diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62dee016b7..674d43a99d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ If possible, provide tooling that performs the changes, e.g. a shell-script.
   * `seqan3::option_spec::ADVANCED` is replaced by `seqan3::option_spec::advanced`.
   * `seqan3::option_spec::HIDDEN` is replaced by `seqan3::option_spec::hidden`.
 
+#### Core
+
+* We deprecated seqan3::range_compatible_concept and it will be removed in 3.1.0
+  ([\#2265](https://github.com/seqan/seqan3/pull/2265)).
+
 #### I/O
 
 * Renamed seqan3::alignment_file\* to seqan3::sam_file\*
diff --git a/include/seqan3/core/range/type_traits.hpp b/include/seqan3/core/range/type_traits.hpp
index cb9aa0cc77..cf08c2873a 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/core/range/type_traits.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/core/range/type_traits.hpp
@@ -269,18 +269,28 @@ constexpr size_t range_dimension_v<t> = range_dimension_v<std::ranges::range_val
 // range_compatible [DEPRECATED]
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#ifdef SEQAN3_DEPRECATED_310
 /*!\interface seqan3::range_compatible <>
  * \brief Two types are "compatible" if their seqan3::range_dimension_v and their seqan3::range_innermost_value_t are
  * the same.
  * \deprecated This concept is deprecated and will be removed in SeqAn-3.1.
  */
 //!\cond
+namespace deprecated
+{
+template <typename t1, typename t2>
+SEQAN3_CONCEPT range_compatible_concept = requires (t1, t2)
+{
+    requires (range_dimension_v<t1> == range_dimension_v<t2>);
+
+    requires std::is_same_v<range_innermost_value_t<t1>, range_innermost_value_t<t2>>;
+};
+} // namespace seqan3::deprecated
+
 template <typename t1, typename t2>
-SEQAN3_DEPRECATED_310 constexpr bool range_compatible = (
-    std::is_same_v<range_innermost_value_t<t1>, range_innermost_value_t<t2>> &&
-    range_dimension_v<t1> == range_dimension_v<t2>
-);
+SEQAN3_DEPRECATED_310 constexpr bool range_compatible = deprecated::range_compatible_concept<t1, t2>;
 //!\endcond
+#endif // SEQAN3_DEPRECATED_310
 
 //!\}