diff --git a/python/taichi/linalg/sparse_matrix.py b/python/taichi/linalg/sparse_matrix.py
index 9cd064d62aac9..443afd933aae3 100644
--- a/python/taichi/linalg/sparse_matrix.py
+++ b/python/taichi/linalg/sparse_matrix.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import warnings
 from functools import reduce
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@
 from taichi.lang.exception import TaichiRuntimeError
 from taichi.lang.field import Field
 from taichi.lang.impl import get_runtime
-from taichi.types import annotations, f32
+from taichi.types import f32
 
 
 class SparseMatrix:
@@ -294,14 +293,4 @@ def build(self, dtype=f32, _format="CSR"):
         raise TaichiRuntimeError("Sparse matrix only supports CPU and CUDA backends.")
 
 
-# TODO: remove this in 1.0 release
-class sparse_matrix_builder(annotations.sparse_matrix_builder):
-    def __init__(self):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "ti.linalg.sparse_matrix_builder is deprecated, and it will be removed in Taichi v1.6.0. "
-            "Please use ti.types.sparse_matrix_builder instead.",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-
-
-__all__ = ["SparseMatrix", "SparseMatrixBuilder", "sparse_matrix_builder"]
+__all__ = ["SparseMatrix", "SparseMatrixBuilder"]
diff --git a/tests/python/test_deprecation.py b/tests/python/test_deprecation.py
index f9d40ac0de051..358b3c9d3b55d 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_deprecation.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_deprecation.py
@@ -86,12 +86,3 @@ def test_deprecation_in_taichi_init_py():
         match="ti.SOA is deprecated, and it will be removed in Taichi v1.6.0.",
     ):
         ti.SOA
-
-
-@test_utils.test()
-def test_deprecate_sparse_matrix_builder():
-    with pytest.warns(
-        DeprecationWarning,
-        match=r"ti\.linalg\.sparse_matrix_builder is deprecated, and it will be removed in Taichi v1\.6\.0\.",
-    ):
-        ti.linalg.sparse_matrix_builder()