diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index cfdff175c3..b1a536592f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ build-tcg-disabled:
     - cd tests/qemu-iotests/
     - ./check -raw 001 002 003 004 005 008 009 010 011 012 021 025 032 033 048
             052 063 077 086 101 104 106 113 148 150 151 152 157 159 160 163
-            170 171 183 184 192 194 208 221 226 227 236 253 277 image-fleecing
+            170 171 184 192 194 208 221 226 227 236 253 277 image-fleecing
     - ./check -qcow2 028 051 056 057 058 065 068 082 085 091 095 096 102 122
             124 132 139 142 144 145 151 152 155 157 165 194 196 200 202
             208 209 216 218 227 234 246 247 248 250 254 255 257 258
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 25b309dde4..83adb763e6 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -488,15 +488,6 @@ option).
 Migration
 ---------
 
-``blk`` migrate command option (since 8.2)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.
-
-As an intermediate step the ``blk`` functionality can be achieved by
-setting the ``block`` migration capability to ``true``.  But this
-capability is also deprecated.
-
 block migration (since 8.2)
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index e62fc760f1..0ba94c826a 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -627,6 +627,13 @@ Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead. See "QMP invocation for live
 storage migration with ``blockdev-mirror`` + NBD" in
 docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst for a detailed explanation.
 
+``migrate`` command option ``blk`` (removed in 9.1)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead. See "QMP invocation for live
+storage migration with ``blockdev-mirror`` + NBD" in
+docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst for a detailed explanation.
+
 Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands
 -------------------------------------
 
@@ -694,6 +701,13 @@ Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead. See "QMP invocation for live
 storage migration with ``blockdev-mirror`` + NBD" in
 docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst for a detailed explanation.
 
+``migrate`` command ``-b`` option (removed in 9.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead. See "QMP invocation for live
+storage migration with ``blockdev-mirror`` + NBD" in
+docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst for a detailed explanation.
+
 Host Architectures
 ------------------
 
@@ -1025,4 +1039,3 @@ There is a newer Rust implementation of ``virtiofsd`` at
 stable for some time and is now widely used.
 The command line and feature set is very close to the removed
 C implementation.
-
diff --git a/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c b/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c
index f49f061be1..5ab204d91d 100644
--- a/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/migration/migration-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -758,26 +758,19 @@ static void hmp_migrate_status_cb(void *opaque)
 void hmp_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     bool detach = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "detach", false);
-    bool blk = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "blk", false);
     bool resume = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "resume", false);
     const char *uri = qdict_get_str(qdict, "uri");
     Error *err = NULL;
     g_autoptr(MigrationChannelList) caps = NULL;
     g_autoptr(MigrationChannel) channel = NULL;
 
-    if (blk) {
-        warn_report("option '-b' is deprecated;"
-                    " use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead");
-    }
-
     if (!migrate_uri_parse(uri, &channel, &err)) {
         hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
         return;
     }
     QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(caps, g_steal_pointer(&channel));
 
-    qmp_migrate(NULL, true, caps, !!blk, blk, false, false,
-                true, resume, &err);
+    qmp_migrate(NULL, true, caps, false, false, true, resume, &err);
     if (hmp_handle_error(mon, err)) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index be7a66c23c..a3dc8a7974 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1911,14 +1911,8 @@ bool migration_is_blocked(Error **errp)
 }
 
 /* Returns true if continue to migrate, or false if error detected */
-static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool resume,
-                            Error **errp)
+static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool resume, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (blk) {
-        warn_report("parameter 'blk' is deprecated;"
-                    " use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead");
-    }
-
     if (resume) {
         if (s->state != MIGRATION_STATUS_POSTCOPY_PAUSED) {
             error_setg(errp, "Cannot resume if there is no "
@@ -2003,21 +1997,7 @@ static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool resume,
         }
     }
 
