diff --git a/salt/states/win_servermanager.py b/salt/states/win_servermanager.py
index 9b2d247ed9ed..6c8494ce4872 100644
--- a/salt/states/win_servermanager.py
+++ b/salt/states/win_servermanager.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 # Import salt modules
 import salt.utils.data
-import salt.utils.versions
 
 
 def __virtual__():
@@ -58,7 +57,10 @@ def installed(name,
         recurse (Optional[bool]):
             Install all sub-features as well. If the feature is installed but
             one of its sub-features are not installed set this will install
-            additional sub-features
+            additional sub-features. This argument was previously renamed from
+            ``force``. To ensure backwards compatibility ``force`` will
+            continue to work but please update your states to use the preferred
+            ``recurse`` arg.
 
         source (Optional[str]):
             Path to the source files if missing from the target system. None
@@ -114,12 +116,6 @@ def installed(name,
               - Web-Server
     '''
     if 'force' in kwargs:
-        salt.utils.versions.warn_until(
-            'Neon',
-            'Parameter \'force\' has been detected in the argument list. This'
-            'parameter is no longer used and has been replaced by \'recurse\''
-            'as of Salt 2018.3.0. This warning will be removed in Salt Neon.'
-        )
         kwargs.pop('force')
 
     ret = {'name': name,