diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/EnvironmentBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/EnvironmentBuilder.java
index 33fac4dcbc..4c8a5239f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/EnvironmentBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/EnvironmentBuilder.java
@@ -436,31 +436,6 @@ EnvironmentBuilder topologyUpdateBackOffDelayPolicy(
   /** Helper to configure TLS. */
   interface TlsConfiguration {
 
-    /**
-     * Enable hostname verification.
-     *
-     * <p>Hostname verification is enabled by default.
-     *
-     * @return the TLS configuration helper
-     * @deprecated use {@link SslContextBuilder#endpointIdentificationAlgorithm(String)} with {@link
-     *     #sslContext(SslContext)}
-     */
-    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-    TlsConfiguration hostnameVerification();
-
-    /**
-     * Enable or disable hostname verification.
-     *
-     * <p>Hostname verification is enabled by default.
-     *
-     * @param hostnameVerification whether to enable hostname verification or not
-     * @return the TLS configuration helper
-     * @deprecated use {@link SslContextBuilder#endpointIdentificationAlgorithm(String)} with {@link
-     *     #sslContext(SslContext)}
-     */
-    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-    TlsConfiguration hostnameVerification(boolean hostnameVerification);
-
     /**
      * Netty {@link SslContext} for TLS connections.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/impl/StreamEnvironmentBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/impl/StreamEnvironmentBuilder.java
index bf7f395fca..f3b38cb884 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/impl/StreamEnvironmentBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/stream/impl/StreamEnvironmentBuilder.java
@@ -372,20 +372,6 @@ private DefaultTlsConfiguration(EnvironmentBuilder environmentBuilder) {
       this.environmentBuilder = environmentBuilder;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-    public TlsConfiguration hostnameVerification() {
-      this.hostnameVerification = true;
-      return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("removal")
-    public TlsConfiguration hostnameVerification(boolean hostnameVerification) {
-      this.hostnameVerification = hostnameVerification;
-      return this;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public TlsConfiguration sslContext(SslContext sslContext) {
       this.sslContext = sslContext;