(() => {
-    validateRmdirOptions({ maxRetries: -1 });
-  }, {
-    code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
-    name: 'RangeError',
-    message: /^The value of "options\.maxRetries" is out of range\./
-  });
-}