diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/SessionFactoryBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/SessionFactoryBuilder.java
index 8cc7411d0a..03d6c00449 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/SessionFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/SessionFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -709,16 +709,6 @@ public interface SessionFactoryBuilder {
 	 */
 	SessionFactoryBuilder enableJpaTransactionCompliance(boolean enabled);
 
-	/**
-	 * @see JpaCompliance#isJpaListComplianceEnabled()
-	 *
-	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated Use {@link org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#DEFAULT_LIST_SEMANTICS} instead
-	 */
-	@Deprecated( since = "6.0" )
-	SessionFactoryBuilder enableJpaListCompliance(boolean enabled);
-
 	/**
 	 * @deprecated No longer has any effect.
 	 *
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.java
index da9e6b6944..299b5f0776 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryBuilderImpl.java
@@ -404,12 +404,6 @@ public class SessionFactoryBuilderImpl implements SessionFactoryBuilderImplement
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public SessionFactoryBuilder enableJpaListCompliance(boolean enabled) {
-		this.optionsBuilder.enableJpaListCompliance( enabled );
-		return this;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public SessionFactoryBuilder enableJpaCascadeCompliance(boolean enabled) {
 		this.optionsBuilder.enableJpaCascadeCompliance( enabled );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
index bcc5043bab..01630fc862 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder.java
@@ -1574,10 +1574,6 @@ public class SessionFactoryOptionsBuilder implements SessionFactoryOptions {
 		mutableJpaCompliance().setTransactionCompliance( enabled );
 	}
 
-	public void enableJpaListCompliance(boolean enabled) {
-		mutableJpaCompliance().setListCompliance( enabled );
-	}
-
 	public void enableJpaCascadeCompliance(boolean enabled) {
 		mutableJpaCompliance().setCascadeCompliance( enabled );
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java
index 78eee51539..01c1cf54da 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -374,12 +374,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder<T extends SessionF
 		return getThis();
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public T enableJpaListCompliance(boolean enabled) {
-		delegate.enableJpaListCompliance( enabled );
-		return getThis();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public T enableJpaClosedCompliance(boolean enabled) {
 		delegate.enableJpaClosedCompliance( enabled );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JpaComplianceSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JpaComplianceSettings.java
index 410d88f2d1..8375a4060b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JpaComplianceSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JpaComplianceSettings.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public interface JpaComplianceSettings {
 	 *
 	 * @see #JPA_TRANSACTION_COMPLIANCE
 	 * @see #JPA_QUERY_COMPLIANCE
-	 * @see #JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE
 	 * @see #JPA_ORDER_BY_MAPPING_COMPLIANCE
 	 * @see #JPA_CLOSED_COMPLIANCE
 	 * @see #JPA_PROXY_COMPLIANCE
@@ -69,33 +68,6 @@ public interface JpaComplianceSettings {
 	@Deprecated
 	String JPA_CASCADE_COMPLIANCE = "hibernate.jpa.compliance.cascade";
 
-	/**
-	 * Controls whether Hibernate should treat what it would usually consider a
-	 * {@linkplain org.hibernate.collection.spi.PersistentBag "bag"}, that is, a
-	 * list with no index column, whose element order is not persistent, as a true
-	 * {@link org.hibernate.collection.spi.PersistentList list} with an index column
-	 * and a persistent element order.
-	 *
-	 * @apiNote If enabled, Hibernate will recognize it as a list where the
-	 * {@link jakarta.persistence.OrderColumn} annotation is simply missing
-	 * (and its defaults will apply).
-	 *
-	 * @settingDefault {@link #JPA_COMPLIANCE}
-	 *
-	 * @see org.hibernate.jpa.spi.JpaCompliance#isJpaListComplianceEnabled()
-	 * @see org.hibernate.boot.SessionFactoryBuilder#enableJpaListCompliance(boolean)
-	 *
-	 * @since 5.3
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated Use {@link MappingSettings#DEFAULT_LIST_SEMANTICS} instead. The specification
-	 * actually leaves this behavior undefined, saying that portable applications
-	 * should not rely on any specific behavior for a {@link java.util.List} with
-	 * no {@code @OrderColumn}.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated( since = "6.0" )
-	@SuppressWarnings("DeprecatedIsStillUsed")
-	String JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE	= "hibernate.jpa.compliance.list";
-
 	/**
 	 * JPA specifies that items occurring in {@link jakarta.persistence.OrderBy}
 	 * lists must be references to entity attributes, whereas Hibernate, by default,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/JpaComplianceImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/JpaComplianceImpl.java
index 5c29a20da5..008a4ec5db 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/JpaComplianceImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/JpaComplianceImpl.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import org.hibernate.jpa.spi.JpaCompliance;
  * @author Andrea Boriero
  */
 public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
-	private final boolean listCompliance;
 	private final boolean orderByMappingCompliance;
 	private final boolean proxyCompliance;
 	private final boolean globalGeneratorNameScopeCompliance;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
 	private final boolean cascadeCompliance;
 
