diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e5537126e14..18f2d6d9492 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1073,11 +1073,6 @@ Choose from the list of available rules:
 
   Short cast ``bool`` using double exclamation mark should not be used.
 
-* **no_short_echo_tag**
-
-  Replaces short-echo ``<?=`` with long format ``<?php echo`` syntax.
-  DEPRECATED: use ``echo_tag_syntax`` instead.
-
 * **no_singleline_whitespace_before_semicolons** [@Symfony, @PhpCsFixer]
 
   Single-line whitespace before closing semicolon are prohibited.
diff --git a/UPGRADE-v3.md b/UPGRADE-v3.md
index 383c01f914d..4d92918e443 100644
--- a/UPGRADE-v3.md
+++ b/UPGRADE-v3.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Old name | New name | Note
 `lowercase_constants`                           | `constant_case`                               | use configuration `['case' => 'lower']`
 `method_separation`                             | `class_attributes_separation`                 | use configuration `['elements' => ['method']]`
 `no_extra_consecutive_blank_lines`              | `no_extra_blank_lines`                        |
+`no_short_echo_tag`                             | `echo_tag_syntax`                             | use configuration `['format' => 'long']`
 `php_unit_ordered_covers`                       | `phpdoc_order_by_value`                       | use configuration `['annotations' => [ 'covers' ]]`
 `pre_increment`                                 | `increment_style`                             | use configuration `['style' => 'pre']`
 `silenced_deprecation_error`                    | `error_suppression`                           |
diff --git a/src/Fixer/Alias/NoMixedEchoPrintFixer.php b/src/Fixer/Alias/NoMixedEchoPrintFixer.php
index 01752c65996..ec54f1c9246 100644
--- a/src/Fixer/Alias/NoMixedEchoPrintFixer.php
+++ b/src/Fixer/Alias/NoMixedEchoPrintFixer.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public function getDefinition()
      */
     public function getPriority()
     {
-        // should run after NoShortEchoTagFixer / EchoTagSyntaxFixer.
+        // should run after EchoTagSyntaxFixer.
         return -10;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Fixer/PhpTag/NoShortEchoTagFixer.php b/src/Fixer/PhpTag/NoShortEchoTagFixer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index da214784536..00000000000
--- a/src/Fixer/PhpTag/NoShortEchoTagFixer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of PHP CS Fixer.
- *
- * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
- *     Dariusz Rumiński <dariusz.ruminski@gmail.com>
- *
- * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
- * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
- */
-
-namespace PhpCsFixer\Fixer\PhpTag;
-
-use PhpCsFixer\AbstractProxyFixer;
-use PhpCsFixer\Fixer\DeprecatedFixerInterface;
-use PhpCsFixer\FixerDefinition\CodeSample;
-use PhpCsFixer\FixerDefinition\FixerDefinition;
-
-/**
- * @author Vincent Klaiber <hello@vinkla.com>
- *
- * @deprecated proxy to EchoTagSyntaxFixer
- */
-final class NoShortEchoTagFixer extends AbstractProxyFixer implements DeprecatedFixerInterface
-{
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getDefinition()
-    {
-        return new FixerDefinition(
-            'Replaces short-echo `<?=` with long format `<?php echo` syntax.',
-            [new CodeSample("<?= \"foo\";\n")]
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getSuccessorsNames()
-    {
-        return array_keys($this->proxyFixers);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    protected function createProxyFixers()
-    {
-        return [new EchoTagSyntaxFixer()];
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/AutoReview/FixerFactoryTest.php b/tests/AutoReview/FixerFactoryTest.php
index a96b85bd48e..5e23f3638ac 100644
--- a/tests/AutoReview/FixerFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/AutoReview/FixerFactoryTest.php
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public function provideFixersPriorityCases()
             [$fixers['native_function_invocation'], $fixers['global_namespace_import']],
             [$fixers['no_php4_constructor'], $fixers['ordered_class_elements']],
             [$fixers['no_short_bool_cast'], $fixers['cast_spaces']],
-            [$fixers['no_short_echo_tag'], $fixers['no_mixed_echo_print']],
             [$fixers['no_spaces_after_function_name'], $fixers['function_to_constant']],
             [$fixers['no_spaces_inside_parenthesis'], $fixers['function_to_constant']],
             [$fixers['no_superfluous_phpdoc_tags'], $fixers['no_empty_phpdoc']],
diff --git a/tests/Fixer/PhpTag/NoShortEchoTagFixerTest.php b/tests/Fixer/PhpTag/NoShortEchoTagFixerTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 21fa94ea210..00000000000
--- a/tests/Fixer/PhpTag/NoShortEchoTagFixerTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of PHP CS Fixer.
- *
- * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
- *     Dariusz Rumiński <dariusz.ruminski@gmail.com>
- *
- * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
- * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
- */
-
-namespace PhpCsFixer\Tests\Fixer\PhpTag;
-
-use PhpCsFixer\Tests\Test\AbstractFixerTestCase;
-
-/**
- * @author Vincent Klaiber <hello@vinkla.com>
- *
- * @internal
- *
- * @covers \PhpCsFixer\Fixer\PhpTag\NoShortEchoTagFixer
- */
-final class NoShortEchoTagFixerTest extends AbstractFixerTestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * @param string      $expected
-     * @param null|string $input
-     *
-     * @dataProvider provideFixCases
-     */
-    public function testFix($expected, $input = null)
-    {
-        $this->doTest($expected, $input);
-    }
-
-    public function provideFixCases()
-    {
-        return [
-            ['<?php echo \'Foo\';', '<?= \'Foo\';'],
-            ['<?php echo \'Foo\'; ?> PLAIN TEXT', '<?= \'Foo\'; ?> PLAIN TEXT'],
-            ['PLAIN TEXT<?php echo \'Foo\'; ?>', 'PLAIN TEXT<?= \'Foo\'; ?>'],
-            ['<?php echo \'Foo\'; ?> <?php echo \'Bar\'; ?>', '<?= \'Foo\'; ?> <?= \'Bar\'; ?>'],
-            ['<?php echo foo();', '<?=foo();'],
-        ];
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/Integration/priority/no_mixed_echo_print,no_short_echo_tag.test b/tests/Fixtures/Integration/priority/no_mixed_echo_print,no_short_echo_tag.test
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a62874689f..00000000000
--- a/tests/Fixtures/Integration/priority/no_mixed_echo_print,no_short_echo_tag.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---TEST--
-Integration of fixers: no_mixed_echo_print,no_short_echo_tag.
---RULESET--
-{"no_mixed_echo_print": {"use":"print"}, "no_short_echo_tag": true}
---EXPECT--
-<div><?php print "test" ?></div>
-
---INPUT--
-<div><?= "test" ?></div>