diff --git a/oslo_cache/_opts.py b/oslo_cache/_opts.py
index bc0ea07e..8a7fa0cc 100644
--- a/oslo_cache/_opts.py
+++ b/oslo_cache/_opts.py
@@ -411,31 +411,6 @@ FILE_OPTIONS = {
                 'back in the pool in the HashClient\'s internal mechanisms.'
             ),
         ),
-        cfg.BoolOpt(
-            'enforce_fips_mode',
-            default=False,
-            deprecated_for_removal=True,
-            deprecated_reason=(
-                'FIPS_mode_set API was removed in OpenSSL 3.0.0. '
-                'This option has no effect now.'
-            ),
-            help=(
-                'Global toggle for enforcing the OpenSSL FIPS mode. '
-                'This feature requires Python support. '
-                'This is available in Python 3.9 in all '
-                'environments and may have been backported to older '
-                'Python versions on select environments. If the Python '
-                'executable used does not support OpenSSL FIPS mode, '
-                'an exception will be raised. '
-                + _supported_backends_msg(
-                    [
-                        'dogpile.cache.bmemcache',
-                        'dogpile.cache.pymemcache',
-                        'oslo_cache.memcache_pool',
-                    ]
-                )
-            ),
-        ),
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-enforce_fips_mode-a998b6870ab4c245.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-enforce_fips_mode-a998b6870ab4c245.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e61acb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-enforce_fips_mode-a998b6870ab4c245.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The deprecated ``[cache] enforce_fips_mode`` option has been removed.