diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java
index 8132e017cd..6131384d76 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/source/internal/hbm/ModelBinder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.hibernate.AssertionFailure;
 import org.hibernate.FetchMode;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.OnDeleteAction;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.SourceType;
 import org.hibernate.boot.MappingException;
 import org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.Origin;
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 			keyBinding.makeNationalized();
 		}
 		entityDescriptor.setKey( keyBinding );
-		keyBinding.setCascadeDeleteEnabled( entitySource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() );
+		keyBinding.setOnDeleteAction( getOnDeleteAction( entitySource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() ) );
 		relationalObjectBinder.bindColumns(
 				mappingDocument,
 				entitySource.getPrimaryKeyColumnSources(),
@@ -593,7 +594,6 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 
 		bindJoinedSubclassEntities( entitySource, entityDescriptor );
 	}
-
 	private void bindUnionSubclassEntities(
 			EntitySource entitySource,
 			PersistentClass superEntityDescriptor) {
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 		}
 		secondaryTableJoin.setKey( keyBinding );
 
-		keyBinding.setCascadeDeleteEnabled( secondaryTableSource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() );
+		keyBinding.setOnDeleteAction( getOnDeleteAction( secondaryTableSource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() ) );
 
 		// NOTE : no Type info to bind...
 
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 			setForeignKeyName( oneToOneBinding, oneToOneSource.getExplicitForeignKeyName() );
 		}
 
-		oneToOneBinding.setCascadeDeleteEnabled( oneToOneSource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() );
+		oneToOneBinding.setOnDeleteAction( getOnDeleteAction( oneToOneSource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() ) );
 	}
 
 	private Property createManyToOneAttribute(
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 			}
 		}
 
-		manyToOneBinding.setCascadeDeleteEnabled( manyToOneSource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() );
+		manyToOneBinding.setOnDeleteAction( getOnDeleteAction( manyToOneSource.isCascadeDeleteEnabled() ) );
 	}
 
 	private static void setForeignKeyName(SimpleValue manyToOneBinding, String foreignKeyName) {
@@ -3203,8 +3203,8 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 					keyVal
 			);
 			setForeignKeyName( key, keySource.getExplicitForeignKeyName() );
-			key.setCascadeDeleteEnabled( getPluralAttributeSource().getKeySource().isCascadeDeleteEnabled() );
-//
+			key.setOnDeleteAction( getOnDeleteAction( getPluralAttributeSource().getKeySource().isCascadeDeleteEnabled() ) );
+
 //			final ImplicitJoinColumnNameSource.Nature implicitNamingNature;
 //			if ( getPluralAttributeSource().getElementSource() instanceof PluralAttributeElementSourceManyToMany
 //					|| getPluralAttributeSource().getElementSource() instanceof PluralAttributeElementSourceOneToMany ) {
@@ -4069,4 +4069,8 @@ public class ModelBinder {
 		}
 		return builder.toString();
 	}
+
+	private static OnDeleteAction getOnDeleteAction(boolean entitySource) {
+		return entitySource ? OnDeleteAction.CASCADE : OnDeleteAction.NO_ACTION;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
index ae380b1943..b75bb23898 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/SimpleValue.java
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.generator.Generator;
 import org.hibernate.generator.GeneratorCreationContext;
-import org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging;
-import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
 import org.hibernate.models.spi.MemberDetails;
 import org.hibernate.models.spi.TypeDetails;
 import org.hibernate.resource.beans.spi.ManagedBeanRegistry;
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ import static org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.ArrayHelper.toBooleanArray
  * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 public abstract class SimpleValue implements KeyValue {
-	private static final CoreMessageLogger log = CoreLogging.messageLogger( SimpleValue.class );
 
 	@Deprecated(since = "7.0", forRemoval = true)
 	public static final String DEFAULT_ID_GEN_STRATEGY = ASSIGNED_GENERATOR_NAME;
@@ -171,24 +168,11 @@ public abstract class SimpleValue implements KeyValue {
 		return onDeleteAction;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #getOnDeleteAction()}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.2")
 	@Override
 	public boolean isCascadeDeleteEnabled() {
 		return onDeleteAction == OnDeleteAction.CASCADE;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #setOnDeleteAction(OnDeleteAction)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.2")
-	public void setCascadeDeleteEnabled(boolean cascadeDeleteEnabled) {
-		this.onDeleteAction = cascadeDeleteEnabled ? OnDeleteAction.CASCADE : OnDeleteAction.NO_ACTION;
-	}
-
-
 	public void addColumn(Column column) {
 		addColumn( column, true, true );
 	}