diff --git a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
index 245cdf29c7..2408889334 100644
--- a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
+++ b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ type.
 some DEVNAMEs:
 
     default device      suppressing DEVNAMEs
-    CD-ROM              ide-cd, ide-drive, ide-hd, scsi-cd, scsi-hd
+    CD-ROM              ide-cd, ide-hd, scsi-cd, scsi-hd
     floppy              floppy, isa-fdc
     parallel            isa-parallel
     serial              isa-serial
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index c69887dca8..f5c82a46dc 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -242,12 +242,6 @@ this CPU is also deprecated.
 System emulator devices
 -----------------------
 
-``ide-drive`` (since 4.2)
-'''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-The 'ide-drive' device is deprecated. Users should use 'ide-hd' or
-'ide-cd' as appropriate to get an IDE hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
-
 ``scsi-disk`` (since 4.2)
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/docs/system/removed-features.rst b/docs/system/removed-features.rst
index 870a222062..8fd3fafb32 100644
--- a/docs/system/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/system/removed-features.rst
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``.
 These machine types were very old and likely could not be used for live
 migration from old QEMU versions anymore. Use a newer machine type instead.
 
+System emulator devices
+-----------------------
+
+``ide-drive`` (removed in 6.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The 'ide-drive' device has been removed. Users should use 'ide-hd' or
+'ide-cd' as appropriate to get an IDE hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
+
 Related binaries
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 8aa85dec54..828122e21e 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ GlobalProperty pc_compat_1_4[] = {
     { "scsi-disk", "discard_granularity", "0" },
     { "ide-hd", "discard_granularity", "0" },
     { "ide-cd", "discard_granularity", "0" },
-    { "ide-drive", "discard_granularity", "0" },
     { "virtio-blk-pci", "discard_granularity", "0" },
     /* DEV_NVECTORS_UNSPECIFIED as a uint32_t string: */
     { "virtio-serial-pci", "vectors", "0xFFFFFFFF" },
diff --git a/hw/ide/qdev.c b/hw/ide/qdev.c
index 8cd19fa5e9..e70ebc83a0 100644
--- a/hw/ide/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/ide/qdev.c
@@ -283,20 +283,6 @@ static void ide_cd_realize(IDEDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     ide_dev_initfn(dev, IDE_CD, errp);
 }
 
-static void ide_drive_realize(IDEDevice *dev, Error **errp)
-{
-    DriveInfo *dinfo = NULL;
-
-    warn_report("'ide-drive' is deprecated, "
-                "please use 'ide-hd' or 'ide-cd' instead");
-
-    if (dev->conf.blk) {
-        dinfo = blk_legacy_dinfo(dev->conf.blk);
-    }
-
-    ide_dev_initfn(dev, dinfo && dinfo->media_cd ? IDE_CD : IDE_HD, errp);
-}
-
 #define DEFINE_IDE_DEV_PROPERTIES()                     \
     DEFINE_BLOCK_PROPERTIES(IDEDrive, dev.conf),        \
     DEFINE_BLOCK_ERROR_PROPERTIES(IDEDrive, dev.conf),  \
@@ -355,29 +341,6 @@ static const TypeInfo ide_cd_info = {
     .class_init    = ide_cd_class_init,
 };
 
-static Property ide_drive_properties[] = {
-    DEFINE_IDE_DEV_PROPERTIES(),
-    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
-};
-
-static void ide_drive_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
-{
-    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    IDEDeviceClass *k = IDE_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-
-    k->realize  = ide_drive_realize;
-    dc->fw_name = "drive";
-    dc->desc    = "virtual IDE disk or CD-ROM (legacy)";
-    device_class_set_props(dc, ide_drive_properties);
-}
-
-static const TypeInfo ide_drive_info = {
-    .name          = "ide-drive",
-    .parent        = TYPE_IDE_DEVICE,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(IDEDrive),
-    .class_init    = ide_drive_class_init,
-};
-
 static void ide_device_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *k = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
@@ -402,7 +365,6 @@ static void ide_register_types(void)
     type_register_static(&ide_bus_info);
     type_register_static(&ide_hd_info);
     type_register_static(&ide_cd_info);
-    type_register_static(&ide_drive_info);
     type_register_static(&ide_device_type_info);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
index e991db4add..2175962846 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c
@@ -539,8 +539,6 @@ static char *core99_fw_dev_path(FWPathProvider *p, BusState *bus,
                                 DeviceState *dev)
 {
     PCIDevice *pci;
-    IDEBus *ide_bus;
-    IDEState *ide_s;
     MACIOIDEState *macio_ide;
 
     if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "macio-newworld")) {
@@ -553,17 +551,6 @@ static char *core99_fw_dev_path(FWPathProvider *p, BusState *bus,
         return g_strdup_printf("ata-3@%x", macio_ide->addr);
     }
 