-    if (blk) {
-        if (migrate_colo()) {
-            error_setg(errp, "No disk migration is required in COLO mode");
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (migrate_block()) {
-            error_setg(errp, "Command options are incompatible with "
-                       "current migration capabilities");
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (!migrate_cap_set(MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK, true, errp)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        s->must_remove_block_options = true;
-    }
+    s->must_remove_block_options = true;
 
     if (migrate_init(s, errp)) {
         return false;
@@ -2027,9 +2007,8 @@ static bool migrate_prepare(MigrationState *s, bool blk, bool resume,
 }
 
 void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_channels,
-                 MigrationChannelList *channels, bool has_blk, bool blk,
-                 bool has_detach, bool detach, bool has_resume, bool resume,
-                 Error **errp)
+                 MigrationChannelList *channels, bool has_detach, bool detach,
+                 bool has_resume, bool resume, Error **errp)
 {
     bool resume_requested;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
@@ -2068,7 +2047,7 @@ void qmp_migrate(const char *uri, bool has_channels,
     }
 
     resume_requested = has_resume && resume;
-    if (!migrate_prepare(s, has_blk && blk, resume_requested, errp)) {
+    if (!migrate_prepare(s, resume_requested, errp)) {
         /* Error detected, put into errp */
         return;
     }
diff --git a/migration/options.c b/migration/options.c
index 25d28ada60..638eeeb9a0 100644
--- a/migration/options.c
+++ b/migration/options.c
@@ -486,8 +486,7 @@ bool migrate_caps_check(bool *old_caps, bool *new_caps, Error **errp)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_LIVE_BLOCK_MIGRATION
     if (new_caps[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_BLOCK]) {
-        error_setg(errp, "QEMU compiled without old-style (blk/-b) "
-                   "block migration");
+        error_setg(errp, "QEMU compiled without old-style block migration");
         error_append_hint(errp, "Use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead.\n");
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index a23c162ad8..1523ad0e12 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -1705,18 +1705,11 @@
 # @channels: list of migration stream channels with each stream in the
 #     list connected to a destination interface endpoint.
 #
-# @blk: do block migration (full disk copy)
-#
 # @detach: this argument exists only for compatibility reasons and is
 #     ignored by QEMU
 #
 # @resume: resume one paused migration, default "off".  (since 3.0)
 #
-# Features:
-#
-# @deprecated: Member @blk is deprecated.  Use blockdev-mirror with
-#     NBD instead.
-#
 # Since: 0.14
 #
 # Notes:
@@ -1782,7 +1775,6 @@
 { 'command': 'migrate',
   'data': {'*uri': 'str',
            '*channels': [ 'MigrationChannel' ],
-           '*blk': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
            '*detach': 'bool', '*resume': 'bool' } }
 
