diff --git a/opts/quotedstring.go b/opts/quotedstring.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d1d8b09a1..000000000
--- a/opts/quotedstring.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package opts
-
-// QuotedString is a string that may have extra quotes around the value. The
-// quotes are stripped from the value.
-//
-// Deprecated: This option type is no longer used and will be removed in the next release.
-type QuotedString struct {
-	value *string
-}
-
-// Set sets a new value
-func (s *QuotedString) Set(val string) error {
-	*s.value = trimQuotes(val)
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Type returns the type of the value
-func (*QuotedString) Type() string {
-	return "string"
-}
-
-func (s *QuotedString) String() string {
-	return *s.value
-}
-
-func trimQuotes(value string) string {
-	if len(value) < 2 {
-		return value
-	}
-	lastIndex := len(value) - 1
-	for _, char := range []byte{'\'', '"'} {
-		if value[0] == char && value[lastIndex] == char {
-			return value[1:lastIndex]
-		}
-	}
-	return value
-}
-
-// NewQuotedString returns a new quoted string option
-//
-// Deprecated: This option type is no longer used and will be removed in the next release.
-func NewQuotedString(value *string) *QuotedString {
-	return &QuotedString{value: value}
-}
diff --git a/opts/quotedstring_test.go b/opts/quotedstring_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f56868b1c..000000000
--- a/opts/quotedstring_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package opts
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
-	is "gotest.tools/v3/assert/cmp"
-)
-
-func TestQuotedStringSetWithQuotes(t *testing.T) {
-	value := ""
-	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
-	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set(`"something"`))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal("something", qs.String()))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal("something", value))
-}
-
-func TestQuotedStringSetWithMismatchedQuotes(t *testing.T) {
-	value := ""
-	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
-	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set(`"something'`))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(`"something'`, qs.String()))
-}
-
-func TestQuotedStringSetWithNoQuotes(t *testing.T) {
-	value := ""
-	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
-	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set("something"))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal("something", qs.String()))
-}
-
-func TestQuotedStringShort(t *testing.T) {
-	value := ""
-	qs := NewQuotedString(&value)
-	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set(`"`))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(`"`, qs.String()))
-
-	assert.NilError(t, qs.Set(`'`))
-	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(`'`, qs.String()))
-}