diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc
index ba61dc917b8..9bd13191aec 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/web/webmvc/filters.adoc
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ See the sections on xref:web/webmvc-cors.adoc[CORS] and the xref:web/webmvc-cors
 [.small]#xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#filters.url-handler[See equivalent in the Reactive stack]#
 
 In previous Spring Framework versions, Spring MVC could be configured to ignore trailing slashes in URL paths
-when mapping incoming requests on controller methods. This could be done by enabling the `setUseTrailingSlashMatch`
-option on the `PathMatchConfigurer`. This means that sending a "GET /home/" request would be handled by a controller
-method annotated with `@GetMapping("/home")`.
+when mapping incoming requests on controller methods. This means that sending a "GET /home/" request would be
+handled by a controller method annotated with `@GetMapping("/home")`.
 
-This option has been retired, but applications are still expected to handle such requests in a safe way.
-The `UrlHandlerFilter` Servlet filter has been designed for this purpose. It can be configured to:
+This option was deprecated in 6.0 and removed in 7.0, but applications are still expected to handle such
+requests in a safe way. The `UrlHandlerFilter` Servlet filter has been designed for this purpose.
+It can be configured to:
 
 * respond with an HTTP redirect status when receiving URLs with trailing slashes, sending browsers to the non-trailing slash URL variant.
 * wrap the request to act as if the request was sent without a trailing slash and continue the processing of the request.
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractUrlHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractUrlHandlerMapping.java
index c2664ee8978..93aeaef8534 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractUrlHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractUrlHandlerMapping.java
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractUrlHandlerMapping extends AbstractHandlerMapping i
 	@Nullable
 	private Object rootHandler;
 
-	private boolean useTrailingSlashMatch = false;
-
 	private boolean lazyInitHandlers = false;
 
 	private final Map<String, Object> handlerMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
@@ -101,28 +99,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractUrlHandlerMapping extends AbstractHandlerMapping i
 		return this.rootHandler;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Whether to match to URLs irrespective of the presence of a trailing slash.
-	 * If enabled a URL pattern such as "/users" also matches to "/users/".
-	 * <p>The default value is {@code false}.
-	 * @deprecated as of 6.0, see
-	 * {@link PathPatternParser#setMatchOptionalTrailingSeparator(boolean)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.0")
-	public void setUseTrailingSlashMatch(boolean useTrailingSlashMatch) {
-		this.useTrailingSlashMatch = useTrailingSlashMatch;
-		if (getPatternParser() != null) {
-			getPatternParser().setMatchOptionalTrailingSeparator(useTrailingSlashMatch);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Whether to match to URLs irrespective of the presence of a trailing slash.
-	 */
-	public boolean useTrailingSlashMatch() {
-		return this.useTrailingSlashMatch;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Set whether to lazily initialize handlers. Only applicable to
 	 * singleton handlers, as prototypes are always lazily initialized.
@@ -360,11 +336,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractUrlHandlerMapping extends AbstractHandlerMapping i
 			if (getPathMatcher().match(registeredPattern, lookupPath)) {
 				matchingPatterns.add(registeredPattern);
 			}
-			else if (useTrailingSlashMatch()) {
-				if (!registeredPattern.endsWith("/") && getPathMatcher().match(registeredPattern + "/", lookupPath)) {
-					matchingPatterns.add(registeredPattern + "/");
-				}
-			}
 		}
 
 		String bestMatch = null;
@@ -495,11 +466,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractUrlHandlerMapping extends AbstractHandlerMapping i
 		if (getPathMatcher().match(pattern, lookupPath)) {
 			return new RequestMatchResult(pattern, lookupPath, getPathMatcher());
 		}
-		else if (useTrailingSlashMatch()) {
-			if (!pattern.endsWith("/") && getPathMatcher().match(pattern + "/", lookupPath)) {
-				return new RequestMatchResult(pattern + "/", lookupPath, getPathMatcher());
-			}
-		}
 		return null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PathPatternsRequestConditionTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PathPatternsRequestConditionTests.java
index 0e8cf6db52f..ebacbea58e6 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PathPatternsRequestConditionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PathPatternsRequestConditionTests.java
@@ -126,29 +126,6 @@ class PathPatternsRequestConditionTests {
 		assertThat(match).isEqualTo(expected);
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	void matchTrailingSlash() {
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = createRequest("/foo/");
-
-		PathPatternParser patternParser = new PathPatternParser();
-		patternParser.setMatchOptionalTrailingSeparator(true);
-
-		PathPatternsRequestCondition condition = new PathPatternsRequestCondition(patternParser, "/foo");
-		PathPatternsRequestCondition match = condition.getMatchingCondition(request);
-
-		assertThat(match).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(match.getPatternValues()).containsExactly("/foo");
-
-		PathPatternParser strictParser = new PathPatternParser();
-		strictParser.setMatchOptionalTrailingSeparator(false);
-
-		condition = new PathPatternsRequestCondition(strictParser, "/foo");
-		match = condition.getMatchingCondition(request);
-
-		assertThat(match).isNull();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void matchPatternContainsExtension() {
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = createRequest("/foo.html");