diff --git a/pkg/virt-api/webhooks/fuzz/fuzz_test.go b/pkg/virt-api/webhooks/fuzz/fuzz_test.go
index 13c2a39938b3..4c489d36b2f0 100644
--- a/pkg/virt-api/webhooks/fuzz/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/virt-api/webhooks/fuzz/fuzz_test.go
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ func fuzzKubeVirtConfig(seed int64) *virtconfig.ClusterConfig {
 				virtconfig.MacvtapGate,
 				virtconfig.PasstGate,
 				virtconfig.DownwardMetricsFeatureGate,
-				virtconfig.NonRootDeprecated,
 				virtconfig.NonRoot,
 				virtconfig.Root,
 				virtconfig.ClusterProfiler,
diff --git a/pkg/virt-config/feature-gates.go b/pkg/virt-config/feature-gates.go
index f1c1d26b8351..a333916e7384 100644
--- a/pkg/virt-config/feature-gates.go
+++ b/pkg/virt-config/feature-gates.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ const (
 	MacvtapGate                = "Macvtap"
 	PasstGate                  = "Passt"
 	DownwardMetricsFeatureGate = "DownwardMetrics"
-	NonRootDeprecated          = "NonRootExperimental"
 	NonRoot                    = "NonRoot"
 	Root                       = "Root"
 	ClusterProfiler            = "ClusterProfiler"
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ var deprecatedFeatureGates = [...]string{
 	LiveMigrationGate,
 	SRIOVLiveMigrationGate,
 	NonRoot,
-	NonRootDeprecated,
 	PSA,
 	CPUNodeDiscoveryGate,
 }