Reverse deprecation of --no-python-version-warning

news/13303.removal.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Hide ``--no-python-version-warning`` from CLI help and documentation
+as it's useless since Python 2 support was removed. Despite being
+formerly slated for removal, the flag will remain as a no-op to
+avoid breakage.

src/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     NetworkConnectionError,
     PreviousBuildDirError,
 )
-from pip._internal.utils.deprecation import deprecated
 from pip._internal.utils.filesystem import check_path_owner
 from pip._internal.utils.logging import BrokenStdoutLoggingError, setup_logging
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import get_prog, normalize_path
@@ -231,12 +230,4 @@ def _main(self, args: List[str]) -> int:
                 )
                 options.cache_dir = None
 
-        if options.no_python_version_warning:
-            deprecated(
-                reason="--no-python-version-warning is deprecated.",
-                replacement="to remove the flag as it's a no-op",
-                gone_in="25.1",
-                issue=13154,
-            )
-
         return self._run_wrapper(level_number, options, args)

src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py

@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ def check_list_path_option(options: Values) -> None:
     dest="no_python_version_warning",
     action="store_true",
     default=False,
-    help="Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.",
+    help=SUPPRESS_HELP,  # No-op, a hold-over from the Python 2->3 transition.
 )