diff --git a/app/Config/Format.php b/app/Config/Format.php
index 2838f55ef0d9..0d334d72b3fb 100644
--- a/app/Config/Format.php
+++ b/app/Config/Format.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Config;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig;
-use CodeIgniter\Format\FormatterInterface;
 use CodeIgniter\Format\JSONFormatter;
 use CodeIgniter\Format\XMLFormatter;
 
@@ -62,16 +61,4 @@ class Format extends BaseConfig
         'application/xml'  => 0,
         'text/xml'         => 0,
     ];
-
-    /**
-     * A Factory method to return the appropriate formatter for the given mime type.
-     *
-     * @return FormatterInterface
-     *
-     * @deprecated This is an alias of `\CodeIgniter\Format\Format::getFormatter`. Use that instead.
-     */
-    public function getFormatter(string $mime)
-    {
-        return service('format')->getFormatter($mime);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.0.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.0.rst
index 94aeb3cb33ea..85901cd52743 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.0.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelogs/v4.6.0.rst
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ Removed Deprecated Items
 - **Constants:** The deprecated constants ``EVENT_PRIORITY_*`` in has been removed. Use the class constants ``CodeIgniter\Events\Events::PRIORITY_LOW``, ``CodeIgniter\Events\Events::PRIORITY_NORMAL`` and ``CodeIgniter\Events\Events::PRIORITY_HIGH`` instead.
 - **View:** The deprecated property ``CodeIgniter\View\View::$currentSection`` has been removed.
 - **Config:** The deprecated property ``Config\Cache::$storePath`` has been removed. Use ``Config\Cache::$file['storePath']`` instead.
+- **Formatter:** The deprecated ``Config\Format::getFormatter()`` has been removed. Use ``CodeIgniter\Format\Format::getFormatter()`` instead.
 
 ************
 Enhancements
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_460.rst b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_460.rst
index f9e73ac84a75..f0bbd9f08c70 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_460.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/installation/upgrade_460.rst
@@ -223,4 +223,5 @@ many will be simple comments or formatting that have no effect on the runtime:
 
 - app/Config/Feature.php
 - app/Config/Constants.php
-- app/Config/Cache.php
\ No newline at end of file
+- app/Config/Cache.php
+- app/Config/Format.php
\ No newline at end of file