diff --git a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/DecimalConversions.java b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/DecimalConversions.java
index b70a40d65db0..c578da467d68 100644
--- a/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/DecimalConversions.java
+++ b/core/trino-spi/src/main/java/io/trino/spi/type/DecimalConversions.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import static io.trino.spi.type.Int128Math.rescale;
 import static java.lang.Double.parseDouble;
 import static java.lang.Float.floatToRawIntBits;
-import static java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat;
 import static java.lang.Float.parseFloat;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.math.RoundingMode.HALF_UP;
@@ -122,16 +121,6 @@ private static Int128 internalDoubleToLongDecimal(double value, long precision,
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #realToShortDecimal(float, long, long)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-    public static long realToShortDecimal(long value, long precision, long scale)
-    {
-        float floatValue = intBitsToFloat(intScale(value));
-        return realToShortDecimal(floatValue, precision, scale);
-    }
-
     public static long realToShortDecimal(float value, long precision, long scale)
     {
         // TODO: implement specialized version for short decimals