diff --git a/DOCS/man/javascript.rst b/DOCS/man/javascript.rst
index e1b93d8204..a776cb32ea 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/javascript.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/javascript.rst
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ Unsupported Lua APIs and their JS alternatives
 
 ``utils.to_string(v)``  see ``dump`` below.
 
-``mp.suspend()`` JS: none (deprecated).
-
-``mp.resume()`` JS: none (deprecated).
-
-``mp.resume_all()`` JS: none (deprecated).
-
 ``mp.get_next_timeout()`` see event loop below.
 
 ``mp.dispatch_events([allow_wait])`` see event loop below.
diff --git a/DOCS/man/lua.rst b/DOCS/man/lua.rst
index 29fc67b9c8..cdbe7498c2 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/lua.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/lua.rst
@@ -527,18 +527,6 @@ Advanced mp functions
 These also live in the ``mp`` module, but are documented separately as they
 are useful only in special situations.
 
-``mp.suspend()``
-    This function has been deprecated in mpv 0.21.0 and does nothing starting
-    with mpv 0.23.0 (no replacement).
-
-``mp.resume()``
-    This function has been deprecated in mpv 0.21.0 and does nothing starting
-    with mpv 0.23.0 (no replacement).
-
-``mp.resume_all()``
-    This function has been deprecated in mpv 0.21.0 and does nothing starting
-    with mpv 0.23.0 (no replacement).
-
 ``mp.get_wakeup_pipe()``
     Calls ``mpv_get_wakeup_pipe()`` and returns the read end of the wakeup
     pipe. This is deprecated, but still works. (See ``client.h`` for details.)
diff --git a/player/lua.c b/player/lua.c
index bdb08e304a..64c5d33e6e 100644
--- a/player/lua.c
+++ b/player/lua.c
@@ -539,23 +539,6 @@ static int script_get_script_directory(lua_State *L)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int script_suspend(lua_State *L)
-{
-    struct script_ctx *ctx = get_ctx(L);
-    MP_ERR(ctx, "mp.suspend() is deprecated and does nothing.\n");
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int script_resume(lua_State *L)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int script_resume_all(lua_State *L)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static void pushnode(lua_State *L, mpv_node *node);
 
 static int script_raw_wait_event(lua_State *L, void *tmp)
@@ -1220,9 +1203,6 @@ struct fn_entry {
 
 static const struct fn_entry main_fns[] = {
     FN_ENTRY(log),
-    FN_ENTRY(suspend),
-    FN_ENTRY(resume),
-    FN_ENTRY(resume_all),
     AF_ENTRY(raw_wait_event),
     FN_ENTRY(request_event),
     FN_ENTRY(find_config_file),
diff --git a/player/lua/defaults.lua b/player/lua/defaults.lua
index de28409c0e..0643c0b1d9 100644
--- a/player/lua/defaults.lua
+++ b/player/lua/defaults.lua
@@ -542,9 +542,6 @@ function mp.dispatch_events(allow_wait)
                     end
                 end
             end
-            -- Resume playloop - important especially if an error happened while
-            -- suspended, and the error was handled, but no resume was done.
-            mp.resume_all()
             if allow_wait ~= true then
                 return
             end