diff --git a/elasticsearch/transport.py b/elasticsearch/transport.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d84866aa..000000000
--- a/elasticsearch/transport.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#  Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
-#  license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
-#  this work for additional information regarding copyright
-#  ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
-#  the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-#  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-#  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-#  specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#  under the License.
-
-import warnings
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
-
-from elastic_transport import AsyncTransport, Transport  # noqa: F401
-
-# This file exists for backwards compatibility.
-warnings.warn(
-    "Importing from the 'elasticsearch.transport' module is deprecated. "
-    "Instead import from 'elastic_transport'",
-    category=DeprecationWarning,
-    stacklevel=2,
-)
-
-
-def get_host_info(
-    node_info: Dict[str, Any], host: Dict[str, Union[int, str]]
-) -> Optional[Dict[str, Union[int, str]]]:
-    """
-    Simple callback that takes the node info from `/_cluster/nodes` and a
-    parsed connection information and return the connection information. If
-    `None` is returned this node will be skipped.
-    Useful for filtering nodes (by proximity for example) or if additional
-    information needs to be provided for the :class:`~elasticsearch.Connection`
-    class. By default master only nodes are filtered out since they shouldn't
-    typically be used for API operations.
-    :arg node_info: node information from `/_cluster/nodes`
-    :arg host: connection information (host, port) extracted from the node info
-    """
-
-    warnings.warn(
-        "The 'get_host_info' function is deprecated. Instead "
-        "use the 'sniff_node_callback' parameter on the client",
-        category=DeprecationWarning,
-        stacklevel=2,
-    )
-
-    # ignore master only nodes
-    if node_info.get("roles", []) == ["master"]:
-        return None
-    return host
diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_transport.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_transport.py
index 6fb72f98b..4978d52fc 100644
--- a/test_elasticsearch/test_transport.py
+++ b/test_elasticsearch/test_transport.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     ElasticsearchWarning,
     UnsupportedProductError,
 )
-from elasticsearch.transport import get_host_info
 
 
 class DummyNode(BaseNode):
@@ -167,23 +166,6 @@ def mark_live(self, connection):
 }"""
 
 
-class TestHostsInfoCallback:
-    def test_master_only_nodes_are_ignored(self):
-        nodes = [
-            {"roles": ["master"]},
-            {"roles": ["master", "data", "ingest"]},
-            {"roles": ["data", "ingest"]},
-            {"roles": []},
-            {},
-        ]
-        chosen = [
-            i
-            for i, node_info in enumerate(nodes)
-            if get_host_info(node_info, i) is not None
-        ]
-        assert [1, 2, 3, 4] == chosen
-
-
 class TestTransport:
     def test_request_timeout_extracted_from_params_and_passed(self):
         client = Elasticsearch(