diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 246bfab5d..c623b212c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Remember to align the itemized text with the first line of an item within a list
 
 ## jax 0.4.21
 
+* Deprecations
+  * The previously-deprecated `sym_pos` argument has been removed from
+    {func}`jax.scipy.linalg.solve`. Use `assume_a='pos'` instead.
+
 ## jaxlib 0.4.21
 
 ## jax 0.4.20 (Nov 2, 2023)
diff --git a/jax/_src/scipy/linalg.py b/jax/_src/scipy/linalg.py
index 6f6f96473..a7f93f9fc 100644
--- a/jax/_src/scipy/linalg.py
+++ b/jax/_src/scipy/linalg.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from functools import partial
 import numpy as np
 import scipy.linalg
 import textwrap
-import warnings
 from typing import cast, overload, Any, Literal, Optional, Union
 
 import jax
@@ -353,20 +352,15 @@ def _solve(a: ArrayLike, b: ArrayLike, assume_a: str, lower: bool) -> Array:
 
 
 @_wraps(scipy.linalg.solve,
-        lax_description=_no_overwrite_and_chkfinite_doc, skip_params=('overwrite_a', 'overwrite_b', 'debug', 'check_finite'))
-def solve(a: ArrayLike, b: ArrayLike, sym_pos: bool = False, lower: bool = False,
+        lax_description=_no_overwrite_and_chkfinite_doc,
+        skip_params=('overwrite_a', 'overwrite_b', 'debug', 'check_finite'))
+def solve(a: ArrayLike, b: ArrayLike, lower: bool = False,
           overwrite_a: bool = False, overwrite_b: bool = False, debug: bool = False,
           check_finite: bool = True, assume_a: str = 'gen') -> Array:
-  # TODO(jakevdp) remove sym_pos argument after October 2022
   del overwrite_a, overwrite_b, debug, check_finite  #unused
   valid_assume_a = ['gen', 'sym', 'her', 'pos']
   if assume_a not in valid_assume_a:
     raise ValueError(f"Expected assume_a to be one of {valid_assume_a}; got {assume_a!r}")
-  if sym_pos:
-    warnings.warn("The sym_pos argument to solve() is deprecated and will be removed "
-                  "in a future JAX release. Use assume_a='pos' instead.",
-                  category=FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
-    assume_a = 'pos'
   return _solve(a, b, assume_a, lower)
 
 @partial(jit, static_argnames=('trans', 'lower', 'unit_diagonal'))