diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Interceptor.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Interceptor.java
index a3a033bfc1..2c4d1ba77a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Interceptor.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/Interceptor.java
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ public interface Interceptor {
 	 * @throws CallbackException Thrown if the interceptor encounters any problems handling the callback.
 	 *
 	 * @see Session#remove(Object)
-	 * @see Session#delete(Object)
 	 *
 	 * @deprecated Use {@link #onRemove(Object, Object, Object[], String[], Type[])}
 	 */
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/DynamicUpdate.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/DynamicUpdate.java
index 56e8ec5b83..b8a2b89c77 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/DynamicUpdate.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/DynamicUpdate.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
  * <p>
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
- *
- * @see SelectBeforeUpdate
  */
 @Target( TYPE )
 @Retention( RUNTIME )
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 43062de794..8cc7411d0a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/SessionFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/SessionFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -720,10 +720,11 @@ public interface SessionFactoryBuilder {
 	SessionFactoryBuilder enableJpaListCompliance(boolean enabled);
 
 	/**
-	 * @see JpaCompliance#isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled()
+	 * @deprecated No longer has any effect.
 	 *
-	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#JPA_CASCADE_COMPLIANCE
+	 * @see JpaCompliance#isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled()
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "7.0", forRemoval = true)
 	SessionFactoryBuilder enableJpaCascadeCompliance(boolean 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 fe5231ad5e..410d88f2d1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JpaComplianceSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JpaComplianceSettings.java
@@ -63,17 +63,10 @@ public interface JpaComplianceSettings {
 	String JPA_QUERY_COMPLIANCE = "hibernate.jpa.compliance.query";
 
 	/**
-	 * Controls whether Hibernate applies cascade
-	 * {@link jakarta.persistence.CascadeType#PERSIST} or
-	 * {@link org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType#SAVE_UPDATE}
-	 * at flush time. If enabled, Hibernate will cascade the standard
-	 * JPA {@code PERSIST} operation. Otherwise, Hibernate will cascade
-	 * the legacy {@code SAVE_UPDATE} operation.
-	 *
-	 * @settingDefault {@link #JPA_COMPLIANCE}
-	 *
-	 * @since 6.6
+	 * @deprecated No longer has any effect.  Since 7.0 (and removal of save/update processing),
+	 * Hibernate always cascades {@linkplain  jakarta.persistence.CascadeType#PERSIST PERSIST}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	String JPA_CASCADE_COMPLIANCE = "hibernate.jpa.compliance.cascade";
 
 	/**
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java
index 1f8f0e76a7..76a2ab8623 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/CascadingActions.java
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ public class CascadingActions {
 	};
 
 	/**
-	 * @see org.hibernate.Session#delete(Object)
+	 * Used in legacy {@code Session#delete} method, which has been removed
 	 *
 	 * @deprecated Use {@link #REMOVE}
 	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.6")
+	@Deprecated(since = "6.6", forRemoval = true)
 	public static final CascadingAction<DeleteContext> DELETE = REMOVE;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/AbstractFlushingEventListener.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/AbstractFlushingEventListener.java
index e042e6c5ec..99abc17c6f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/AbstractFlushingEventListener.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/internal/AbstractFlushingEventListener.java
@@ -53,11 +53,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFlushingEventListener implements JpaBootstrapSensi
 
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = Logger.getMessageLogger( CoreMessageLogger.class, AbstractFlushingEventListener.class.getName() );
 
-	private boolean jpaBootstrap;
-
 	@Override
 	public void wasJpaBootstrap(boolean wasJpaBootstrap) {
-		this.jpaBootstrap = wasJpaBootstrap;
 	}
 
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -205,10 +202,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFlushingEventListener implements JpaBootstrapSensi
 		return CascadingActions.PERSIST_ON_FLUSH;
 	}
 
-	private static boolean isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled(EventSource session) {
-		return session.getSessionFactory().getSessionFactoryOptions().getJpaCompliance().isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Initialize the flags of the CollectionEntry, including the
 	 * dirty check.
@@ -284,14 +277,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractFlushingEventListener implements JpaBootstrapSensi
 			EventSource source,
 			Object key,
 			EntityEntry entry) {
-		final FlushEntityEvent entityEvent = possiblyValidExistingInstance;
-		if ( entityEvent == null || !entityEvent.isAllowedToReuse() ) {
+		if ( possiblyValidExistingInstance == null || !possiblyValidExistingInstance.isAllowedToReuse() ) {
 			//need to create a new instance
 			return new FlushEntityEvent( source, key, entry );
 		}
 		else {
-			entityEvent.resetAndReuseEventInstance( key, entry );
-			return entityEvent;
+			possiblyValidExistingInstance.resetAndReuseEventInstance( key, entry );
+			return possiblyValidExistingInstance;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/DeleteContext.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/DeleteContext.java
index 792acb1c7d..1c1548eacc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/DeleteContext.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/spi/DeleteContext.java
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ package org.hibernate.event.spi;
 
