diff --git a/doc/release/upcoming_changes/15773.compatibility.rst b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/15773.compatibility.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc9d47153579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/15773.compatibility.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+``issubdtype`` no longer interprets ``float`` as ``np.floating``
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+`numpy.issubdtype` had a FutureWarning since NumPy 1.14 which
+has expired now. This means that certain input where the second
+argument was neither a datatype nor a NumPy scalar type
+(such as a string or a python type like ``int`` or ``float``)
+will now be consistent with passing in ``np.dtype(arg2).type``.
+This makes the result consistent with expectations and leads to
+a false result in some cases which previously returned true.
diff --git a/numpy/core/numerictypes.py b/numpy/core/numerictypes.py
index 215da110da8b..9d7bbde931dd 100644
--- a/numpy/core/numerictypes.py
+++ b/numpy/core/numerictypes.py
@@ -388,35 +388,7 @@ def issubdtype(arg1, arg2):
     if not issubclass_(arg1, generic):
         arg1 = dtype(arg1).type
     if not issubclass_(arg2, generic):
-        arg2_orig = arg2
         arg2 = dtype(arg2).type
-        if not isinstance(arg2_orig, dtype):
-            # weird deprecated behaviour, that tried to infer np.floating from
-            # float, and similar less obvious things, such as np.generic from
-            # str.
-            mro = arg2.mro()
-            arg2 = mro[1] if len(mro) > 1 else mro[0]
-
-            def type_repr(x):
-                """ Helper to produce clear error messages """
-                if not isinstance(x, type):
-                    return repr(x)
-                elif issubclass(x, generic):
-                    return "np.{}".format(x.__name__)
-                else:
-                    return x.__name__
-
-            # 1.14, 2017-08-01
-            warnings.warn(
-                "Conversion of the second argument of issubdtype from `{raw}` "
-                "to `{abstract}` is deprecated. In future, it will be treated "
-                "as `{concrete} == np.dtype({raw}).type`.".format(
-                    raw=type_repr(arg2_orig),
-                    abstract=type_repr(arg2),
-                    concrete=type_repr(dtype(arg2_orig).type)
-                ),
-                FutureWarning, stacklevel=2
-            )
 
     return issubclass(arg1, arg2)
 
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_numerictypes.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_numerictypes.py
index c72d13947671..2bc1b8979d66 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_numerictypes.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_numerictypes.py
@@ -401,6 +401,35 @@ def test_sibling_class(self):
             assert_(not np.issubdtype(w1(np.float32), w2(np.float64)))
             assert_(not np.issubdtype(w1(np.float64), w2(np.float32)))
 
+    def test_nondtype_nonscalartype(self):
+        # See gh-14619 and gh-9505 which introduced the deprecation to fix
+        # this. These tests are directly taken from gh-9505
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.float32, 'float64')
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.float32, 'f8')
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.int32, str)
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.int32, 'int64')
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.str_, 'void')
+        # for the following the correct spellings are
+        # np.integer, np.floating, or np.complexfloating respectively:
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.int8, int)  # np.int8 is never np.int_
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.float32, float)
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.complex64, complex)
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.float32, "float")
+        assert not np.issubdtype(np.float64, "f")
+
+        # Test the same for the correct first datatype and abstract one
+        # in the case of int, float, complex:
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.float64, 'float64')
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.float64, 'f8')
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.str_, str)
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.int64, 'int64')
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.void, 'void')
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.int8, np.integer)
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.float32, np.floating)
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.complex64, np.complexfloating)
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.float64, "float")
+        assert np.issubdtype(np.float32, "f")
+
 
 class TestSctypeDict:
     def test_longdouble(self):