diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index f46894d89761a9..cc3a7e4d5ed755 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1476,7 +1476,6 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	static int no_renames = -1;
 	static const char *rename_score_arg = (const char *)-1;
 	static int no_lock_index = 0;
-	static int show_ignored_directory = 0;
 	static struct wt_status s;
 	unsigned int progress_flag = 0;
 	int fd;
@@ -1515,10 +1514,6 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F('M', "find-renames", &rename_score_arg,
 		  N_("n"), N_("detect renames, optionally set similarity index"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, opt_parse_rename_score),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "show-ignored-directory", &show_ignored_directory,
-			N_("(DEPRECATED: use --ignore=matching instead) Only "
-			   "show directories that match an ignore pattern "
-			   "name.")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-lock-index", &no_lock_index,
 			 N_("(DEPRECATED: use `git --no-optional-locks status` "
 			    "instead) Do not lock the index")),
@@ -1544,12 +1539,6 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		setenv(GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS_ENVIRONMENT, "false", 1);
 	}
 
-	if (show_ignored_directory) {
-		warning("--show-ignored-directory was deprecated, use "
-			"--ignored=matching instead");
-		ignored_arg = "matching";
-	}
-
 	handle_untracked_files_arg(&s);
 	handle_ignored_arg(&s);
 
diff --git a/t/t7522-status-show-ignored-directory.sh b/t/t7522-status-show-ignored-directory.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index dd323814586815..00000000000000
--- a/t/t7522-status-show-ignored-directory.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-#
-
-test_description='git status collapse ignored'
-
-. ./test-lib.sh
-
-
-cat >.gitignore <<\EOF
-*.ign
-ignored_dir/
-!*.unignore
-EOF
-
-# commit initial ignore file
-test_expect_success 'setup initial commit and ignore file' '
-	git add . &&
-	test_tick &&
-	git commit -m "Initial commit"
-'
-
-cat >expect <<\EOF
-? err
-? expect
-? output
-! dir/ignored/ignored_1.ign
-! dir/ignored/ignored_2.ign
-! ignored/ignored_1.ign
-! ignored/ignored_2.ign
-EOF
-
-# Test status behavior on folder with ignored files
-test_expect_success 'setup folder with ignored files' '
-	mkdir -p ignored dir/ignored &&
-	touch ignored/ignored_1.ign ignored/ignored_2.ign \
-		dir/ignored/ignored_1.ign dir/ignored/ignored_2.ign
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'Verify behavior of status on folders with ignored files' '
-	test_when_finished "git clean -fdx" &&
-	git status --porcelain=v2 --ignored --untracked-files=all --show-ignored-directory >output 2>err &&
-	test_cmp expect output &&
-	grep "deprecated.*use --ignored=matching instead" err
-'
-
-# Test status bahavior on folder with tracked and ignored files
-cat >expect <<\EOF
-? expect
-? output
-! dir/tracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign
-! dir/tracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign
-! tracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign
-! tracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'setup folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	mkdir -p tracked_ignored dir/tracked_ignored &&
-	touch tracked_ignored/tracked_1 tracked_ignored/tracked_2 \
-		tracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign tracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign \
-		dir/tracked_ignored/tracked_1 dir/tracked_ignored/tracked_2 \
-		dir/tracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign dir/tracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign &&
-
-	git add tracked_ignored/tracked_1 tracked_ignored/tracked_2 \
-		dir/tracked_ignored/tracked_1 dir/tracked_ignored/tracked_2 &&
-	test_tick &&
-	git commit -m "commit tracked files"
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'Verify status on folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	test_when_finished "git clean -fdx && git reset HEAD~1 --hard" &&
-	git status --porcelain=v2 --ignored --untracked-files=all --show-ignored-directory >output &&
-	test_cmp expect output
-'
-
-
-# Test status behavior on folder with untracked and ignored files
-cat >expect <<\EOF
-? dir/untracked_ignored/untracked_1
-? dir/untracked_ignored/untracked_2
-? expect
-? output
-? untracked_ignored/untracked_1
-? untracked_ignored/untracked_2
-! dir/untracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign
-! dir/untracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign
-! untracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign
-! untracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'setup folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	mkdir -p untracked_ignored dir/untracked_ignored &&
-	touch untracked_ignored/untracked_1 untracked_ignored/untracked_2 \
-		untracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign untracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign \
-		dir/untracked_ignored/untracked_1 dir/untracked_ignored/untracked_2 \
-		dir/untracked_ignored/ignored_1.ign dir/untracked_ignored/ignored_2.ign
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'Verify status on folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	test_when_finished "git clean -fdx" &&
-	git status --porcelain=v2 --ignored --untracked-files=all --show-ignored-directory >output &&
-	test_cmp expect output
-'
-
-# Test status behavior on ignored folder
-cat >expect <<\EOF
-? expect
-? output
-! ignored_dir/
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'setup folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	mkdir ignored_dir &&
-	touch ignored_dir/ignored_1 ignored_dir/ignored_2 \
-		ignored_dir/ignored_1.ign ignored_dir/ignored_2.ign
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'Verify status on folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	test_when_finished "git clean -fdx" &&
-	git status --porcelain=v2 --ignored --untracked-files=all --show-ignored-directory >output &&
-	test_cmp expect output
-'
-
-# Test status behavior on ignored folder with tracked file
-cat >expect <<\EOF
-? expect
-? output
-! ignored_dir/ignored_1
-! ignored_dir/ignored_1.ign
-! ignored_dir/ignored_2
-! ignored_dir/ignored_2.ign
-EOF
-
-test_expect_success 'setup folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	mkdir ignored_dir &&
-	touch ignored_dir/ignored_1 ignored_dir/ignored_2 \
-		ignored_dir/ignored_1.ign ignored_dir/ignored_2.ign \
-		ignored_dir/tracked &&
-	git add -f ignored_dir/tracked &&
-	test_tick &&
-	git commit -m "Force add file in ignored directory"
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'Verify status on folder with tracked & ignored files' '
-	test_when_finished "git clean -fdx && git reset HEAD~1 --hard" &&
-	git status --porcelain=v2 --ignored --untracked-files=all --show-ignored-directory >output &&
-	test_cmp expect output
-'
-
-test_done