-    if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "ide-drive")) {
-        ide_bus = IDE_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev));
-        ide_s = idebus_active_if(ide_bus);
-
-        if (ide_s->drive_kind == IDE_CD) {
-            return g_strdup("cdrom");
-        }
-
-        return g_strdup("disk");
-    }
-
     if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "ide-hd")) {
         return g_strdup("disk");
     }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
index 44ee99be88..963d247f5f 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ static char *heathrow_fw_dev_path(FWPathProvider *p, BusState *bus,
                                   DeviceState *dev)
 {
     PCIDevice *pci;
-    IDEBus *ide_bus;
-    IDEState *ide_s;
     MACIOIDEState *macio_ide;
 
     if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "macio-oldworld")) {
@@ -398,17 +396,6 @@ static char *heathrow_fw_dev_path(FWPathProvider *p, BusState *bus,
         return g_strdup_printf("ata-3@%x", macio_ide->addr);
     }
 
-    if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "ide-drive")) {
-        ide_bus = IDE_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev));
-        ide_s = idebus_active_if(ide_bus);
-
-        if (ide_s->drive_kind == IDE_CD) {
-            return g_strdup("cdrom");
-        }
-
-        return g_strdup("disk");
-    }
-
     if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "ide-hd")) {
         return g_strdup("disk");
     }
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
index 0fa13a7330..d7c27144ba 100644
--- a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
+++ b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
@@ -749,8 +749,6 @@ static char *sun4u_fw_dev_path(FWPathProvider *p, BusState *bus,
                                DeviceState *dev)
 {
     PCIDevice *pci;
-    IDEBus *ide_bus;
-    IDEState *ide_s;
     int bus_id;
 
     if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "pbm-bridge")) {
@@ -764,18 +762,6 @@ static char *sun4u_fw_dev_path(FWPathProvider *p, BusState *bus,
         }
     }
 
-    if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "ide-drive")) {
-         ide_bus = IDE_BUS(qdev_get_parent_bus(dev));
-         ide_s = idebus_active_if(ide_bus);
-         bus_id = ide_bus->bus_id;
-
-         if (ide_s->drive_kind == IDE_CD) {
-             return g_strdup_printf("ide@%x/cdrom", bus_id);
-         }
-
-         return g_strdup_printf("ide@%x/disk", bus_id);
-    }
-
     if (!strcmp(object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), "ide-hd")) {
         return g_strdup("disk");
     }
diff --git a/scripts/device-crash-test b/scripts/device-crash-test
index ef1412ca59..3981209165 100755
--- a/scripts/device-crash-test
+++ b/scripts/device-crash-test
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ ERROR_RULE_LIST = [
     {'device':'ics', 'expected':True},                     # ics_base_realize: required link 'xics' not found: Property '.xics' not found
     # "-device ide-cd" does work on more recent QEMU versions, so it doesn't have expected=True
     {'device':'ide-cd'},                                 # No drive specified
-    {'device':'ide-drive', 'expected':True},               # No drive specified
     {'device':'ide-hd', 'expected':True},                  # No drive specified
     {'device':'ipmi-bmc-extern', 'expected':True},         # IPMI external bmc requires chardev attribute
     {'device':'isa-debugcon', 'expected':True},            # Can't create serial device, empty char device
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index c31061cc09..fdabf68433 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static struct {
     { .driver = "floppy",               .flag = &default_floppy    },
     { .driver = "ide-cd",               .flag = &default_cdrom     },
     { .driver = "ide-hd",               .flag = &default_cdrom     },
-    { .driver = "ide-drive",            .flag = &default_cdrom     },
     { .driver = "scsi-cd",              .flag = &default_cdrom     },
     { .driver = "scsi-hd",              .flag = &default_cdrom     },
     { .driver = "VGA",                  .flag = &default_vga       },
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/051 b/tests/qemu-iotests/051
index 7cbd1415ce..8b334fe41d 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/051
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/051
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ case "$QEMU_DEFAULT_MACHINE" in
     pc)
         run_qemu -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-cd,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive if=none,id=disk -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-cd,drive=disk
-        run_qemu -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-drive,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-hd,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive if=none,id=disk -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-disk,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive if=none,id=disk -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-hd,drive=disk
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ case "$QEMU_DEFAULT_MACHINE" in
     pc)
         run_qemu -drive file="$TEST_IMG",if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-cd,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive file="$TEST_IMG",if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-cd,drive=disk
-        run_qemu -drive file="$TEST_IMG",if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-drive,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive file="$TEST_IMG",if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-hd,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive file="$TEST_IMG",if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-disk,drive=disk
         run_qemu -drive file="$TEST_IMG",if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-hd,drive=disk
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/051.pc.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/051.pc.out
index f707471fb0..2e23a4caa0 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/051.pc.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/051.pc.out
@@ -156,11 +156,6 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,id=disk -device lsi53c895a -device scsi-cd,drive=disk
 QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
 (qemu) quit
 
-Testing: -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-drive,drive=disk
-QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
-(qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: warning: 'ide-drive' is deprecated, please use 'ide-hd' or 'ide-cd' instead
-QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: Device needs media, but drive is empty
-
 Testing: -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-hd,drive=disk
 QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
 (qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-hd,drive=disk: Device needs media, but drive is empty
@@ -228,11 +223,6 @@ Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device lsi53c
 QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
 (qemu) quit
 
-Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-drive,drive=disk
-QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
-(qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: warning: 'ide-drive' is deprecated, please use 'ide-hd' or 'ide-cd' instead
-QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: Block node is read-only
-
 Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-hd,drive=disk
 QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
 (qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-hd,drive=disk: Block node is read-only