 	public JpaComplianceImpl(
-			boolean listCompliance,
 			boolean orderByMappingCompliance,
 			boolean proxyCompliance,
 			boolean globalGeneratorNameScopeCompliance,
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
 			boolean cascadeCompliance) {
 		this.queryCompliance = queryCompliance;
 		this.transactionCompliance = transactionCompliance;
-		this.listCompliance = listCompliance;
 		this.closedCompliance = closedCompliance;
 		this.proxyCompliance = proxyCompliance;
 		this.cachingCompliance = cachingCompliance;
@@ -61,11 +58,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
 		return cascadeCompliance;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean isJpaListComplianceEnabled() {
-		return listCompliance;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isJpaClosedComplianceEnabled() {
 		return closedCompliance;
@@ -98,7 +90,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
 
 	public static class JpaComplianceBuilder {
 		private boolean queryCompliance;
-		private boolean listCompliance;
 		private boolean orderByMappingCompliance;
 		private boolean proxyCompliance;
 		private boolean globalGeneratorNameScopeCompliance;
@@ -116,11 +107,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
 			return this;
 		}
 
-		public JpaComplianceBuilder setListCompliance(boolean listCompliance) {
-			this.listCompliance = listCompliance;
-			return this;
-		}
-
 		public JpaComplianceBuilder setOrderByMappingCompliance(boolean orderByMappingCompliance) {
 			this.orderByMappingCompliance = orderByMappingCompliance;
 			return this;
@@ -163,7 +149,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceImpl implements JpaCompliance {
 
 		JpaCompliance createJpaCompliance() {
 			return new JpaComplianceImpl(
-					listCompliance,
 					orderByMappingCompliance,
 					proxyCompliance,
 					globalGeneratorNameScopeCompliance,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/MutableJpaComplianceImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/MutableJpaComplianceImpl.java
index 0180d80609..9abf6ab945 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/MutableJpaComplianceImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/internal/MutableJpaComplianceImpl.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.hibernate.jpa.spi.MutableJpaCompliance;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
-	private boolean listCompliance;
 	private boolean orderByMappingCompliance;
 	private boolean proxyCompliance;
 	private boolean generatorNameScopeCompliance;
@@ -38,12 +37,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	public MutableJpaComplianceImpl(Map<?,?> configurationSettings, boolean jpaByDefault) {
 		final Object legacyQueryCompliance = configurationSettings.get( AvailableSettings.JPAQL_STRICT_COMPLIANCE );
 
-		//noinspection deprecation
-		listCompliance = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean(
-				AvailableSettings.JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE,
-				configurationSettings,
-				jpaByDefault
-		);
 		proxyCompliance = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean(
 				AvailableSettings.JPA_PROXY_COMPLIANCE,
 				configurationSettings,
@@ -100,11 +93,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean isJpaListComplianceEnabled() {
-		return listCompliance;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isJpaClosedComplianceEnabled() {
 		return closedCompliance;
@@ -138,11 +126,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	// Mutators
 
-	@Override
-	public void setListCompliance(boolean listCompliance) {
-		this.listCompliance = listCompliance;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void setCascadeCompliance(boolean cascadeCompliance) {
 	}
@@ -189,8 +172,7 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	@Override
 	public JpaCompliance immutableCopy() {
 		JpaComplianceImpl.JpaComplianceBuilder builder = new JpaComplianceImpl.JpaComplianceBuilder();
-		builder = builder.setListCompliance( listCompliance )
-				.setProxyCompliance( proxyCompliance )
+		builder = builder.setProxyCompliance( proxyCompliance )
 				.setOrderByMappingCompliance( orderByMappingCompliance )
 				.setGlobalGeneratorNameCompliance( generatorNameScopeCompliance )
 				.setQueryCompliance( queryCompliance )
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/JpaCompliance.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/JpaCompliance.java
index dc47ff00a9..2ca821c0bf 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/JpaCompliance.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/JpaCompliance.java
@@ -42,28 +42,6 @@ public interface JpaCompliance {
 	 */
 	boolean isJpaTransactionComplianceEnabled();
 
