diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b43ae84369..0e66596fe2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ we should rename this section to "Unreleased" -->
   - `api_key` configuration file field
   - `apiKey` option in the JavaScript API
 - Removed the `upload-proguard` subcommand's `--app-id`, `--version`, `--version-code`, `--android-manifest`, and `--platform` arguments ([#2876](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/pull/2876), [#2940](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/pull/2940), [#2948](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/pull/2948)). Users using these arguments should stop using them, as they are unnecessary. The information passed to these arguments is no longer visible in Sentry.
+- Removed the `--started` argument from the `sentry-cli releases finalize` command ([#XXXX](TODO)). This argument is a no-op, so any users using it should simply stop using it.
 - In the JS API, the `SentryCli.execute` method's `live` parameter now only takes boolean values ([#2971](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/pull/2971)). Setting `live` to `true` now behaves like `'rejectOnError'` did previously, with a zero exit status resolving the returned promise with `"success (live mode)"` and a non-zero status rejecting the promise with an error message.
 - In the JS API, the `option` parameter to `Releases.uploadSourceMaps` no longer takes a `live` property ([#2971](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cli/pull/2971)). We now always execute the command with `live` set to `true`.
 
diff --git a/src/commands/releases/finalize.rs b/src/commands/releases/finalize.rs
index a7eb4a99a4..ed2555e9df 100644
--- a/src/commands/releases/finalize.rs
+++ b/src/commands/releases/finalize.rs
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ pub fn make_command(command: Command) -> Command {
                 .value_name("URL")
                 .help("Optional URL to the release for information purposes."),
         )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::new("started")
-                .long("started")
-                .hide(true)
-                .value_parser(get_timestamp)
-                .value_name("TIMESTAMP")
-                .help("[DEPRECATED] This value is ignored."),
-        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("released")
                 .long("released")
@@ -40,13 +32,6 @@ pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
     #[expect(clippy::unwrap_used, reason = "legacy code")]
     let version = matches.get_one::<String>("version").unwrap();
 
-    if matches.get_one::<DateTime<Utc>>("started").is_some() {
-        log::warn!(
-            "The --started flag is deprecated. Its value is ignored, \
-            and the argument will be completely removed in a future version."
-        );
-    }
-
     api.authenticated()?.update_release(
         &config.get_org(matches)?,
         version,