diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index aa84ca29..e2f17dab 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   * Add `requests_count` to workers stats. (#2106)
   * Changed #connected_port to #connected_ports (#2076)
   * `--control` has been removed. Use `--control-url` (#1487)
+  * `worker_directory` has been removed. Use `directory`
 
 * Bugfixes
   * Windows update extconf.rb for use with ssp and varied Ruby/MSYS2 combinations (#2069)
diff --git a/lib/puma/dsl.rb b/lib/puma/dsl.rb
index d2d97620..064ca265 100644
--- a/lib/puma/dsl.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/dsl.rb
@@ -536,12 +536,6 @@ module Puma
       @options[:directory] = dir.to_s
     end
 
-    # DEPRECATED: The directory to operate out of.
-    def worker_directory(dir)
-      $stderr.puts "worker_directory is deprecated. Please use `directory`"
-      directory dir
-    end
-
     # Run the app as a raw TCP app instead of an HTTP rack app.
     def tcp_mode
       @options[:mode] = :tcp