diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
index 8e6e6e0ca..adb34f002 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/nvmf/nvmf_rpc.c
@@ -1302,16 +1302,6 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder nvmf_rpc_subsystem_tgt_opts_decoder
 	{"max_subsystems", 0, spdk_json_decode_uint32, true}
 };
 
-static void
-nvmf_rpc_subsystem_set_tgt_opts(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
-				const struct spdk_json_val *params)
-{
-	spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_REQUEST,
-					 "This function has been deprecated in favor of set_nvmf_target_max_subsystems and create_nvmf_transport");
-}
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("set_nvmf_target_options", nvmf_rpc_subsystem_set_tgt_opts,
-		  SPDK_RPC_STARTUP | SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
-
 static void
 nvmf_rpc_subsystem_set_tgt_max_subsystems(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		const struct spdk_json_val *params)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index e2d41d225..601568926 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1333,24 +1333,6 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.set_defaults(func=get_interfaces)
 
     # NVMe-oF
-    def set_nvmf_target_options(args):
-        rpc.nvmf.set_nvmf_target_options(args.client,
-                                         max_queue_depth=args.max_queue_depth,
-                                         max_qpairs_per_ctrlr=args.max_qpairs_per_ctrlr,
-                                         in_capsule_data_size=args.in_capsule_data_size,
-                                         max_io_size=args.max_io_size,
-                                         max_subsystems=args.max_subsystems,
-                                         io_unit_size=args.io_unit_size)
-
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('set_nvmf_target_options', help='Set NVMf target options')
-    p.add_argument('-q', '--max-queue-depth', help='Max number of outstanding I/O per queue', type=int)
-    p.add_argument('-p', '--max-qpairs-per-ctrlr', help='Max number of SQ and CQ per controller', type=int)
-    p.add_argument('-c', '--in-capsule-data-size', help='Max number of in-capsule data size', type=int)
-    p.add_argument('-i', '--max-io-size', help='Max I/O size (bytes)', type=int)
-    p.add_argument('-x', '--max-subsystems', help='Max number of NVMf subsystems', type=int)
-    p.add_argument('-u', '--io-unit-size', help='I/O unit size (bytes)', type=int)
-    p.set_defaults(func=set_nvmf_target_options)
-
     def set_nvmf_target_max_subsystems(args):
         rpc.nvmf.set_nvmf_target_max_subsystems(args.client,
                                                 max_subsystems=args.max_subsystems)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/nvmf.py b/scripts/rpc/nvmf.py
index 848ac075c..787d57a2c 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/nvmf.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/nvmf.py
@@ -1,42 +1,3 @@
-
-
-def set_nvmf_target_options(client,
-                            max_queue_depth=None,
-                            max_qpairs_per_ctrlr=None,
-                            in_capsule_data_size=None,
-                            max_io_size=None,
-                            max_subsystems=None,
-                            io_unit_size=None):
-    """Set NVMe-oF target options.
-
-    Args:
-        max_queue_depth: Max number of outstanding I/O per queue (optional)
-        max_qpairs_per_ctrlr: Max number of SQ and CQ per controller (optional)
-        in_capsule_data_size: Maximum in-capsule data size in bytes (optional)
-        max_io_size: Maximum I/O data size in bytes (optional)
-        max_subsystems: Maximum number of NVMe-oF subsystems (optional)
-        io_unit_size: I/O unit size in bytes (optional)
-
-    Returns:
-        True or False
-    """
-    params = {}
-
-    if max_queue_depth:
-        params['max_queue_depth'] = max_queue_depth
-    if max_qpairs_per_ctrlr:
-        params['max_qpairs_per_ctrlr'] = max_qpairs_per_ctrlr
-    if in_capsule_data_size:
-        params['in_capsule_data_size'] = in_capsule_data_size
-    if max_io_size:
-        params['max_io_size'] = max_io_size
-    if max_subsystems:
-        params['max_subsystems'] = max_subsystems
-    if io_unit_size:
-        params['io_unit_size'] = io_unit_size
-    return client.call('set_nvmf_target_options', params)
-
-
 def set_nvmf_target_max_subsystems(client,
                                    max_subsystems=None):
     """Set NVMe-oF target options.