diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js b/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js
index 9cf93e030ad..b02716f799f 100644
--- a/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/dropdown.js
@@ -112,11 +112,7 @@ export const BDropdown = /*#__PURE__*/ Vue.extend({
   },
   render(h) {
     let split = h()
-    const buttonContent =
-      this.normalizeSlot('button-content') ||
-      this.normalizeSlot('text') ||
-      this.html ||
-      stripTags(this.text)
+    const buttonContent = this.normalizeSlot('button-content') || this.html || stripTags(this.text)
     if (this.split) {
       const btnProps = {
         disabled: this.disabled,
diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/package.json b/src/components/dropdown/package.json
index ddba45b7eac..b0d127cec4f 100644
--- a/src/components/dropdown/package.json
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/package.json
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
           {
             "name": "button-content",
             "description": "Can be used to implement custom text with icons and more styling."
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "text",
-            "description": "Deprecated. please use 'button-content' slot instead."
           }
         ]
       },