diff --git a/homeassistant/components/aftership/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/aftership/config_flow.py
index 3da6ac9e3d5a92..9457809150187a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/aftership/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/aftership/config_flow.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigFlow
 from homeassistant.const import CONF_API_KEY, CONF_NAME
 from homeassistant.core import DOMAIN as HOMEASSISTANT_DOMAIN
-from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import AbortFlow, FlowResult
+from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import FlowResult
 from homeassistant.helpers.aiohttp_client import async_get_clientsession
 from homeassistant.helpers.issue_registry import IssueSeverity, async_create_issue
 
@@ -51,25 +51,6 @@ async def async_step_user(
 
     async def async_step_import(self, config: dict[str, Any]) -> FlowResult:
         """Import configuration from yaml."""
-        try:
-            self._async_abort_entries_match({CONF_API_KEY: config[CONF_API_KEY]})
-        except AbortFlow as err:
-            async_create_issue(
-                self.hass,
-                DOMAIN,
-                "deprecated_yaml_import_issue_already_configured",
-                breaks_in_ha_version="2024.4.0",
-                is_fixable=False,
-                issue_domain=DOMAIN,
-                severity=IssueSeverity.WARNING,
-                translation_key="deprecated_yaml_import_issue_already_configured",
-                translation_placeholders={
-                    "domain": DOMAIN,
-                    "integration_title": "AfterShip",
-                },
-            )
-            raise err
-
         async_create_issue(
             self.hass,
             HOMEASSISTANT_DOMAIN,
@@ -84,6 +65,8 @@ async def async_step_import(self, config: dict[str, Any]) -> FlowResult:
                 "integration_title": "AfterShip",
             },
         )
+
+        self._async_abort_entries_match({CONF_API_KEY: config[CONF_API_KEY]})
         return self.async_create_entry(
             title=config.get(CONF_NAME, "AfterShip"),
             data={CONF_API_KEY: config[CONF_API_KEY]},
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/aftership/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/aftership/strings.json
index b49c19976a6354..ace8eb6d2d3a0b 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/aftership/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/aftership/strings.json
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
     }
   },
   "issues": {
-    "deprecated_yaml_import_issue_already_configured": {
-      "title": "The {integration_title} YAML configuration import failed",
-      "description": "Configuring {integration_title} using YAML is being removed but the YAML configuration was already imported.\n\nRemove the YAML configuration and restart Home Assistant."
-    },
     "deprecated_yaml_import_issue_cannot_connect": {
       "title": "The {integration_title} YAML configuration import failed",
       "description": "Configuring {integration_title} using YAML is being removed but there was an connection error importing your YAML configuration.\n\nEnsure connection to {integration_title} works and restart Home Assistant to try again or remove the {integration_title} YAML configuration from your configuration.yaml file and continue to [set up the integration]({url}) manually."
diff --git a/tests/components/aftership/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/aftership/test_config_flow.py
index 2ac5919a5555ad..4668e7a61e4f24 100644
--- a/tests/components/aftership/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/aftership/test_config_flow.py
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ async def test_flow_cannot_connect(hass: HomeAssistant, mock_setup_entry) -> Non
         }
 
 
-async def test_import_flow(hass: HomeAssistant, mock_setup_entry) -> None:
+async def test_import_flow(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, issue_registry: ir.IssueRegistry, mock_setup_entry
+) -> None:
     """Test importing yaml config."""
 
     with patch(
@@ -95,11 +97,12 @@ async def test_import_flow(hass: HomeAssistant, mock_setup_entry) -> None:
         assert result["data"] == {
             CONF_API_KEY: "yaml-api-key",
         }
-    issue_registry = ir.async_get(hass)
     assert len(issue_registry.issues) == 1
 
 
-async def test_import_flow_already_exists(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+async def test_import_flow_already_exists(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, issue_registry: ir.IssueRegistry
+) -> None:
     """Test importing yaml config where entry already exists."""
     entry = MockConfigEntry(domain=DOMAIN, data={CONF_API_KEY: "yaml-api-key"})
     entry.add_to_hass(hass)
@@ -108,3 +111,4 @@ async def test_import_flow_already_exists(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     )
     assert result["type"] == FlowResultType.ABORT
     assert result["reason"] == "already_configured"
+    assert len(issue_registry.issues) == 1