diff --git a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/configuration.rs b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/configuration.rs
index 7a882fa3f1ffa..5d95fac9d01f2 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/configuration.rs
@@ -604,7 +604,6 @@ pub struct LintConfiguration {
     pub logger_objects: Option<Vec<String>>,
     pub task_tags: Option<Vec<String>>,
     pub typing_modules: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    pub allowed_unused_imports: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
     // Plugins
     pub flake8_annotations: Option<Flake8AnnotationsOptions>,
@@ -717,7 +716,7 @@ impl LintConfiguration {
             task_tags: options.common.task_tags,
             logger_objects: options.common.logger_objects,
             typing_modules: options.common.typing_modules,
-            allowed_unused_imports: options.common.allowed_unused_imports,
+
             // Plugins
             flake8_annotations: options.common.flake8_annotations,
             flake8_bandit: options.common.flake8_bandit,
@@ -1086,9 +1085,7 @@ impl LintConfiguration {
                 .or(config.explicit_preview_rules),
             task_tags: self.task_tags.or(config.task_tags),
             typing_modules: self.typing_modules.or(config.typing_modules),
-            allowed_unused_imports: self
-                .allowed_unused_imports
-                .or(config.allowed_unused_imports),
+
             // Plugins
             flake8_annotations: self.flake8_annotations.combine(config.flake8_annotations),
             flake8_bandit: self.flake8_bandit.combine(config.flake8_bandit),
@@ -1310,7 +1307,6 @@ fn warn_about_deprecated_top_level_lint_options(
         explicit_preview_rules,
         task_tags,
         typing_modules,
-        allowed_unused_imports,
         unfixable,
         flake8_annotations,
         flake8_bandit,
@@ -1409,9 +1405,6 @@ fn warn_about_deprecated_top_level_lint_options(
     if typing_modules.is_some() {
         used_options.push("typing-modules");
     }
-    if allowed_unused_imports.is_some() {
-        used_options.push("allowed-unused-imports");
-    }
 
     if unfixable.is_some() {
         used_options.push("unfixable");
diff --git a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
index 00c562b6d16c5..6e87221f4be2c 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_workspace/src/options.rs
@@ -785,16 +785,6 @@ pub struct LintCommonOptions {
     )]
     pub typing_modules: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
-    /// A list of modules which is allowed even though they are not used
-    /// in the code.
-    ///
-    /// This is useful when a module has a side effect when imported.
-    #[option(
-        default = r#"[]"#,
-        value_type = "list[str]",
-        example = r#"allowed-unused-imports = ["hvplot.pandas"]"#
-    )]
-    pub allowed_unused_imports: Option<Vec<String>>,
     /// A list of rule codes or prefixes to consider non-fixable.
     #[option(
         default = "[]",
diff --git a/ruff.schema.json b/ruff.schema.json
index eb8b422cc038b..3f3cdefae955c 100644
--- a/ruff.schema.json
+++ b/ruff.schema.json
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@
         "minLength": 1
       }
     },
-    "allowed-unused-imports": {
-      "description": "A list of modules which is allowed even though they are not used in the code.\n\nThis is useful when a module has a side effect when imported.",
-      "deprecated": true,
-      "type": [
-        "array",
-        "null"
-      ],
-      "items": {
-        "type": "string"
-      }
-    },
     "analyze": {
       "description": "Options to configure import map generation.",
       "anyOf": [
@@ -1886,16 +1875,6 @@
             "minLength": 1
           }
         },
-        "allowed-unused-imports": {
-          "description": "A list of modules which is allowed even though they are not used in the code.\n\nThis is useful when a module has a side effect when imported.",
-          "type": [
-            "array",
-            "null"
-          ],
-          "items": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
         "dummy-variable-rgx": {
           "description": "A regular expression used to identify \"dummy\" variables, or those which should be ignored when enforcing (e.g.) unused-variable rules. The default expression matches `_`, `__`, and `_var`, but not `_var_`.",
           "type": [