diff --git a/src/__tests__/wait-for-element.js b/src/__tests__/wait-for-element.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e766b47a..00000000
--- a/src/__tests__/wait-for-element.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import {waitForElement} from '..'
-import {render, renderIntoDocument} from './helpers/test-utils'
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  jest.useRealTimers()
-})
-
-test('waits for element to appear in the document', async () => {
-  const {rerender, getByTestId} = renderIntoDocument('<div />')
-  const promise = waitForElement(() => getByTestId('div'))
-  setTimeout(() => rerender('<div data-testid="div" />'))
-  const element = await promise
-  expect(element).toBeInTheDocument()
-})
-
-test('can time out', async () => {
-  await expect(waitForElement(() => {}, {timeout: 1})).rejects.toThrow(
-    /timed out/i,
-  )
-})
-
-test('waits for element to appear in a specified container', async () => {
-  const {rerender, container, getByTestId} = render('<div />')
-  const promise = waitForElement(() => getByTestId('div'), {container})
-  setTimeout(() => rerender('<div data-testid="div" />'))
-  const element = await promise
-  expect(element).toBeTruthy()
-})
-
-test('throws last thrown error', async () => {
-  const {rerender, container} = render('<div />')
-  let error
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    error = new Error('first error')
-    rerender('<div>first</div>')
-  }, 10)
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    error = new Error('second error')
-    rerender('<div>second</div>')
-  }, 20)
-  const promise = waitForElement(
-    () => {
-      throw error
-    },
-    {container, timeout: 50},
-  )
-  await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow(error)
-})
-
-test('waits until callback does not return null', async () => {
-  const {rerender, container, queryByTestId} = render('<div />')
-  const promise = waitForElement(() => queryByTestId('div'), {container})
-  setTimeout(() => rerender('<div data-testid="div" />'))
-  const element = await promise
-  expect(element).toBeTruthy()
-})
-
-test('throws error if no callback is provided', async () => {
-  await expect(waitForElement()).rejects.toThrow(/callback/i)
-})
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 660d0849..63e1c3ce 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import * as queryHelpers from './query-helpers'
 
 export * from './queries'
 export * from './wait-for'
-export * from './wait-for-element'
 export * from './wait-for-element-to-be-removed'
 export {getDefaultNormalizer} from './matches'
 export * from './get-node-text'
diff --git a/src/wait-for-element.js b/src/wait-for-element.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 060f17be..00000000
--- a/src/wait-for-element.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import {waitFor} from './wait-for'
-
-let hasWarned = false
-
-// deprecated... TODO: remove this method. People should use a find* query or
-// wait instead the reasoning is that this doesn't really do anything useful
-// that you can't get from using find* or wait.
-async function waitForElement(callback, options) {
-  if (!hasWarned) {
-    hasWarned = true
-    console.warn(
-      `\`waitForElement\` has been deprecated. Use a \`find*\` query (preferred: https://testing-library.com/docs/dom-testing-library/api-queries#findby) or use \`waitFor\` instead: https://testing-library.com/docs/dom-testing-library/api-async#waitfor`,
-    )
-  }
-  if (!callback) {
-    throw new Error('waitForElement requires a callback as the first parameter')
-  }
-  return waitFor(() => {
-    const result = callback()
-    if (!result) {
-      throw new Error('Timed out in waitForElement.')
-    }
-    return result
-  }, options)
-}
-
-export {waitForElement}
-
-/*
-eslint
-  require-await: "off"
-*/
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 6aa73594..b5dcfbc2 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export * from './queries'
 export * from './query-helpers'
 export * from './screen'
 export * from './wait-for'
-export * from './wait-for-element'
 export * from './wait-for-element-to-be-removed'
 export * from './matches'
 export * from './get-node-text'
diff --git a/types/wait-for-element.d.ts b/types/wait-for-element.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e7e72c..00000000
--- a/types/wait-for-element.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import {waitForOptions} from './wait-for'
-
-/**
- * @deprecated `waitForElement` has been deprecated.
- * Use a `find*` query (preferred: https://testing-library.com/docs/dom-testing-library/api-queries#findby)
- * or use `waitFor` instead: https://testing-library.com/docs/dom-testing-library/api-async#waitfor
- */
-export function waitForElement<T>(
-  callback: () => T,
-  options?: waitForOptions,
-): Promise<T>