diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptions.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptions.java
index 40ec11ebf6b9..ef451e844a3e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptions.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public class FormatOptions implements Serializable {
   static final String CSV = "CSV";
   static final String JSON = "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON";
   static final String DATASTORE_BACKUP = "DATASTORE_BACKUP";
-  static final String AVRO = "AVRO";
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -443376052020423691L;
 
   private final String type;
@@ -95,13 +94,6 @@ public static FormatOptions datastoreBackup() {
     return new FormatOptions(DATASTORE_BACKUP);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Default options for AVRO format.
-   */
-  public static FormatOptions avro() {
-    return new FormatOptions(AVRO);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Default options for the provided format.
    */
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptionsTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptionsTest.java
index a019e347ba84..bd231f0249e6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptionsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/FormatOptionsTest.java
@@ -30,12 +30,9 @@ public void testConstructor() {
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.JSON, options.getType());
     options = new FormatOptions(FormatOptions.DATASTORE_BACKUP);
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.DATASTORE_BACKUP, options.getType());
-    options = new FormatOptions(FormatOptions.AVRO);
-    assertEquals(FormatOptions.AVRO, options.getType());
   }
 
   @Test
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   public void testConstructorDeprecated() {
     FormatOptions options = new FormatOptions(FormatOptions.CSV);
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.CSV, options.type());
@@ -43,8 +40,6 @@ public void testConstructorDeprecated() {
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.JSON, options.type());
     options = new FormatOptions(FormatOptions.DATASTORE_BACKUP);
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.DATASTORE_BACKUP, options.type());
-    options = new FormatOptions(FormatOptions.AVRO);
-    assertEquals(FormatOptions.AVRO, options.type());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -52,7 +47,6 @@ public void testFactoryMethods() {
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.CSV, FormatOptions.csv().getType());
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.JSON, FormatOptions.json().getType());
     assertEquals(FormatOptions.DATASTORE_BACKUP, FormatOptions.datastoreBackup().getType());
-    assertEquals(FormatOptions.AVRO, FormatOptions.avro().getType());
   }
 
   @Test