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 
+import org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultDeleteEventListener;
+
 /**
- * A {@link DeleteEvent} represents a {@linkplain org.hibernate.Session#delete(Object) delete operation}
+ * A {@link DeleteEvent} represents a {@linkplain org.hibernate.Session#remove delete operation}
  * applied to a single entity. A {@code DeleteContext} is propagated across all cascaded delete operations,
  * and keeps track of all the entities we've already visited.
  *
+ * @see DefaultDeleteEventListener#onDelete(DeleteEvent, DeleteContext)
+ *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
 public interface DeleteContext {
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 d677db60f4..0180d80609 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
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	private boolean closedCompliance;
 	private boolean cachingCompliance;
 	private boolean loadByIdCompliance;
-	private boolean cascadeCompliance;
 
 	public MutableJpaComplianceImpl(Map<?,?> configurationSettings) {
 		this(
@@ -39,11 +38,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	public MutableJpaComplianceImpl(Map<?,?> configurationSettings, boolean jpaByDefault) {
 		final Object legacyQueryCompliance = configurationSettings.get( AvailableSettings.JPAQL_STRICT_COMPLIANCE );
 
-		cascadeCompliance = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean(
-				AvailableSettings.JPA_CASCADE_COMPLIANCE,
-				configurationSettings,
-				jpaByDefault
-		);
 		//noinspection deprecation
 		listCompliance = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean(
 				AvailableSettings.JPA_LIST_COMPLIANCE,
@@ -103,7 +97,7 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	}
 
 	public boolean isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled() {
-		return cascadeCompliance;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -151,7 +145,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 
 	@Override
 	public void setCascadeCompliance(boolean cascadeCompliance) {
-		this.cascadeCompliance = cascadeCompliance;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -197,7 +190,6 @@ public class MutableJpaComplianceImpl implements MutableJpaCompliance {
 	public JpaCompliance immutableCopy() {
 		JpaComplianceImpl.JpaComplianceBuilder builder = new JpaComplianceImpl.JpaComplianceBuilder();
 		builder = builder.setListCompliance( listCompliance )
-				.setCascadeCompliance( cascadeCompliance )
 				.setProxyCompliance( proxyCompliance )
 				.setOrderByMappingCompliance( orderByMappingCompliance )
 				.setGlobalGeneratorNameCompliance( generatorNameScopeCompliance )
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 fc657119e3..dc47ff00a9 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
@@ -81,14 +81,9 @@ public interface JpaCompliance {
 	boolean isJpaClosedComplianceEnabled();
 
 	/**
-	 * JPA specifies that a {@link jakarta.persistence.CascadeType#PERSIST}
-	 * operation should occur at flush time. The legacy behavior of Hibernate
-	 * was a {@link org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType#SAVE_UPDATE}.
-	 *
-	 * @return {@code true} indicates to behave in the spec-defined way
-	 *
-	 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings#JPA_CASCADE_COMPLIANCE
+	 * @deprecated No longer has any effect.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "7.0")
 	boolean isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled();
 
 	/**
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 3e69eb621e..57d9e5f47c 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
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ package org.hibernate.jpa.spi;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public interface MutableJpaCompliance extends JpaCompliance {
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated Always enabled.  See {@linkplain JpaCompliance#isJpaCascadeComplianceEnabled()}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	void setCascadeCompliance(boolean cascadeCompliance);
 
 	void setListCompliance(boolean listCompliance);
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/transform/package-info.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/transform/package-info.java
index 2f2caa7010..d062abc5cb 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/transform/package-info.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/transform/package-info.java
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
  * Deprecated, use {@link org.hibernate.query.TupleTransformer}
  * and/or {@link org.hibernate.query.ResultListTransformer}
  * which are defined in {@link org.hibernate.query}.
- *
- * @deprecated The contents of this package are deprecated
  */
 @Deprecated
 package org.hibernate.transform;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/package-info.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/package-info.java
index e38df06bbb..a596d84d9f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/package-info.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tuple/package-info.java
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * <p>
  * Value-generation related contracts have been replaced by
  * {@link org.hibernate.generator}
- *
- * @deprecated The contents of this package and its subpackages
- *             are deprecated
  */
 @Remove @Deprecated
 package org.hibernate.tuple;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/cascade/persist/CascadePersistSFTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/cascade/persist/CascadePersistSFTest.java
index 13ed862b74..db485f3a6f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/cascade/persist/CascadePersistSFTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/cascade/persist/CascadePersistSFTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 @DomainModel(annotatedClasses =
 		{CascadePersistSFTest.Parent.class,
 		CascadePersistSFTest.Child.class})
-@ServiceRegistry(settings = @Setting(name=JpaComplianceSettings.JPA_CASCADE_COMPLIANCE,value="true"))
 public class CascadePersistSFTest {
 	@Test void test(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
 		Parent p = new Parent();