diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/26872-AD.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/26872-AD.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f678ffc3cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/26872-AD.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+``repeat``
+~~~~~~~~~~
+... of `.TimedAnimation` is removed without replacements.
+``save_count``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+... of `.FuncAnimation` is removed without replacements.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
index e9b1c23658cd..e7d09e7d7847 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
@@ -1446,8 +1446,6 @@ def _step(self, *args):
         self.event_source.interval = self._interval
         return True
 
-    repeat = _api.deprecate_privatize_attribute("3.7")
-
 
 class ArtistAnimation(TimedAnimation):
     """
@@ -1788,8 +1786,6 @@ def _draw_frame(self, framedata):
             for a in self._drawn_artists:
                 a.set_animated(self._blit)
 
-    save_count = _api.deprecate_privatize_attribute("3.7")
-
 
 def _validate_grabframe_kwargs(savefig_kwargs):
     if mpl.rcParams['savefig.bbox'] == 'tight':
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/animation.pyi
index de1b9926afd6..56c27a465b7f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/animation.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/animation.pyi
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ class Animation:
     def resume(self) -> None: ...
 
 class TimedAnimation(Animation):
-    repeat: bool
     def __init__(
         self,
         fig: Figure,
@@ -204,7 +203,6 @@ class ArtistAnimation(TimedAnimation):
     def __init__(self, fig: Figure, artists: Sequence[Collection[Artist]], *args, **kwargs) -> None: ...
 
 class FuncAnimation(TimedAnimation):
-    save_count: int
     def __init__(
         self,
         fig: Figure,