diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/24XXX-OG.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/24XXX-OG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e08140110ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/24XXX-OG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Deprecated modules removed
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following deprecated modules are removed:
+
+* ``afm``
+* ``docstring``
+* ``fontconfig_pattern``
+* ``tight_bbox``
+* ``tight_layout``
+* ``type1font``
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/afm.py b/lib/matplotlib/afm.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d95c88a0e2b4..000000000000
--- a/lib/matplotlib/afm.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from matplotlib._afm import *  # noqa: F401, F403
-from matplotlib import _api
-_api.warn_deprecated("3.6", name=__name__, obj_type="module")
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/docstring.py b/lib/matplotlib/docstring.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b6ddcf5acd10..000000000000
--- a/lib/matplotlib/docstring.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from matplotlib._docstring import *  # noqa: F401, F403
-from matplotlib import _api
-_api.warn_deprecated(
-    "3.6", obj_type='module', name=f"{__name__}")
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/fontconfig_pattern.py b/lib/matplotlib/fontconfig_pattern.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 292435b1487a..000000000000
--- a/lib/matplotlib/fontconfig_pattern.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import re
-from pyparsing import ParseException
-
-from matplotlib._fontconfig_pattern import *  # noqa: F401, F403
-from matplotlib._fontconfig_pattern import (
-    parse_fontconfig_pattern, _family_punc, _value_punc)
-from matplotlib import _api
-_api.warn_deprecated("3.6", name=__name__, obj_type="module")
-
-
-family_unescape = re.compile(r'\\([%s])' % _family_punc).sub
-value_unescape = re.compile(r'\\([%s])' % _value_punc).sub
-family_escape = re.compile(r'([%s])' % _family_punc).sub
-value_escape = re.compile(r'([%s])' % _value_punc).sub
-
-
-class FontconfigPatternParser:
-    ParseException = ParseException
-
-    def parse(self, pattern): return parse_fontconfig_pattern(pattern)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tight_bbox.py b/lib/matplotlib/tight_bbox.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 88c4c1ec51af..000000000000
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tight_bbox.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from matplotlib._tight_bbox import *  # noqa: F401, F403
-from matplotlib import _api
-_api.warn_deprecated("3.6", name=__name__, obj_type="module")
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 233e96c0d47a..000000000000
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from matplotlib._tight_layout import *  # noqa: F401, F403
-from matplotlib import _api
-_api.warn_deprecated("3.6", name=__name__, obj_type="module")
-
-
-@_api.deprecated("3.6", alternative="figure.canvas.get_renderer()")
-def get_renderer(fig):
-    canvas = fig.canvas
-    if canvas and hasattr(canvas, "get_renderer"):
-        return canvas.get_renderer()
-    else:
-        from . import backend_bases
-        return backend_bases._get_renderer(fig)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/type1font.py b/lib/matplotlib/type1font.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d93c714dad..000000000000
--- a/lib/matplotlib/type1font.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from matplotlib._type1font import *  # noqa: F401, F403
-from matplotlib import _api
-_api.warn_deprecated("3.6", name=__name__, obj_type="module")