diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapper.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapper.java
index 95294ef28c148..109646cf0e827 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapper.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapper.java
@@ -156,11 +156,7 @@ public class SemanticTextFieldMapper extends FieldMapper implements InferenceFie
     public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "semantic_text";
     public static final String DEFAULT_FALLBACK_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID = DEFAULT_ELSER_ID;
     public static final String DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID = DEFAULT_ELSER_ENDPOINT_ID_V2;
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID}.
-     */
-    @Deprecated(since = "9.3.0", forRemoval = false)
-    public static final String DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID = DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID;
+
     public static final String UNSUPPORTED_INDEX_MESSAGE = "["
         + CONTENT_TYPE
         + "] is available on indices created with 8.11 or higher. Please create a new index to use ["
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapperTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapperTests.java
index 8af504456fbec..273a202baa7d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/mapper/SemanticTextFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextField.getChunksFieldName;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextField.getEmbeddingsFieldName;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextFieldMapper.DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID;
-import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextFieldMapper.DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextFieldMapper.DEFAULT_FALLBACK_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextFieldMapper.DEFAULT_RESCORE_OVERSAMPLE;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.mapper.SemanticTextFieldMapper.INDEX_OPTIONS_FIELD;
@@ -686,10 +685,10 @@ public void testUpdateInferenceId_GivenCurrentHasSparseModelSettingsAndNewSetsDe
         assertSemanticTextField(mapperService, fieldName, true, null, null);
 
         MinimalServiceSettings newModelSettings = MinimalServiceSettings.sparseEmbedding("new_service");
-        givenModelSettings(DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID, newModelSettings);
+        givenModelSettings(DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID, newModelSettings);
         merge(mapperService, mapping(b -> b.startObject(fieldName).field("type", "semantic_text").endObject()));
 
-        assertInferenceEndpoints(mapperService, fieldName, DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID, DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID);
+        assertInferenceEndpoints(mapperService, fieldName, DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID, DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID);
         assertSemanticTextField(mapperService, fieldName, true, null, null);
         SemanticTextFieldMapper semanticFieldMapper = getSemanticFieldMapper(mapperService, fieldName);
         assertThat(semanticFieldMapper.fieldType().getModelSettings(), equalTo(newModelSettings));
@@ -866,7 +865,7 @@ public void testUpdateInferenceId_CurrentHasDenseModelSettingsAndNewSetsDefault_
         assertSemanticTextField(mapperService, fieldName, true, null, null);
 
         MinimalServiceSettings newModelSettings = MinimalServiceSettings.sparseEmbedding("new_service");
-        givenModelSettings(DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID, newModelSettings);
+        givenModelSettings(DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID, newModelSettings);
 
         Exception exc = expectThrows(
             IllegalArgumentException.class,
@@ -883,7 +882,7 @@ public void testUpdateInferenceId_CurrentHasDenseModelSettingsAndNewSetsDefault_
                     + "] with model settings ["
                     + previousModelSettings
                     + "] is not compatible with new inference endpoint ["
-                    + DEFAULT_ELSER_2_INFERENCE_ID
+                    + DEFAULT_EIS_ELSER_INFERENCE_ID
                     + "] with model settings ["
                     + newModelSettings
                     + "]"