-	/**
-	 * Controls how Hibernate interprets a mapped {@link java.util.List}
-	 * without no {@linkplain jakarta.persistence.OrderColumn order column}
-	 * specified. Historically Hibernate treats this as a "bag", which is a
-	 * concept JPA does not have.
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>If enabled, Hibernate will recognize this case as a
-	 *     {@linkplain org.hibernate.collection.spi.PersistentList list}.
-	 * <li>Otherwise, if disabled, Hibernate will treat it as a
-	 *     {@linkplain org.hibernate.collection.spi.PersistentBag "bag"}.
-	 * </ul>
-	 *
-	 * @return {@code true} indicates to behave in the spec-defined way,
-	 * interpreting the mapping as a "list", rather than a "bag"
-	 *
-	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated Use {@link org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#DEFAULT_LIST_SEMANTICS} instead
-	 */
-	@Deprecated( since = "6.0" )
-	boolean isJpaListComplianceEnabled();
-
 	/**
 	 * JPA defines specific exceptions on specific methods when called on
 	 * {@link jakarta.persistence.EntityManager} and
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/MutableJpaCompliance.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/MutableJpaCompliance.java
index 57d9e5f47c..da556260c2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/MutableJpaCompliance.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/MutableJpaCompliance.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ public interface MutableJpaCompliance extends JpaCompliance {
 	@Deprecated
 	void setCascadeCompliance(boolean cascadeCompliance);
 
-	void setListCompliance(boolean listCompliance);
-
 	void setOrderByMappingCompliance(boolean orderByCompliance);
 
 	void setProxyCompliance(boolean proxyCompliance);
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/JpaComplianceStub.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/JpaComplianceStub.java
index 8c5706a0ff..88a46931f0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/JpaComplianceStub.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/JpaComplianceStub.java
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceStub implements JpaCompliance {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean isJpaListComplianceEnabled() {
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isJpaClosedComplianceEnabled() {
 		return false;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/JpaComplianceTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/JpaComplianceTests.java
index f6a4fbc2ce..9f61d186ae 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/JpaComplianceTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/jpa/compliance/JpaComplianceTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceTests {
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaQueryComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaTransactionComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaClosedComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
-		assertThat( compliance.isJpaListComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaOrderByMappingComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaProxyComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaCacheComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ public class JpaComplianceTests {
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaQueryComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( !expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaTransactionComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaClosedComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
-		assertThat( compliance.isJpaListComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaOrderByMappingComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaProxyComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
 		assertThat( compliance.isJpaCacheComplianceEnabled() ).isEqualTo( expected );
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/EntityManagerFactoryExtension.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/EntityManagerFactoryExtension.java
index 0a4ad57e73..4001738750 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/EntityManagerFactoryExtension.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/EntityManagerFactoryExtension.java
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public class EntityManagerFactoryExtension
 		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.jpaComplianceEnabled() );
 		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_QUERY_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.queryComplianceEnabled() );
 		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_TRANSACTION_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.transactionComplianceEnabled() );
-		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.listMappingComplianceEnabled() );
 		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_CLOSED_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.closedComplianceEnabled() );
 		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_PROXY_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.proxyComplianceEnabled() );
 		pui.getProperties().put( AvailableSettings.JPA_CACHING_COMPLIANCE, emfAnn.cacheComplianceEnabled() );
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/Jpa.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/Jpa.java
index 750f5487ce..3433012b75 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/Jpa.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/orm/junit/Jpa.java
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ public @interface Jpa {
 	 */
 	boolean closedComplianceEnabled() default false;
 
-	/**
-	 * @see JpaCompliance#isJpaListComplianceEnabled()
-	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#DEFAULT_LIST_SEMANTICS
-	 */
-	boolean listMappingComplianceEnabled() default false;
-
 	/**
 	 * @see JpaCompliance#isJpaOrderByMappingComplianceEnabled()
 	 */