From fe8216f5cffd354af41e1b0ad1ea8429ec1bb49c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "P. L. Lim" <2090236+pllim@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:52:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] MNT: Removed deprecated version_path in minversion

---
 astropy/utils/introspection.py   | 9 +--------
 docs/changes/utils/15468.api.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/changes/utils/15468.api.rst

diff --git a/astropy/utils/introspection.py b/astropy/utils/introspection.py
index 8e50efece68..e4d955e316e 100644
--- a/astropy/utils/introspection.py
+++ b/astropy/utils/introspection.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-from astropy.utils.decorators import deprecated_renamed_argument
-
 __all__ = ["resolve_name", "minversion", "find_current_module", "isinstancemethod"]
 
 __doctest_skip__ = ["find_current_module"]
@@ -102,16 +100,11 @@ def resolve_name(name, *additional_parts):
     return ret
 
 
-@deprecated_renamed_argument("version_path", None, "5.0")
-def minversion(module, version, inclusive=True, version_path="__version__"):
+def minversion(module, version, inclusive=True):
     """
     Returns `True` if the specified Python module satisfies a minimum version
     requirement, and `False` if not.
 
-    .. deprecated::
-        ``version_path`` is not used anymore and is deprecated in
-        ``astropy`` 5.0.
-
     Parameters
     ----------
     module : module or `str`
diff --git a/docs/changes/utils/15468.api.rst b/docs/changes/utils/15468.api.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..063403bb39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/utils/15468.api.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed deprecated ``version_path`` in ``minversion`` function; it is no longer used.