diff --git a/girepository/girffi.c b/girepository/girffi.c
index ffdcc1df1..49844e0e3 100644
--- a/girepository/girffi.c
+++ b/girepository/girffi.c
@@ -445,60 +445,3 @@ g_callable_info_destroy_closure (GICallableInfo *callable_info,
   g_free (wrapper->ffi_closure.cif->arg_types);
   ffi_closure_free (wrapper->writable_self);
 }
-
-/**
- * g_callable_info_prepare_closure:
- * @callable_info: a callable info from a typelib
- * @cif: a ffi_cif structure
- * @callback: the ffi callback
- * @user_data: data to be passed into the callback
- *
- * Prepares a callback for ffi invocation.
- *
- * Deprecated: 1.72: Use g_callable_info_create_closure() instead
- *
- * Returns: the native address of the closure or `NULL` on error. The return value
- *   should be freed by calling g_callable_info_free_closure().
- */
-ffi_closure *
-g_callable_info_prepare_closure (GICallableInfo       *callable_info,
-                                 ffi_cif              *cif,
-                                 GIFFIClosureCallback  callback,
-                                 gpointer              user_data)
-{
-  ffi_closure * closure;
-
-  closure = g_callable_info_create_closure (callable_info, cif, callback, user_data);
-  if (!closure)
-    {
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-  /* Return the native pointer which, on some systems and ffi versions without static exec trampolines,
-   * points to the same underlying memory as closure, but via an executable-non-writable mapping.
-   * Deprecated, and kept for backwards compatibility only. Risks segfaults on freeing the closure.
-   */
-  return (ffi_closure *) g_callable_info_get_closure_native_address(callable_info, closure);
-}
-
-/**
- * g_callable_info_free_closure:
- * @callable_info: a callable info from a typelib
- * @closure: ffi closure
- *
- * Deprecated: 1.72: Use g_callable_info_destroy_closure() instead, in
- * conjunction with g_callable_info_create_closure().
- *
- * Should free a ffi_closure returned from g_callable_info_prepare_closure(),
- * which may cause a segfault because the native address is returned instead of
- * the closure address. May do nothing and leak memory instead of freeing to
- * avoid segfaults.
- */
-void
-g_callable_info_free_closure (GICallableInfo *callable_info,
-                              ffi_closure    *closure)
-{
-#ifdef LEGACY_GIRFFI_FREE
-  g_callable_info_destroy_closure(callable_info, closure);
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/girepository/girffi.h b/girepository/girffi.h
index 1360bd241..8a1ebd7cd 100644
--- a/girepository/girffi.h
+++ b/girepository/girffi.h
@@ -101,17 +101,6 @@ GI_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void          g_function_invoker_destroy          (GIFunctionInvoker    *invoker);
 
 
-GI_DEPRECATED_IN_2_72_FOR(g_callable_info_create_closure)
-ffi_closure * g_callable_info_prepare_closure     (GICallableInfo       *callable_info,
-                                                   ffi_cif              *cif,
-                                                   GIFFIClosureCallback  callback,
-                                                   gpointer              user_data);
-
-GI_DEPRECATED_IN_2_72_FOR(g_callable_info_destroy_closure)
-void          g_callable_info_free_closure        (GICallableInfo       *callable_info,
-                                                   ffi_closure          *closure);
-
-
 GI_AVAILABLE_IN_2_72
 ffi_closure * g_callable_info_create_closure (GICallableInfo       *callable_info,
                                               ffi_cif              *cif,