diff --git a/http-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/http/javadsl/model/HttpMethods.java b/http-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/http/javadsl/model/HttpMethods.java
index 808a6c1ad..87bffddea 100644
--- a/http-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/http/javadsl/model/HttpMethods.java
+++ b/http-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pekko/http/javadsl/model/HttpMethods.java
@@ -34,27 +34,6 @@ private HttpMethods() {}
   public static final HttpMethod QUERY = org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethods.QUERY();
   public static final HttpMethod TRACE = org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethods.TRACE();
 
-  /**
-   * Create a custom method type.
-   *
-   * @deprecated The created method will compute the presence of Content-Length headers based on
-   *     deprecated logic, use {@link #custom(String, boolean, boolean,
-   *     org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.RequestEntityAcceptance, boolean)} instead. Deprecated
-   *     since 1.4.0.
-   */
-  @Deprecated(since = "1.4.0")
-  public static HttpMethod custom(
-      String value,
-      boolean safe,
-      boolean idempotent,
-      org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.RequestEntityAcceptance requestEntityAcceptance) {
-    // This cast is safe as implementation of RequestEntityAcceptance only exists in Scala
-    org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.RequestEntityAcceptance scalaRequestEntityAcceptance =
-        (org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.RequestEntityAcceptance) requestEntityAcceptance;
-    return org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethod.custom(
-        value, safe, idempotent, scalaRequestEntityAcceptance);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Create a custom method type.
    *
diff --git a/http-core/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes b/http-core/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
index a9beb95c1..efeb349cf 100644
--- a/http-core/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
+++ b/http-core/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.scalad
 ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.settings.ServerSettings.getWebsocketRandomFactory")
 ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.settings.ServerSettings.withWebsocketRandomFactory")
 
+# Remove deprecated HttpMethod.custom 4-arg (since 1.4.0)
+ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethod.custom")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.HttpMethods.custom")
 # Remove deprecated ParserSettings.apply/create (since Akka HTTP 10.2.0)
 ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.settings.ParserSettings.apply")
 ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.settings.ParserSettings.default")
diff --git a/http-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMethod.scala b/http-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMethod.scala
index d40798624..85655e3dd 100644
--- a/http-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMethod.scala
+++ b/http-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMethod.scala
@@ -55,21 +55,6 @@ final case class HttpMethod private[http] (
 
 object HttpMethod {
 
-  // the allowsEntity condition was used to determine what responses provided the Content-Length header, before the fix
-  private def oldContentLengthCondition(status: StatusCode) = status.allowsEntity
-
-  /**
-   * Create a custom method type.
-   * @deprecated The created method will compute the presence of Content-Length headers based on deprecated logic.
-   */
-  @deprecated("Use the overload with contentLengthAllowed parameter", since = "1.4.0")
-  def custom(name: String, safe: Boolean, idempotent: Boolean, requestEntityAcceptance: RequestEntityAcceptance)
-      : HttpMethod = {
-    require(name.nonEmpty, "value must be non-empty")
-    require(!safe || idempotent, "An HTTP method cannot be safe without being idempotent")
-    apply(name, safe, idempotent, requestEntityAcceptance, oldContentLengthCondition)
-  }
-
   /**
    * Create a custom method type.
    */