diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/s3.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/s3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..834cffd7cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/s3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+- s3 - deprecated module removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/44537)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_s3.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_s3.py
deleted file mode 120000
index f56735c39c9..00000000000
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/_s3.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-aws_s3.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
index 367f89c1687..15c00a09ec1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws_s3.py
@@ -702,9 +702,6 @@ def main():
                      ['mode', 'geturl', ['object']]],
     )
 
-    if module._name == 's3':
-        module.deprecate("The 's3' module is being renamed 'aws_s3'", version=2.7)
-
     bucket = module.params.get('bucket')
     encrypt = module.params.get('encrypt')
     expiry = module.params.get('expiry')