diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-actionbase-_remote_checksum.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-actionbase-_remote_checksum.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d38a216b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-actionbase-_remote_checksum.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - ActionBase - remove deprecated ``_remote_checksum`` method
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 39c6722152c..a2d14e33200 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -874,38 +874,6 @@ class ActionBase(ABC):
 
         return mystat['stat']
 
-    def _remote_checksum(self, path, all_vars, follow=False):
-        """Deprecated. Use _execute_remote_stat() instead.
-
-        Produces a remote checksum given a path,
-        Returns a number 0-4 for specific errors instead of checksum, also ensures it is different
-        0 = unknown error
-        1 = file does not exist, this might not be an error
-        2 = permissions issue
-        3 = its a directory, not a file
-        4 = stat module failed, likely due to not finding python
-        5 = appropriate json module not found
-        """
-        self._display.deprecated("The '_remote_checksum()' method is deprecated. "
-                                 "The plugin author should update the code to use '_execute_remote_stat()' instead", "2.16")
-        x = "0"  # unknown error has occurred
-        try:
-            remote_stat = self._execute_remote_stat(path, all_vars, follow=follow)
-            if remote_stat['exists'] and remote_stat['isdir']:
-                x = "3"  # its a directory not a file
-            else:
-                x = remote_stat['checksum']  # if 1, file is missing
-        except AnsibleError as e:
-            errormsg = to_text(e)
-            if errormsg.endswith(u'Permission denied'):
-                x = "2"  # cannot read file
-            elif errormsg.endswith(u'MODULE FAILURE'):
-                x = "4"  # python not found or module uncaught exception
-            elif 'json' in errormsg:
-                x = "5"  # json module needed
-        finally:
-            return x  # pylint: disable=lost-exception
-
     def _remote_expand_user(self, path, sudoable=True, pathsep=None):
         ''' takes a remote path and performs tilde/$HOME expansion on the remote host '''
 
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index d7c4f7530fa..9bd23796167 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -244,5 +244,4 @@ test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collectio
 test/units/utils/collection_loader/test_collection_loader.py pylint:undefined-variable  # magic runtime local var splatting
 lib/ansible/playbook/helpers.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
 lib/ansible/playbook/included_file.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
-lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
 lib/ansible/module_utils/common/file.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version