diff --git a/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md b/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md
index 7729a4b87a..483cbecf53 100644
--- a/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md
+++ b/etc/notes/CHANGES_5.0.0.md
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ The following is a detailed collection of the changes in the major v5 release of
 
 ## Changes
 
+### `CursorCloseOptions` removed
+
+When calling `close()` on a `Cursor`, no more options can be provided. This removes support for the
+`skipKillCursors` option that was unused.
+
 ### Snappy v7.x.x or later and optional peerDependency
 
 `snappy` compression has been added to the package.json as a peerDependency that is **optional**.
diff --git a/src/cursor/abstract_cursor.ts b/src/cursor/abstract_cursor.ts
index 39dfc06bf9..b5fff69b30 100644
--- a/src/cursor/abstract_cursor.ts
+++ b/src/cursor/abstract_cursor.ts
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ export const CURSOR_FLAGS = [
   'partial'
 ] as const;
 
-/** @public
- * @deprecated This interface is deprecated */
-export interface CursorCloseOptions {
-  /** Bypass calling killCursors when closing the cursor. */
-  /** @deprecated  the skipKillCursors option is deprecated */
-  skipKillCursors?: boolean;
-}
-
 /** @public */
 export interface CursorStreamOptions {
   /** A transformation method applied to each document emitted by the stream */
@@ -447,18 +439,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractCursor<
   close(): Promise<void>;
   /** @deprecated Callbacks are deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. See [mongodb-legacy](https://github.com/mongodb-js/nodejs-mongodb-legacy) for migration assistance */
   close(callback: Callback): void;
-  /**
-   * @deprecated options argument is deprecated
-   */
-  close(options: CursorCloseOptions): Promise<void>;
-  /**
-   * @deprecated options argument is deprecated. Callbacks are deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. See [mongodb-legacy](https://github.com/mongodb-js/nodejs-mongodb-legacy) for migration assistance
-   */
-  close(options: CursorCloseOptions, callback: Callback): void;
-  close(options?: CursorCloseOptions | Callback, callback?: Callback): Promise<void> | void {
-    if (typeof options === 'function') (callback = options), (options = {});
-    options = options ?? {};
-
+  close(callback?: Callback): Promise<void> | void {
     const needsToEmitClosed = !this[kClosed];
     this[kClosed] = true;
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 75d9b9c7de..46a5999072 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ export type { MONGO_CLIENT_EVENTS } from './constants';
 export type {
   AbstractCursorEvents,
   AbstractCursorOptions,
-  CursorCloseOptions,
   CursorFlag,
   CursorStreamOptions
 } from './cursor/abstract_cursor';