diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc681cb002..377dc1c850 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file based on the
 
 ### Backward Compatibility Breaks
 * \Elastica\AbstractUpdateAction::getOptions( $fields ) no longer supports the $underscore parameter, option names must match what elasticsearch expects.
+* Removed no longer supported \Elastica\Query\QueryString::setAutoGeneratePhraseQueries( $bool ) [#1622](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica/pull/1622)
 
 ### Bugfixes
 * Always set the Guzzle `base_uri` to support connecting to multiple ES hosts. [#1618](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica/pull/1618)
diff --git a/lib/Elastica/Query/QueryString.php b/lib/Elastica/Query/QueryString.php
index c6d9a0d488..b3b333135e 100644
--- a/lib/Elastica/Query/QueryString.php
+++ b/lib/Elastica/Query/QueryString.php
@@ -180,20 +180,6 @@ public function setAnalyzeWildcard(bool $analyze = true): self
         return $this->setParam('analyze_wildcard', $analyze);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the param to automatically generate phrase queries.
-     *
-     * If not set, defaults to true.
-     *
-     * @param bool $autoGenerate
-     *
-     * @return $this
-     */
-    public function setAutoGeneratePhraseQueries(bool $autoGenerate = true): self
-    {
-        return $this->setParam('auto_generate_phrase_queries', $autoGenerate);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the fields. If no fields are set, _all is chosen.
      * You cannot set fields and default_field.
diff --git a/test/Elastica/Query/QueryStringTest.php b/test/Elastica/Query/QueryStringTest.php
index a67e08155c..690ef80d03 100644
--- a/test/Elastica/Query/QueryStringTest.php
+++ b/test/Elastica/Query/QueryStringTest.php
@@ -216,18 +216,6 @@ public function testSetAnalyzeWildcard()
         $this->assertEquals($value, $query->toArray()['query_string']['analyze_wildcard']);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @group unit
-     */
-    public function testSetAutoGeneratePhraseQueries()
-    {
-        $value = true;
-        $query = new QueryString('test');
-        $query->setAutoGeneratePhraseQueries($value);
-
-        $this->assertEquals($value, $query->toArray()['query_string']['auto_generate_phrase_queries']);
-    }
-
     /**
      * @group unit
      */