diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
index 3227f228a1d..ea75f6086ce 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
@@ -221,18 +221,6 @@ public interface AsyncAdmin {
    */
   CompletableFuture<Boolean> isTableAvailable(TableName tableName);
 
-  /**
-   * Use this api to check if the table has been created with the specified number of splitkeys
-   * which was used while creating the given table. Note : If this api is used after a table's
-   * region gets splitted, the api may return false. The return value will be wrapped by a
-   * {@link CompletableFuture}.
-   * @param tableName name of table to check
-   * @param splitKeys keys to check if the table has been created with all split keys
-   * @deprecated Since 2.2.0. Will be removed in 3.0.0. Use {@link #isTableAvailable(TableName)}
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  CompletableFuture<Boolean> isTableAvailable(TableName tableName, byte[][] splitKeys);
-
   /**
    * Add a column family to an existing table.
    * @param tableName name of the table to add column family to
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index 07b4311a980..668e729a0ad 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -176,11 +176,6 @@ class AsyncHBaseAdmin implements AsyncAdmin {
     return wrap(rawAdmin.isTableAvailable(tableName));
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public CompletableFuture<Boolean> isTableAvailable(TableName tableName, byte[][] splitKeys) {
-    return wrap(rawAdmin.isTableAvailable(tableName, splitKeys));
-  }
-
   @Override
   public CompletableFuture<Void> addColumnFamily(TableName tableName,
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor columnFamily) {
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index 085fcf72a27..248e7327236 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -687,13 +687,6 @@ class RawAsyncHBaseAdmin implements AsyncAdmin {
     return isTableAvailable(tableName, Optional.empty());
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public CompletableFuture<Boolean> isTableAvailable(TableName tableName, byte[][] splitKeys) {
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(splitKeys, "splitKeys is null. If you don't specify splitKeys,"
-        + " use isTableAvailable(TableName) instead");
-    return isTableAvailable(tableName, Optional.of(splitKeys));
-  }
-
   private CompletableFuture<Boolean> isTableAvailable(TableName tableName,
       Optional<byte[][]> splitKeys) {
     if (TableName.isMetaTableName(tableName)) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi.java
index 990eed424d3..e1eaca73a8a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class TestAsyncTableAdminApi extends TestAsyncAdminBase {
     boolean tablesOnMaster = LoadBalancer.isTablesOnMaster(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
     createTableWithDefaultConf(tableName, splitKeys);
 
-    boolean tableAvailable = admin.isTableAvailable(tableName, splitKeys).get();
+    boolean tableAvailable = admin.isTableAvailable(tableName).get();
     assertTrue("Table should be created with splitKyes + 1 rows in META", tableAvailable);
 
     AsyncTable<AdvancedScanResultConsumer> metaTable = ASYNC_CONN.getTable(META_TABLE_NAME);
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public class TestAsyncTableAdminApi extends TestAsyncAdminBase {
 
     assertEquals(NUM_REGIONS, TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(tableName).size());
     assertTrue("Table should be created with splitKyes + 1 rows in META",
-        admin.isTableAvailable(tableName, splitKeys).get());
+        admin.isTableAvailable(tableName).get());
 
     // Clone & Verify
     admin.cloneTableSchema(tableName, newTableName, preserveSplits).join();
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public class TestAsyncTableAdminApi extends TestAsyncAdminBase {
     if (preserveSplits) {
       assertEquals(NUM_REGIONS, TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(newTableName).size());
       assertTrue("New table should be created with splitKyes + 1 rows in META",
-          admin.isTableAvailable(newTableName, splitKeys).get());
+          admin.isTableAvailable(newTableName).get());
     } else {
       assertEquals(1, TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(newTableName).size());
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi2.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi2.java
index 63ff3e48ade..4f5cbf219d6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi2.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestAsyncTableAdminApi2.java
@@ -209,16 +209,6 @@ public class TestAsyncTableAdminApi2 extends TestAsyncAdminBase {
     }
   }
 
-
-  @Test
-  public void testTableAvailableWithRandomSplitKeys() throws Exception {
-    createTableWithDefaultConf(tableName);
-    byte[][] splitKeys = new byte[1][];
-    splitKeys = new byte[][] { new byte[] { 1, 1, 1 }, new byte[] { 2, 2, 2 } };
-    boolean tableAvailable = admin.isTableAvailable(tableName, splitKeys).get();
-    assertFalse("Table should be created with 1 row in META", tableAvailable);
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testCompactionTimestamps() throws Exception {
     createTableWithDefaultConf(tableName);