diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/config.go b/cmd/dockerd/config.go
index c375f4b0d4..be332626ae 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/config.go
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ func installCommonConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
 
 	// Deprecated flags / options
 
-	//nolint:staticcheck // TODO(thaJeztah): remove in next release.
-	flags.StringVarP(&conf.RootDeprecated, "graph", "g", conf.RootDeprecated, "Root of the Docker runtime")
-	_ = flags.MarkDeprecated("graph", "Use --data-root instead")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&conf.AutoRestart, "restart", "r", true, "--restart on the daemon has been deprecated in favor of --restart policies on docker run")
 	_ = flags.MarkDeprecated("restart", "Please use a restart policy on docker run")
 
diff --git a/daemon/config/config.go b/daemon/config/config.go
index 9a2ee9e63b..acc2411f15 100644
--- a/daemon/config/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config/config.go
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ type CommonConfig struct {
 	NetworkDiagnosticPort int                       `json:"network-diagnostic-port,omitempty"`
 	Pidfile               string                    `json:"pidfile,omitempty"`
 	RawLogs               bool                      `json:"raw-logs,omitempty"`
-	RootDeprecated        string                    `json:"graph,omitempty"` // Deprecated: use Root instead. TODO(thaJeztah): remove in next release.
 	Root                  string                    `json:"data-root,omitempty"`
 	ExecRoot              string                    `json:"exec-root,omitempty"`
 	SocketGroup           string                    `json:"group,omitempty"`
@@ -558,11 +557,6 @@ func findConfigurationConflicts(config map[string]interface{}, flags *pflag.Flag
 // such as config.DNS, config.Labels, config.DNSSearch,
 // as well as config.MaxConcurrentDownloads, config.MaxConcurrentUploads and config.MaxDownloadAttempts.
 func Validate(config *Config) error {
-	//nolint:staticcheck // TODO(thaJeztah): remove in next release.
-	if config.RootDeprecated != "" {
-		return errors.New(`the "graph" config file option is deprecated; use "data-root" instead`)
-	}
-
 	// validate log-level
 	if config.LogLevel != "" {
 		if _, err := logrus.ParseLevel(config.LogLevel); err != nil {