diff --git a/spacy/cli/download.py b/spacy/cli/download.py
index 0c9a32b93..4c998a6e0 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/download.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/download.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from ._util import app, Arg, Opt, WHEEL_SUFFIX, SDIST_SUFFIX
 from .. import about
 from ..util import is_package, get_minor_version, run_command
 from ..util import is_prerelease_version
-from ..errors import OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS
 
 
 @app.command(
@@ -61,12 +60,6 @@ def download(
         version = components[-1]
     else:
         model_name = model
-        if model in OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS:
-            msg.warn(
-                f"As of spaCy v3.0, shortcuts like '{model}' are deprecated. Please "
-                f"use the full pipeline package name '{OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS[model]}' instead."
-            )
-            model_name = OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS[model]
         compatibility = get_compatibility()
         version = get_version(model_name, compatibility)
 
diff --git a/spacy/errors.py b/spacy/errors.py
index 820f7352e..a47279176 100644
--- a/spacy/errors.py
+++ b/spacy/errors.py
@@ -957,15 +957,6 @@ class Errors(metaclass=ErrorsWithCodes):
              "but got '{received_type}'")
 
 
-# Deprecated model shortcuts, only used in errors and warnings
-OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS = {
-    "en": "en_core_web_sm", "de": "de_core_news_sm", "es": "es_core_news_sm",
-    "pt": "pt_core_news_sm", "fr": "fr_core_news_sm", "it": "it_core_news_sm",
-    "nl": "nl_core_news_sm", "el": "el_core_news_sm", "nb": "nb_core_news_sm",
-    "lt": "lt_core_news_sm", "xx": "xx_ent_wiki_sm"
-}
-
-
 # fmt: on
 
 
diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 809bc1814..c90e00c75 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from .symbols import ORTH
 from .compat import cupy, CudaStream, is_windows, importlib_metadata
-from .errors import Errors, Warnings, OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS
 from . import about
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -428,8 +427,6 @@ def load_model(
             return load_model_from_path(Path(name), **kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
     elif hasattr(name, "exists"):  # Path or Path-like to model data
         return load_model_from_path(name, **kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-    if name in OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS:
-        raise IOError(Errors.E941.format(name=name, full=OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS[name]))  # type: ignore[index]
     raise IOError(Errors.E050.format(name=name))