diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java
index be6cb4d788..c4561953e8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java
@@ -382,9 +382,6 @@ public abstract class PersistentClass implements IdentifiableTypeClass, Attribut
 
 	public abstract List<Property> getPropertyClosure();
 
-	@Deprecated(since = "6.0") @Remove
-	public abstract Iterator<Property> getPropertyClosureIterator();
-
 	public abstract List<Table> getTableClosure();
 
 	@Deprecated(since = "6.0") @Remove
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/RootClass.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/RootClass.java
index 1f9b8aa1c6..13e1c495f6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/RootClass.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/RootClass.java
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ public class RootClass extends PersistentClass implements TableOwner {
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	@Override @Deprecated
-	public Iterator<Property> getPropertyClosureIterator() {
-		return getPropertyIterator();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public List<Property> getPropertyClosure() {
 		return getProperties();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Subclass.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Subclass.java
index ed79366f8e..bd37ddefed 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Subclass.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Subclass.java
@@ -130,14 +130,6 @@ public class Subclass extends PersistentClass {
 		return new JoinedList<>( getSuperclass().getPropertyClosure(), getProperties() );
 	}
 
-	@Deprecated @Override
-	public Iterator<Property> getPropertyClosureIterator() {
-		return new JoinedIterator<>(
-				getSuperclass().getPropertyClosureIterator(),
-				getPropertyIterator()
-			);
-	}
-
 	@Deprecated @Override
 	public Iterator<Table> getTableClosureIterator() {
 		return new JoinedIterator<>(