diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/26871-AG.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/26871-AG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c24ac3215a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/26871-AG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_ticklabels``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+... a param was renamed to labels from ticklabels.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index 33d029028012..64aeac81c140 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1941,7 +1941,6 @@ def set_pickradius(self, pickradius):
     def _format_with_dict(tickd, x, pos):
         return tickd.get(x, "")
 
-    @_api.rename_parameter("3.7", "ticklabels", "labels")
     def set_ticklabels(self, labels, *, minor=False, fontdict=None, **kwargs):
         r"""
         [*Discouraged*] Set this Axis' tick labels with list of string labels.