diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 5693abb663..e21e07478f 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -134,12 +134,6 @@ specified.
 Use ``-display sdl,window-close=...`` instead (i.e. with a minus instead of
 an underscore between "window" and "close").
 
-``-no-quit`` (since 6.1)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-The ``-no-quit`` is a synonym for ``-display ...,window-close=off`` which
-should be used instead.
-
 ``-alt-grab`` and ``-display sdl,alt_grab=on`` (since 6.2)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index d42c3341de..4c4da20d0f 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -330,6 +330,13 @@ RISC-V firmware not booted by default (removed in 5.1)
 QEMU 5.1 changes the default behaviour from ``-bios none`` to ``-bios default``
 for the RISC-V ``virt`` machine and ``sifive_u`` machine.
 
+``-no-quit`` (removed in 7.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``-no-quit`` was a synonym for ``-display ...,window-close=off`` which
+should be used instead.
+
+
 QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
 ------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index fd1f8135fb..ec90505d84 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2065,14 +2065,6 @@ SRST
     ``-display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl`` instead.
 ERST
 
-DEF("no-quit", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_quit,
-    "-no-quit        disable SDL/GTK window close capability (deprecated)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-SRST
-``-no-quit``
-    Disable window close capability (SDL and GTK only). This option is
-    deprecated, please use ``-display ...,window-close=off`` instead.
-ERST
-
 DEF("sdl", 0, QEMU_OPTION_sdl,
     "-sdl            shorthand for -display sdl\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index d9e4c619d3..a8cad43691 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ static void qemu_create_early_backends(void)
                      "for SDL, ignoring option");
     }
     if (dpy.has_window_close && !use_gtk && !use_sdl) {
-        error_report("-no-quit is only valid for GTK and SDL, "
+        error_report("window-close is only valid for GTK and SDL, "
                      "ignoring option");
     }
 
@@ -3301,12 +3301,6 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 warn_report("-ctrl-grab is deprecated, please use "
                             "-display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl instead.");
                 break;
-            case QEMU_OPTION_no_quit:
-                dpy.has_window_close = true;
-                dpy.window_close = false;
-                warn_report("-no-quit is deprecated, please use "
-                            "-display ...,window-close=off instead.");
-                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_sdl:
                 warn_report("-sdl is deprecated, use -display sdl instead.");
 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL