diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 4a61894db6..187c8a3f97 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -148,17 +148,6 @@ accepted incorrect commands will return an error. Users should make sure that
 all arguments passed to ``device_add`` are consistent with the documented
 property types.
 
-QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) events
-----------------------------------
-
-``vcpu`` trace events (since 8.1)
-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-The ability to instrument QEMU helper functions with vCPU-aware trace
-points was removed in 7.0. However QMP still exposed the vcpu
-parameter. This argument has now been deprecated and the remaining
-remaining trace points that used it are selected just by name.
-
 Host Architectures
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index f1e70263e2..1e64c27cd8 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) events
 
 MEM_UNPLUG_ERROR has been replaced by the more generic ``DEVICE_UNPLUG_GUEST_ERROR`` event.
 
+``vcpu`` trace events (removed in 9.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ability to instrument QEMU helper functions with vCPU-aware trace
+points was removed in 7.0.
+
 
 Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands
 -------------------------------------
diff --git a/qapi/trace.json b/qapi/trace.json
index 043d12f83e..9ebb6d9eaf 100644
--- a/qapi/trace.json
+++ b/qapi/trace.json
@@ -35,17 +35,10 @@
 #
 # @state: Tracing state.
 #
-# @vcpu: Whether this is a per-vCPU event (since 2.7).
-#
-# Features:
-#
-# @deprecated: Member @vcpu is deprecated, and always ignored.
-#
 # Since: 2.2
 ##
 { 'struct': 'TraceEventInfo',
-  'data': {'name': 'str', 'state': 'TraceEventState',
-           'vcpu': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': ['deprecated'] } } }
+  'data': {'name': 'str', 'state': 'TraceEventState' } }
 
 ##
 # @trace-event-get-state:
@@ -54,12 +47,6 @@
 #
 # @name: Event name pattern (case-sensitive glob).
 #
-# @vcpu: The vCPU to query (since 2.7).
-#
-# Features:
-#
-# @deprecated: Member @vcpu is deprecated, and always ignored.
-#
 # Returns: a list of @TraceEventInfo for the matching events
 #
 # Since: 2.2
@@ -71,8 +58,7 @@
 #     <- { "return": [ { "name": "qemu_memalign", "state": "disabled", "vcpu": false } ] }
 ##
 { 'command': 'trace-event-get-state',
-  'data': {'name': 'str',
-           '*vcpu': {'type': 'int', 'features': ['deprecated'] } },
+  'data': {'name': 'str' },
   'returns': ['TraceEventInfo'] }
 
 ##
@@ -86,12 +72,6 @@
 #
 # @ignore-unavailable: Do not match unavailable events with @name.
 #
-# @vcpu: The vCPU to act upon (all by default; since 2.7).
-#
-# Features:
-#
-# @deprecated: Member @vcpu is deprecated, and always ignored.
-#
 # Since: 2.2
 #
 # Example:
@@ -101,5 +81,4 @@
 #     <- { "return": {} }
 ##
 { 'command': 'trace-event-set-state',
-  'data': {'name': 'str', 'enable': 'bool', '*ignore-unavailable': 'bool',
-           '*vcpu': {'type': 'int', 'features': ['deprecated'] } } }
+  'data': {'name': 'str', 'enable': 'bool', '*ignore-unavailable': 'bool' } }
diff --git a/trace/qmp.c b/trace/qmp.c
index 3e3971c6a8..074a27b204 100644
--- a/trace/qmp.c
+++ b/trace/qmp.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static bool check_events(bool ignore_unavailable, bool is_pattern,
 }
 
 TraceEventInfoList *qmp_trace_event_get_state(const char *name,
-                                              bool has_vcpu, int64_t vcpu,
                                               Error **errp)
 {
     TraceEventInfoList *events = NULL;
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ TraceEventInfoList *qmp_trace_event_get_state(const char *name,
 
 void qmp_trace_event_set_state(const char *name, bool enable,
                                bool has_ignore_unavailable, bool ignore_unavailable,
-                               bool has_vcpu, int64_t vcpu,
                                Error **errp)
 {
     TraceEventIter iter;
diff --git a/trace/trace-hmp-cmds.c b/trace/trace-hmp-cmds.c
index 86211fce27..d38dd600de 100644
--- a/trace/trace-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/trace/trace-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void hmp_trace_event(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     qmp_trace_event_set_state(tp_name, new_state,
-                              true, true, false, 0, &local_err);
+                              true, true, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_report_err(local_err);
     }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void hmp_info_trace_events(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         name = "*";
     }
 
-    events = qmp_trace_event_get_state(name, false, 0, &local_err);
+    events = qmp_trace_event_get_state(name, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_report_err(local_err);
         return;