diff --git a/base/download.jl b/base/download.jl
index 59cbadcb2f6af..8db0e4819e708 100644
--- a/base/download.jl
+++ b/base/download.jl
@@ -4,22 +4,3 @@ Downloads() = require(PkgId(
         UUID((0xf43a241f_c20a_4ad4, 0x852c_f6b1247861c6)),
         "Downloads",
     ))
-
-"""
-    download(url::AbstractString, [path::AbstractString = tempname()]) -> path
-
-Download a file from the given url, saving it to the location `path`, or if not
-specified, a temporary path. Returns the path of the downloaded file.
-
-!!! note
-    Since Julia 1.6, this function is deprecated and is just a thin wrapper
-    around `Downloads.download`. In new code, you should use that function
-    directly instead of calling this.
-"""
-download(url::AbstractString, path::AbstractString) = do_download(url, path)
-download(url::AbstractString) = do_download(url, nothing)
-
-function do_download(url::AbstractString, path::Union{AbstractString, Nothing})
-    depwarn("Base.download is deprecated; use Downloads.download instead", :download)
-    invokelatest(Downloads().download, url, path)
-end
diff --git a/test/download.jl b/test/download.jl
index a37afae231a2a..ee28d60dc4406 100644
--- a/test/download.jl
+++ b/test/download.jl
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
-
-cmd = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --depwarn=no --startup-file=no download_exec.jl`
-if !success(pipeline(cmd; stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr))
-    error("download test failed, cmd : $cmd")
-end
diff --git a/test/download_exec.jl b/test/download_exec.jl
index 777fb6773c463..ee28d60dc4406 100644
--- a/test/download_exec.jl
+++ b/test/download_exec.jl
@@ -1,32 +1 @@
 # This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
-
-module TestDownload
-
-using Test
-
-mktempdir() do temp_dir
-    # Download a file
-    file = joinpath(temp_dir, "ip")
-    @test download("https://httpbin.julialang.org/ip", file) == file
-    @test isfile(file)
-    @test !isempty(read(file))
-    ip = read(file, String)
-
-    # Download an empty file
-    empty_file = joinpath(temp_dir, "empty")
-    @test download("https://httpbin.julialang.org/status/200", empty_file) == empty_file
-    @test isfile(empty_file)
-    @test isempty(read(empty_file))
-
-    # Make sure that failed downloads do not leave files around
-    missing_file = joinpath(temp_dir, "missing")
-    @test_throws Exception download("https://httpbin.julialang.org/status/404", missing_file)
-    @test !isfile(missing_file)
-
-    # Use a TEST-NET (192.0.2.0/24) address which shouldn't be bound
-    invalid_host_file = joinpath(temp_dir, "invalid_host")
-    @test_throws Exception download("http://192.0.2.1", invalid_host_file)
-    @test !isfile(invalid_host_file)
-end
-
-end # module