diff --git a/Tests/test_imagefont.py b/Tests/test_imagefont.py
index 2d83b5a37..ca76ca6b2 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagefont.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagefont.py
@@ -1083,14 +1083,6 @@ def test_woff2(layout_engine):
     assert_image_similar_tofile(im, "Tests/images/test_woff2.png", 5)
 
 
-def test_fill_deprecation(font):
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
-        font.getmask2("Hello world", fill=Image.core.fill)
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-            font.getmask2("Hello world", fill=None)
-
-
 def test_render_mono_size():
     # issue 4177
 
diff --git a/docs/deprecations.rst b/docs/deprecations.rst
index 577cd6c27..eaef94907 100644
--- a/docs/deprecations.rst
+++ b/docs/deprecations.rst
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ Deprecated features
 Below are features which are considered deprecated. Where appropriate,
 a ``DeprecationWarning`` is issued.
 
-FreeTypeFont.getmask2 fill parameter
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
-
-The undocumented ``fill`` parameter of :py:meth:`.FreeTypeFont.getmask2` has been
-deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 10 (2023-07-01).
-
 PhotoImage.paste box parameter
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -207,6 +199,15 @@ FitsStubImagePlugin
 The stub image plugin ``FitsStubImagePlugin`` has been removed.
 FITS images can be read without a handler through :mod:`~PIL.FitsImagePlugin` instead.
 
+FreeTypeFont.getmask2 fill parameter
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. deprecated:: 9.2.0
+.. versionremoved:: 10.0.0
+
+The undocumented ``fill`` parameter of :py:meth:`.FreeTypeFont.getmask2` has been
+removed.
+
 PyQt5 and PySide2
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index 34a04a6bf..e7d45636c 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ except ImportError as ex:
     core = DeferredError(ex)
 
 
-_UNSPECIFIED = object()
-
-
 # FIXME: add support for pilfont2 format (see FontFile.py)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -654,7 +651,6 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         self,
         text,
         mode="",
-        fill=_UNSPECIFIED,
         direction=None,
         features=None,
         language=None,
@@ -680,12 +676,6 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
 
                      .. versionadded:: 1.1.5
 
-        :param fill: Optional fill function. By default, an internal Pillow function
-                     will be used.
-
-                     Deprecated. This parameter will be removed in Pillow 10
-                     (2023-07-01).
-
         :param direction: Direction of the text. It can be 'rtl' (right to
                           left), 'ltr' (left to right) or 'ttb' (top to bottom).
                           Requires libraqm.
@@ -738,10 +728,6 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
                  :py:mod:`PIL.Image.core` interface module, and the text offset, the
                  gap between the starting coordinate and the first marking
         """
-        if fill is _UNSPECIFIED:
-            fill = Image.core.fill
-        else:
-            deprecate("fill", 10)
         size, offset = self.font.getsize(
             text, mode, direction, features, language, anchor
         )
@@ -750,7 +736,7 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         size = tuple(math.ceil(size[i] + stroke_width * 2 + start[i]) for i in range(2))
         offset = offset[0] - stroke_width, offset[1] - stroke_width
         Image._decompression_bomb_check(size)
-        im = fill("RGBA" if mode == "RGBA" else "L", size, 0)
+        im = Image.core.fill("RGBA" if mode == "RGBA" else "L", size, 0)
         if min(size):
             self.font.render(
                 text,