diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index bfa15536bd..c78d44dcf3 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ JSON library.
 #785: Make `JsonGenerator.writeXxx()` methods chainable
 #793: Rename "com.fasterxml.jackson" -> "tools.jackson"
 #1090: Remove `BufferRecyclers.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_TRACK_REUSABLE_BUFFERS`
-  functionality from 3.0
+#1125: Remove `TokenStreamFactory.Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING`
 - Rename `JsonGenerator.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_JSON_CONTENT` as `AUTO_CLOSE_CONTENT`
 - Add `TreeCodec.nullNode()`, `TreeNode.isNull()` methods
 - Change the way `JsonLocation.NA` is included in exception messages
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory.java
index 179cc5152a..586d314741 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory.java
@@ -113,21 +113,6 @@ public enum Feature
          */
         FAIL_ON_SYMBOL_HASH_OVERFLOW(true),
 
-        /**
-         * Feature that determines whether we will use {@link BufferRecycler} with
-         * {@link ThreadLocal} and {@link SoftReference}, for efficient reuse of
-         * underlying input/output buffers.
-         * This usually makes sense on normal J2SE/J2EE server-side processing;
-         * but may not make sense on platforms where {@link SoftReference} handling
-         * is broken (like Android), or if there are retention issues due to
-         * {@link ThreadLocal} (see
-         * <a href="https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/issues/189">Issue #189</a>
-         * for a possible case)
-         *<p>
-         * This setting is enabled by default.
-         */
-        USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING(true),
-
         /**
          * Feature to control charset detection for byte-based inputs ({@code byte[]}, {@link InputStream}...). When
          * this feature is enabled (the default), the factory will allow UTF-16 and UTF-32 inputs and try to detect
@@ -1233,12 +1218,6 @@ public BufferRecycler _getBufferRecycler()
      * {@link BufferRecycler} instance to use.
      */
     public RecyclerPool<BufferRecycler> _getRecyclerPool() {
-        // 23-Apr-2015, tatu: Let's allow disabling of buffer recycling
-        //   scheme, for cases where it is considered harmful (possibly
-        //   on Android, for example)
-        if (!Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING.enabledIn(_factoryFeatures)) {
-            return JsonRecyclerPools.nonRecyclingPool();
-        }
         return _recyclerPool;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/core/json/JsonFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/core/json/JsonFactoryTest.java
index fe6ff80426..8513ba8792 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tools/jackson/core/json/JsonFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tools/jackson/core/json/JsonFactoryTest.java
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ public void testFactoryFeatures() throws Exception
                 .build();
         assertFalse(f.isEnabled(JsonFactory.Feature.INTERN_PROPERTY_NAMES));
 
-        // by default, should be enabled
-        assertTrue(f.isEnabled(JsonFactory.Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING));
-        f = f.rebuild().disable(JsonFactory.Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING)
-                .build();
-        assertFalse(f.isEnabled(JsonFactory.Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING));
-
         assertFalse(f.canHandleBinaryNatively());
     }
 
@@ -82,51 +76,6 @@ public void testFactoryMisc() throws Exception
         assertEquals(JsonWriteFeature.class, JSON_F.getFormatWriteFeatureType());
     }
 
-    // for [core#189]: verify that it's ok to disable recycling
-    // Basically simply exercises basic functionality, to ensure
-    // there are no obvious problems; needed since testing never
-    // disables this handling otherwise
-    public void testDisablingBufferRecycling() throws Exception
-    {
-        JsonFactory f = JsonFactory.builder()
-                .disable(JsonFactory.Feature.USE_THREAD_LOCAL_FOR_BUFFER_RECYCLING)
-                .build();
-
-        // First, generation
-        for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
-            StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
-            JsonGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), w);
-            gen.writeStartObject();
-            gen.writeEndObject();
-            gen.close();
-            assertEquals("{}", w.toString());
-        }
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
-            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            JsonGenerator gen = f.createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), bytes);
-            gen.writeStartArray();
-            gen.writeEndArray();
-            gen.close();
-            assertEquals("[]", bytes.toString("UTF-8"));
-        }
-
-        // Then parsing:
-        for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
-            JsonParser p = f.createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), "{}");
-            assertToken(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, p.nextToken());
-            assertToken(JsonToken.END_OBJECT, p.nextToken());
-            assertNull(p.nextToken());
-            p.close();
-
-            p = f.createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), "{}".getBytes("UTF-8"));
-            assertToken(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, p.nextToken());
-            assertToken(JsonToken.END_OBJECT, p.nextToken());
-            assertNull(p.nextToken());
-            p.close();
-        }
-    }
-
     public void testJsonWithFiles() throws Exception
     {
         File file = File.createTempFile("jackson-test", null);