diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-play_iterator-deprecated-methods.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-play_iterator-deprecated-methods.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..792a6b482fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove-play_iterator-deprecated-methods.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - PlayIterator - remove deprecated ``cache_block_tasks`` and ``get_original_task`` methods
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py b/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py
index f36be5af52c..820db017fee 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@ class PlayIterator:
 
         return self._host_states[host.name].copy()
 
-    def cache_block_tasks(self, block):
-        display.deprecated(
-            'PlayIterator.cache_block_tasks is now noop due to the changes '
-            'in the way tasks are cached and is deprecated.',
-            version=2.16
-        )
-
     def get_next_task_for_host(self, host, peek=False):
 
         display.debug("getting the next task for host %s" % host.name)
@@ -584,14 +577,6 @@ class PlayIterator:
             return self.is_any_block_rescuing(state.always_child_state)
         return False
 
-    def get_original_task(self, host, task):
-        display.deprecated(
-            'PlayIterator.get_original_task is now noop due to the changes '
-            'in the way tasks are cached and is deprecated.',
-            version=2.16
-        )
-        return (None, None)
-
     def _insert_tasks_into_state(self, state, task_list):
         # if we've failed at all, or if the task list is empty, just return the current state
         if (state.fail_state != FailedStates.NONE and state.run_state == IteratingStates.TASKS) or not task_list:
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index 6d8e98de655..ed765a84152 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collectio
 test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collections/testns/__init__.py empty-init  # testing that collections don't need inits
 test/units/utils/collection_loader/fixtures/collections_masked/ansible_collections/testns/testcoll/__init__.py empty-init  # testing that collections don't need inits
 test/units/utils/collection_loader/test_collection_loader.py pylint:undefined-variable  # magic runtime local var splatting
-lib/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
 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