diff --git a/pygmt/src/grdcontour.py b/pygmt/src/grdcontour.py
index 5218f57d40d..d659fa9d3ab 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/grdcontour.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/grdcontour.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from pygmt.clib import Session
 from pygmt.helpers import (
     build_arg_list,
-    deprecate_parameter,
     fmt_docstring,
     is_nonstr_iter,
     kwargs_to_strings,
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@
 
 
 @fmt_docstring
-@deprecate_parameter("interval", "levels", "v0.12.0", remove_version="v0.16.0")
 @use_alias(
     A="annotation",
     C="levels",