From 54cdaedfbca4c1978ff87a2e9a84bd265463fe82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Krizek <martin.krizek@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 08:13:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecated ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH option (#86791)

---
 .../remove-deprecated-connection-path.yml         |  2 ++
 lib/ansible/config/base.yml                       | 15 ---------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-connection-path.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-connection-path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-connection-path.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad5e1639835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-connection-path.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - Remove deprecated ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` option
diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index 2f4f9f73d37..edc5e803a48 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -104,21 +104,6 @@ ANSIBLE_HOME:
     section: defaults
   type: path
   version_added: '2.14'
-ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH:
-  name: Path of ansible-connection script
-  default: null
-  description:
-    - Specify where to look for the ansible-connection script. This location will be checked before searching $PATH.
-    - If null, ansible will start with the same directory as the ansible script.
-  type: path
-  env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH}]
-  ini:
-  - {key: ansible_connection_path, section: persistent_connection}
-  yaml: {key: persistent_connection.ansible_connection_path}
-  version_added: "2.8"
-  deprecated:
-    why: This setting has no effect.
-    version: "2.22"
 ANSIBLE_COW_SELECTION:
   name: Cowsay filter selection
   default: default