diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java
index 2ce058fd..23361c13 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/key/util/KeyRingUtils.java
@@ -440,30 +440,6 @@ public final class KeyRingUtils {
         return newSecretKey;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Remove the secret key of the subkey identified by the given secret key id from the key ring.
-     * The public part stays attached to the key ring, so that it can still be used for encryption / verification of signatures.
-     *
-     * This method is intended to be used to remove secret primary keys from live keys when those are kept in offline storage.
-     *
-     * @param secretKeys secret key ring
-     * @param secretKeyId id of the secret key to remove
-     * @return secret key ring with removed secret key
-     *
-     * @throws IOException in case of an error during serialization / deserialization of the key
-     * @throws PGPException in case of a broken key
-     *
-     * @deprecated use {@link #stripSecretKey(PGPSecretKeyRing, long)} instead.
-     * TODO: Remove in 1.2.X
-     */
-    @Nonnull
-    @Deprecated
-    public static PGPSecretKeyRing removeSecretKey(@Nonnull PGPSecretKeyRing secretKeys,
-                                                   long secretKeyId)
-            throws IOException, PGPException {
-        return stripSecretKey(secretKeys, secretKeyId);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Remove the secret key of the subkey identified by the given secret key id from the key ring.
      * The public part stays attached to the key ring, so that it can still be used for encryption / verification of signatures.
diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/CertificateWithMissingSecretKeyTest.java b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/CertificateWithMissingSecretKeyTest.java
index a53999a6..e5f9e370 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/CertificateWithMissingSecretKeyTest.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/CertificateWithMissingSecretKeyTest.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class CertificateWithMissingSecretKeyTest {
         encryptionSubkeyId = PGPainless.inspectKeyRing(secretKeys)
                 .getEncryptionSubkeys(EncryptionPurpose.ANY).get(0).getKeyID();
         // remove the encryption/decryption secret key
-        missingDecryptionSecKey = KeyRingUtils.removeSecretKey(secretKeys, encryptionSubkeyId);
+        missingDecryptionSecKey = KeyRingUtils.stripSecretKey(secretKeys, encryptionSubkeyId);
     }
 
     @Test