diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/57613-facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/57613-facts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0918de0192f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/57613-facts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+breaking_changes:
+- aws_az_info - the module alias ``aws_az_facts`` was deprecated in Ansible 2.9 and has now been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/832).
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 2f48491e5bd..74a8b36ffc9 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 requires_ansible: '>=2.9.10'
 action_groups:
   aws:
-  - aws_az_facts
   - aws_az_info
   - aws_caller_info
   - aws_s3
diff --git a/plugins/modules/aws_az_facts.py b/plugins/modules/aws_az_facts.py
deleted file mode 120000
index 62447531e03..00000000000
--- a/plugins/modules/aws_az_facts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-aws_az_info.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/modules/aws_az_info.py b/plugins/modules/aws_az_info.py
index 9f9d01ef5f3..344a095938e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/aws_az_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/aws_az_info.py
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ def main():
     )
 
     module = AnsibleAWSModule(argument_spec=argument_spec, supports_check_mode=True)
-    if module._name == 'aws_az_facts':
-        module.deprecate("The 'aws_az_facts' module has been renamed to 'aws_az_info'", date='2022-06-01', collection_name='amazon.aws')
 
     connection = module.client('ec2', retry_decorator=AWSRetry.jittered_backoff())
 
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
index f24dddf6882..f55e9b83961 100644
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 plugins/module_utils/botocore.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-no-version  # We use dates for deprecations, Ansible 2.9 only supports this for compatability
-plugins/modules/aws_az_info.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-no-version  # We use dates for deprecations, Ansible 2.9 only supports this for compatability
 plugins/modules/ec2_tag.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-no-version  # We use dates for deprecations, Ansible 2.9 only supports this for compatability
 plugins/modules/ec2_vol.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-no-version  # We use dates for deprecations, Ansible 2.9 only supports this for compatability
 plugins/modules/ec2_vpc_dhcp_option.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-no-version  # We use dates for deprecations, Ansible 2.9 only supports this for compatability