From eeddf2ac3e351ac95f5e5b42de6796758eb79731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Chappell <mchappel@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 15:37:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecated boto3 parameter

---
 changelogs/fragments/2441-boto-final-clean.yml |  3 +++
 plugins/module_utils/botocore.py               | 16 ----------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2441-boto-final-clean.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2441-boto-final-clean.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2441-boto-final-clean.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee7186e4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2441-boto-final-clean.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+breaking_changes:
+  - module_utils.botocore - drop deprecated ``boto3`` parameter for ``get_aws_region()`` and ``get_aws_connection_info()``, this parameter has had no effect since release 4.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/2441).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/botocore.py b/plugins/module_utils/botocore.py
index 85966a9a9b..5970b1e32d 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/botocore.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/botocore.py
@@ -228,15 +228,7 @@ def _aws_region(params: Dict) -> Optional[str]:
 
 def get_aws_region(
     module: AnsibleAWSModule,
-    boto3: Optional[bool] = None,
 ) -> Optional[str]:  # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
-    if boto3 is not None:
-        module.deprecate(
-            "get_aws_region(): the boto3 parameter will be removed in a release after 2025-05-01. "
-            "The parameter has been ignored since release 4.0.0.",
-            date="2025-05-01",
-            collection_name="amazon.aws",
-        )
     try:
         return _aws_region(module.params)
     except AnsibleBotocoreError as e:
@@ -302,15 +294,7 @@ def _aws_connection_info(params: Dict) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str], Di
 
 def get_aws_connection_info(
     module: AnsibleAWSModule,
-    boto3: Optional[bool] = None,
 ) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str], Dict]:  # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
-    if boto3 is not None:
-        module.deprecate(
-            "get_aws_connection_info(): the boto3 parameter will be removed in a release after 2025-05-01. "
-            "The parameter has been ignored since release 4.0.0.",
-            date="2025-05-01",
-            collection_name="amazon.aws",
-        )
     try:
         return _aws_connection_info(module.params)
     except AnsibleBotocoreError as e: