diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst b/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst
index 54fb8fe63ee4..b3eda75a6b6a 100644
--- a/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst
+++ b/doc/api/api_changes_3.3/deprecations.rst
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ or None is deprecated; set it to "horizontal" instead.  Moreover, the two
 orientations ("horizontal" and "vertical") will become case-sensitive in the
 future.
 
+`pyplot.plotting()` deprecated
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+`pyplot.plotting()` is no-op function. It is now removed.
+
 *minor* kwarg to `.Axis.get_ticklocs` will become keyword-only
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Passing this argument positionally is deprecated.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 27c8f03d27c3..2ea56557989f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1702,13 +1702,6 @@ def thetagrids(*args, **kwargs):
     return lines, labels
 
 
-## Plotting Info ##
-
-
-def plotting():
-    pass
-
-
 def get_plot_commands():
     """
     Get a sorted list of all of the plotting commands.
@@ -1718,7 +1711,7 @@ def get_plot_commands():
     # functions, and anything marked as private with a preceding underscore.
     exclude = {'colormaps', 'colors', 'connect', 'disconnect',
                'get_plot_commands', 'get_current_fig_manager', 'ginput',
-               'plotting', 'waitforbuttonpress'}
+               'waitforbuttonpress'}
     exclude |= set(colormaps())
     this_module = inspect.getmodule(get_plot_commands)
     return sorted(