diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 4eedb90b0c6..099a3856ac4 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ awareness about deprecated code.
 
 # Upgrade to 4.0
 
+## BC BREAK: Removed `AbstractPlatform::getName()`
+
+The `AbstractPlatform::getName()` method has been removed.
+
 ## BC BREAK: Removed versioned platform classes that represent the lowest supported version.
 
 The following platform-related classes have been removed:
diff --git a/src/Exception/ColumnLengthRequired.php b/src/Exception/ColumnLengthRequired.php
index b1859682716..ccb09eab759 100644
--- a/src/Exception/ColumnLengthRequired.php
+++ b/src/Exception/ColumnLengthRequired.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 
+use function get_class;
 use function sprintf;
 
 /**
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ public static function new(AbstractPlatform $platform, string $type): self
     {
         return new self(
             sprintf(
-                'The "%s" platform requires the length of a %s column to be specified',
-                $platform->getName(),
+                '%s requires the length of a %s column to be specified',
+                get_class($platform),
                 $type
             )
         );
diff --git a/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
index a9b2f9e3b2f..a32295250cb 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
@@ -328,13 +328,6 @@ abstract public function getClobTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string;
      */
     abstract public function getBlobTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string;
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the name of the platform.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Identify platforms by their class.
-     */
-    abstract public function getName(): string;
-
     /**
      * Registers a doctrine type to be used in conjunction with a column type of this platform.
      *
diff --git a/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php b/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
index f4d5cc797c9..532ce931c41 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/DB2Platform.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\TableDiff;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
-use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 
 use function array_merge;
 use function count;
@@ -86,17 +85,6 @@ public function getClobTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
         return 'CLOB(1M)';
     }
 
-    public function getName(): string
-    {
-        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
-            'doctrine/dbal',
-            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4749',
-            'DB2Platform::getName() is deprecated. Identify platforms by their class.'
-        );
-
-        return 'db2';
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/src/Platforms/MySQLPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/MySQLPlatform.php
index fe674f4f149..8714f927b1f 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/MySQLPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/MySQLPlatform.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\TransactionIsolationLevel;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\BlobType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\TextType;
-use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 use function array_diff_key;
@@ -916,17 +915,6 @@ public function getSetTransactionIsolationSQL(int $level): string
         return 'SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL ' . $this->_getTransactionIsolationLevelSQL($level);
     }
 
-    public function getName(): string
-    {
-        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
-            'doctrine/dbal',
-            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4749',
-            'MySQLPlatform::getName() is deprecated. Identify platforms by their class.'
-        );
-
-        return 'mysql';
-    }
-
     public function getReadLockSQL(): string
     {
         return 'LOCK IN SHARE MODE';
diff --git a/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php b/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
index 68572db0299..87ecc380528 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/OraclePlatform.php
@@ -920,17 +920,6 @@ public function supportsCommentOnStatement(): bool
         return true;
     }
 
-    public function getName(): string
-    {
-        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
-            'doctrine/dbal',
-            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4749',
-            'OraclePlatform::getName() is deprecated. Identify platforms by their class.'
-        );
-
-        return 'oracle';
-    }
-
     protected function doModifyLimitQuery(string $query, ?int $limit, int $offset): string
     {
         if ($limit === null && $offset <= 0) {
diff --git a/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php
index 539f9f37c4b..b7e4ad6a6fe 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/PostgreSQLPlatform.php
@@ -922,17 +922,6 @@ public function getClobTypeDeclarationSQL(array $column): string
         return 'TEXT';
     }
 
-    public function getName(): string
-    {
-        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
-            'doctrine/dbal',
-            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4749',
-            'PostgreSQLPlatform::getName() is deprecated. Identify platforms by their class.'
-        );
-
-        return 'postgresql';
-    }
-
     public function getDateTimeTzFormatString(): string
     {
         return 'Y-m-d H:i:sO';
diff --git a/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
index a795c3a5cdc..1257002fb11 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Sequence;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\TableDiff;
-use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 use function array_merge;
@@ -1284,17 +1283,6 @@ public function getDateTimeTzFormatString(): string
         return 'Y-m-d H:i:s.u P';
     }
 
-    public function getName(): string
-    {
-        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
-            'doctrine/dbal',
-            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4749',
-            'SQLServerPlatform::getName() is deprecated. Identify platforms by their class.'
-        );
-
-        return 'mssql';
-    }
-
     protected function initializeDoctrineTypeMappings(): void
     {
         $this->doctrineTypeMapping = [
diff --git a/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php b/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php
index f399064980a..e5c5ff5f161 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/SqlitePlatform.php
@@ -492,17 +492,6 @@ public function supportsInlineColumnComments(): bool
         return true;
     }
 
-    public function getName(): string
-    {
-        Deprecation::triggerIfCalledFromOutside(
-            'doctrine/dbal',
-            'https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues/4749',
-            'SqlitePlatform::getName() is deprecated. Identify platforms by their class.'
-        );
-
-        return 'sqlite';
-    }
-
     public function getTruncateTableSQL(string $tableName, bool $cascade = false): string
     {
         $tableIdentifier = new Identifier($tableName);
diff --git a/tests/Platforms/DB2PlatformTest.php b/tests/Platforms/DB2PlatformTest.php
index 6464d2738e6..d38f9006dbe 100644
--- a/tests/Platforms/DB2PlatformTest.php
+++ b/tests/Platforms/DB2PlatformTest.php
@@ -171,11 +171,6 @@ public function getCreateTableColumnTypeCommentsSQL(): array
         ];
     }
 
-    public function testHasCorrectPlatformName(): void
-    {
-        self::assertEquals('db2', $this->platform->getName());
-    }
-
     public function testGeneratesCreateTableSQLWithCommonIndexes(): void
     {
         $table = new Table('test');