diff --git a/ogre2/include/ignition/rendering/ogre2/Ogre2RenderTarget.hh b/ogre2/include/ignition/rendering/ogre2/Ogre2RenderTarget.hh
index 2333e27bd..afd884858 100644
--- a/ogre2/include/ignition/rendering/ogre2/Ogre2RenderTarget.hh
+++ b/ogre2/include/ignition/rendering/ogre2/Ogre2RenderTarget.hh
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ namespace ignition
       /// \brief Update the render pass chain
       protected: virtual void UpdateRenderPassChain();
 
-      /// \brief Deprecated. Use Ogre2Scene:UpdateShadowNode instead
-      protected: void IGN_DEPRECATED(5) UpdateShadowNode();
-
       /// \brief Implementation of the Rebuild function
       protected: virtual void RebuildImpl() override;
 
diff --git a/ogre2/src/Ogre2RenderTarget.cc b/ogre2/src/Ogre2RenderTarget.cc
index 6d70ef1ca..87ac06eac 100644
--- a/ogre2/src/Ogre2RenderTarget.cc
+++ b/ogre2/src/Ogre2RenderTarget.cc
@@ -852,14 +852,6 @@ void Ogre2RenderTarget::UpdateRenderPassChain(
   }
 }
 
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void Ogre2RenderTarget::UpdateShadowNode()
-{
-  ignwarn << "Ogre2RenderTarget::UpdateShadowNode() is deprecated and "
-             "replaced by Ogre2Scene:UpdateShadowNode()"
-          << std::endl;
-}
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void Ogre2RenderTarget::RebuildImpl()
 {