 ##
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/183 b/tests/qemu-iotests/183
deleted file mode 100755
index b85770458e..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/183
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# group: rw migration quick
-#
-# Test old-style block migration (migrate -b)
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-# creator
-owner=kwolf@redhat.com
-
-seq=`basename $0`
-echo "QA output created by $seq"
-
-status=1 # failure is the default!
-
-MIG_SOCKET="${SOCK_DIR}/migrate"
-
-_cleanup()
-{
-    rm -f "${MIG_SOCKET}"
-    _rm_test_img "${TEST_IMG}.dest"
-    _cleanup_test_img
-    _cleanup_qemu
-}
-trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
-
-# get standard environment, filters and checks
-. ./common.rc
-. ./common.filter
-. ./common.qemu
-
-_supported_os Linux FreeBSD NetBSD
-_supported_fmt qcow2 raw qed quorum
-_supported_proto file fuse
-
-size=64M
-_make_test_img $size
-TEST_IMG="${TEST_IMG}.dest" _make_test_img $size
-
-echo
-echo === Starting VMs ===
-echo
-
-qemu_comm_method="qmp"
-
-_launch_qemu \
-    -drive file="${TEST_IMG}",cache=$CACHEMODE,aio=$AIOMODE,driver=$IMGFMT,id=disk
-src=$QEMU_HANDLE
-_send_qemu_cmd $src "{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }" 'return'
-
-_launch_qemu \
-    -drive file="${TEST_IMG}.dest",cache=$CACHEMODE,aio=$AIOMODE,driver=$IMGFMT,id=disk \
-    -incoming "unix:${MIG_SOCKET}"
-dest=$QEMU_HANDLE
-_send_qemu_cmd $dest "{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }" 'return'
-
-echo
-echo === Write something on the source ===
-echo
-
-_send_qemu_cmd $src \
-    "{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk \"write -P 0x55 0 64k\"' } }" \
-    'return'
-_send_qemu_cmd $src \
-    "{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk \"read -P 0x55 0 64k\"' } }" \
-    'return'
-
-echo
-echo === Do block migration to destination ===
-echo
-
-reply="$(_send_qemu_cmd $src \
-    "{ 'execute': 'migrate',
-       'arguments': { 'uri': 'unix:${MIG_SOCKET}', 'blk': true } }" \
-    'return\|error' | _filter_migration_block_deprecated)"
-echo "$reply"
-if echo "$reply" | grep "compiled without old-style" > /dev/null; then
-    _notrun "migrate -b support not compiled in"
-fi
-
-timeout_comm=$QEMU_COMM_TIMEOUT
-if [ "${VALGRIND_QEMU}" == "y" ]; then
-    QEMU_COMM_TIMEOUT=4
-else
-    QEMU_COMM_TIMEOUT=0.1
-fi
-qemu_cmd_repeat=50 silent=yes \
-    _send_qemu_cmd $src "{ 'execute': 'query-migrate' }" '"status": "completed"'
-QEMU_COMM_TIMEOUT=$timeout_comm
-_send_qemu_cmd $src "{ 'execute': 'query-status' }" "return"
-
-echo
-echo === Do some I/O on the destination ===
-echo
-
-# It is important that we use the BlockBackend of the guest device here instead
-# of the node name, which would create a new BlockBackend and not test whether
-# the guest has the necessary permissions to access the image now
-silent=yes _send_qemu_cmd $dest "" "100 %"
-_send_qemu_cmd $dest "{ 'execute': 'query-status' }" "return"
-_send_qemu_cmd $dest \
-    "{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk \"read -P 0x55 0 64k\"' } }" \
-    'return'
-_send_qemu_cmd $dest \
-    "{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk \"write -P 0x66 1M 64k\"' } }" \
-    'return'
-
-echo
-echo === Shut down and check image ===
-echo
-
-_send_qemu_cmd $src '{"execute":"quit"}' 'return'
-_send_qemu_cmd $dest '{"execute":"quit"}' 'return'
-wait=1 _cleanup_qemu
-
-_check_test_img
-TEST_IMG="${TEST_IMG}.dest" _check_test_img
-
-$QEMU_IO -c 'write -P 0x66 1M 64k' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
-$QEMU_IMG compare "$TEST_IMG.dest" "$TEST_IMG"
-
-# success, all done
-echo "*** done"
-rm -f $seq.full
-status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/183.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/183.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 8aef74a25d..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/183.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-QA output created by 183
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.dest', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
-
-=== Starting VMs ===
-
-{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }
-{"return": {}}
-{ 'execute': 'qmp_capabilities' }
-{"return": {}}
-
-=== Write something on the source ===
-
-{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk "write -P 0x55 0 64k"' } }
-wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
-64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-{"return": ""}
-{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk "read -P 0x55 0 64k"' } }
-read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
-64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-{"return": ""}
-
-=== Do block migration to destination ===
-
-{ 'execute': 'migrate',
-       'arguments': { 'uri': 'unix:SOCK_DIR/migrate', 'blk': true } }
-{"return": {}}
-{ 'execute': 'query-status' }
-{"return": {"status": "postmigrate", "running": false}}
-
-=== Do some I/O on the destination ===
-
-{ 'execute': 'query-status' }
-{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "RESUME"}
-{"return": {"status": "running", "running": true}}
-{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk "read -P 0x55 0 64k"' } }
-read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
-64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-{"return": ""}
-{ 'execute': 'human-monitor-command',
-       'arguments': { 'command-line':
-                      'qemu-io disk "write -P 0x66 1M 64k"' } }
-wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 1048576
-64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-{"return": ""}
-
-=== Shut down and check image ===
-
-{"execute":"quit"}
-{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false, "reason": "host-qmp-quit"}}
-{"return": {}}
-{"execute":"quit"}
-{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false, "reason": "host-qmp-quit"}}
-{"return": {}}
-No errors were found on the image.
-No errors were found on the image.
-wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 1048576
-64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-Images are identical.
-*** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 2846c83808..fc3c64bcb8 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -359,12 +359,5 @@ _filter_qcow2_compression_type_bit()
         -e 's/\(incompatible_features.*\), 3\(,.*\)/\1\2/'
 }
 
-# filter warnings caused for block migration deprecation
-_filter_migration_block_deprecated()
-{
-    gsed -e '/warning: parameter .blk. is deprecated; use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead/d' \
-         -e '/warning: block migration is deprecated; use blockdev-mirror with NBD instead/d'
-}
-
 # make sure this script returns success
 true
