diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 11655e418..2e3ad0884 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ Example response:
     "scan_ioat_copy_engine",
     "construct_virtio_dev",
     "construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev",
-    "construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev",
     "get_virtio_scsi_devs",
     "remove_virtio_bdev",
     "remove_virtio_scsi_bdev",
@@ -2275,12 +2274,6 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
-## construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev {#rpc_construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev}
-
-This is legacy RPC method. It is equivalent of @ref rpc_construct_virtio_dev with `trtype` set to `user` and `dev_type` set to `blk`.
-
-Because it will be deprecated soon it is intentionally undocumented.
-
 
 ## construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev {#rpc_construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev}
 
diff --git a/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
index b90347c3c..639617198 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
@@ -198,60 +198,6 @@ free_rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev *req)
 	free(req->name);
 }
 
-static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_construct_virtio_user_blk_dev[] = {
-	{"path", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev, path), spdk_json_decode_string },
-	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev, name), spdk_json_decode_string },
-	{"vq_count", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev, vq_count), spdk_json_decode_uint32, true },
-	{"vq_size", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev, vq_size), spdk_json_decode_uint32, true },
-};
-
-static void
-spdk_rpc_create_virtio_user_blk_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
-				     const struct spdk_json_val *params)
-{
-	struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev req = {0};
-	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
-	struct spdk_bdev *bdev;
-	int rc;
-
-	req.pci_address = NULL;
-	req.vq_count = SPDK_VIRTIO_USER_DEFAULT_VQ_COUNT;
-	req.vq_size = SPDK_VIRTIO_USER_DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE;
-
-	SPDK_WARNLOG("construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev command has been deprecated and will be removed "
-		     "in the subsequent release. Please use construct_virtio_dev instead.\n");
-
-	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_construct_virtio_user_blk_dev,
-				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_construct_virtio_user_blk_dev),
-				    &req)) {
-		free_rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev(&req);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto invalid;
-	}
-
-	bdev = bdev_virtio_user_blk_dev_create(req.name, req.path, req.vq_count, req.vq_size);
-	free_rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev(&req);
-	if (bdev == NULL) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto invalid;
-	}
-
-	w = spdk_jsonrpc_begin_result(request);
-	if (w == NULL) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	spdk_json_write_string(w, spdk_bdev_get_name(bdev));
-	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
-	return;
-
-invalid:
-	spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
-					 spdk_strerror(-rc));
-}
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev", spdk_rpc_create_virtio_user_blk_bdev,
-		  SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME);
-
 static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_construct_virtio_pci_blk_dev[] = {
 	{"pci_address", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev, pci_address), spdk_json_decode_string },
 	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_construct_virtio_blk_dev, name), spdk_json_decode_string },
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 6e897595a..cf06f9b75 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1779,20 +1779,6 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.add_argument('name', help='Virtio device name. E.g. VirtioUser0')
     p.set_defaults(func=remove_virtio_bdev)
 
-    def construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev(args):
-        print(rpc.vhost.construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev(args.client,
-                                                       path=args.path,
-                                                       name=args.name,
-                                                       vq_count=args.vq_count,
-                                                       vq_size=args.vq_size))
-
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev', help='Connect to a virtio user blk device.')
-    p.add_argument('path', help='Path to Virtio BLK socket')
-    p.add_argument('name', help='Name for the bdev')
-    p.add_argument('--vq-count', help='Number of virtual queues to be used.', type=int)
-    p.add_argument('--vq-size', help='Size of each queue', type=int)
-    p.set_defaults(func=construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev)
-
     def construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev(args):
         print(rpc.vhost.construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev(args.client,
                                                       pci_address=args.pci_address,
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/vhost.py b/scripts/rpc/vhost.py
index 53d5cd33e..4eef3faaf 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/vhost.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/vhost.py
@@ -180,25 +180,6 @@ def get_virtio_scsi_devs(client):
     return client.call('get_virtio_scsi_devs')
 
 
-def construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev(client, path, name, vq_count=None, vq_size=None):
-    """Connect to virtio user BLK device.
-    Args:
-        path: path to Virtio BLK socket
-        name: use this name as base instead of 'VirtioScsiN'
-        vq_count: number of virtual queues to be used
-        vq_size: size of each queue
-    """
-    params = {
-        'path': path,
-        'name': name,
-    }
-    if vq_count:
-        params['vq_count'] = vq_count
-    if vq_size:
-        params['vq_size'] = vq_size
-    return client.call('construct_virtio_user_blk_bdev', params)
-
-
 def construct_virtio_pci_blk_bdev(client, pci_address, name):
     """Create a Virtio Blk device from a virtio-pci device.
     Args: