diff --git a/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/query/QueryMapper.java b/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/query/QueryMapper.java
index 080e367453e..1ee652b4554 100644
--- a/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/query/QueryMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/query/QueryMapper.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.MappingException;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentPropertyPath;
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
-import static org.springframework.data.relational.core.sql.Expressions.*;
-
 /**
  * Maps {@link CriteriaDefinition} and {@link Sort} objects considering mapping metadata and dialect-specific
  * conversion.
@@ -105,9 +102,7 @@ public String toSql(SqlIdentifier identifier) {
 	 * @param sort must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param entity related {@link RelationalPersistentEntity}, can be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
-	 * @deprecated without replacement.
 	 */
-	@Deprecated(since = "3.2", forRemoval = true)
 	public Sort getMappedObject(Sort sort, @Nullable RelationalPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
 
 		if (entity == null) {
@@ -151,7 +146,6 @@ public List<OrderByField> getMappedSort(Table table, Sort sort, @Nullable Relati
 		}
 
 		return mappedOrder;
-
 	}