diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/params/FacetParams.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/params/FacetParams.java
index d8baa63736a..716763d90b4 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/params/FacetParams.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/params/FacetParams.java
@@ -124,25 +124,6 @@ public interface FacetParams {
 
   public static final String FACET_DISTRIB = FACET + ".distrib";
   
-  /**
-   * If we are returning facet field counts, are sorting those facets by their count, and the minimum count to return is > 0,
-   * then allow the use of facet.mincount = 1 in cloud mode. To enable this use facet.distrib.mco=true.
-   *
-   * i.e. If the following three conditions are met in cloud mode: facet.sort=count, facet.limit > 0, facet.mincount > 0.
-   * Then use facet.mincount=1.
-   *
-   * Previously and by default facet.mincount will be explicitly set to 0 when in cloud mode for this condition.
-   * In SOLR-8599 and SOLR-8988, significant performance increase has been seen when enabling this optimization.
-   *
-   * Note: enabling this flag has no effect when the conditions above are not met. For those other cases the default behavior is sufficient.
-   *
-   * @deprecated
-   * This option is no longer used nor will if affect any queries as the fix has been built in. (SOLR-11711)
-   * This will be removed entirely in 8.0.0
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static final String FACET_DISTRIB_MCO = FACET_DISTRIB + ".mco";
-  
   /**
    * Comma separated list of fields to pivot
    *