diff --git a/docs/guide/upgrading_v9/2712.md b/docs/guide/upgrading_v9/2712.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..660523f67f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/guide/upgrading_v9/2712.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### Remove deprecated phone methods
+
+Removed deprecated phone methods
+
+| old                          | replacement                                                                      |
+| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `faker.phone.number(format)` | `faker.phone.number()`, `faker.string.numeric()` or `faker.helpers.fromRegExp()` |
diff --git a/src/modules/phone/index.ts b/src/modules/phone/index.ts
index 833938d71fc..44f2a111de8 100644
--- a/src/modules/phone/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/phone/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { deprecated } from '../../internal/deprecated';
 import { ModuleBase } from '../../internal/module-base';
 import { legacyReplaceSymbolWithNumber } from '../helpers';
 
@@ -21,54 +20,10 @@ export class PhoneModule extends ModuleBase {
    *
    * @since 7.3.0
    */
-  number(): string;
-  /**
-   * Generates a random phone number.
-   *
-   * @param format Format of the phone number.
-   *
-   * @see faker.string.numeric(): For generating a random string of numbers.
-   * @see faker.helpers.fromRegExp(): For generating a phone number matching a regular expression.
-   *
-   * @example
-   * faker.phone.number('501-###-###') // '501-039-841'
-   * faker.phone.number('+48 91 ### ## ##') // '+48 91 463 61 70'
-   *
-   * @since 7.3.0
-   *
-   * @deprecated Use `faker.phone.number()` without an argument, `faker.string.numeric()` or `faker.helpers.fromRegExp()` instead.
-   */
-  number(format: string): string;
-  /**
-   * Generates a random phone number.
-   *
-   * @param format Format of the phone number. Defaults to a random phone number format.
-   *
-   * @see faker.string.numeric(): For generating a random string of numbers.
-   * @see faker.helpers.fromRegExp(): For generating a phone number matching a regular expression.
-   *
-   * @example
-   * faker.phone.number() // '961-770-7727'
-   *
-   * @since 7.3.0
-   */
-  number(format?: string): string;
-  number(format?: string): string {
-    if (format != null) {
-      deprecated({
-        deprecated: 'faker.phone.number(format)',
-        proposed:
-          'faker.phone.number(), faker.string.numeric() or faker.helpers.fromRegExp()',
-        since: '8.1',
-        until: '9.0',
-      });
-    }
-
-    format =
-      format ??
-      this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(
-        this.faker.definitions.phone_number.formats
-      );
+  number(): string {
+    const format = this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(
+      this.faker.definitions.phone_number.formats
+    );
     return legacyReplaceSymbolWithNumber(this.faker, format);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/locale-imports.spec.ts b/test/locale-imports.spec.ts
index 4c1197c886f..229f782a818 100644
--- a/test/locale-imports.spec.ts
+++ b/test/locale-imports.spec.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ describe.each(keys(allLocales))('locale imports', (locale) => {
     expect(metadata.code).toBeTypeOf('string');
     expect(metadata.code).toEqual(locale);
     if (locale !== 'base') {
+      expect(metadata.code).toEqual(
+        [metadata.language, metadata.country, metadata.variant]
+          .filter((v) => v != null)
+          .join('_')
+      );
       expect(metadata.language).toBeTypeOf('string');
       expect(metadata.language).toMatch(/^[a-z]{2}$/);
       expect(metadata.script).toBeTypeOf('string');
diff --git a/test/modules/__snapshots__/phone.spec.ts.snap b/test/modules/__snapshots__/phone.spec.ts.snap
index 2f60813caf7..20928c043e0 100644
--- a/test/modules/__snapshots__/phone.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/modules/__snapshots__/phone.spec.ts.snap
@@ -2,18 +2,12 @@
 
 exports[`phone > 42 > imei 1`] = `"39-751108-670982-8"`;
 
-exports[`phone > 42 > number > format 1`] = `"397-511-0867"`;
-
 exports[`phone > 42 > number > noArgs 1`] = `"(975) 310-8670 x982"`;
 
 exports[`phone > 1211 > imei 1`] = `"98-296673-687684-2"`;
 
-exports[`phone > 1211 > number > format 1`] = `"982-966-7368"`;
-
 exports[`phone > 1211 > number > noArgs 1`] = `"1-929-767-3687 x68488"`;
 
 exports[`phone > 1337 > imei 1`] = `"21-243529-713619-6"`;
 
-exports[`phone > 1337 > number > format 1`] = `"212-435-2971"`;
-
 exports[`phone > 1337 > number > noArgs 1`] = `"324-452-9713 x619"`;
diff --git a/test/modules/phone.spec.ts b/test/modules/phone.spec.ts
index 4ee4241703d..4e1a76a353f 100644
--- a/test/modules/phone.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules/phone.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('phone', () => {
     t.it('imei');
 
     t.describe('number', (t) => {
-      t.it('noArgs').it('format', '###-###-####');
+      t.it('noArgs');
     });
   });