diff --git a/source/characterProcessing.py b/source/characterProcessing.py
index b5070f79561..f05c58d53a6 100644
--- a/source/characterProcessing.py
+++ b/source/characterProcessing.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This file is covered by the GNU General Public License.
 # See the file COPYING for more details.
 
-from versionInfo import version_year
 from enum import IntEnum
 import os
 import codecs
@@ -136,15 +135,6 @@ class SymbolLevel(IntEnum):
 	UNCHANGED = -1
 
 
-# The following SYMLVL_ constants are deprecated in #11856 but remain to maintain backwards compatibility.
-# Remove these in 2022.1 and replace instances using them with the SymbolLevel IntEnum.
-if version_year < 2022:
-	SYMLVL_NONE = SymbolLevel.NONE
-	SYMLVL_SOME = SymbolLevel.SOME
-	SYMLVL_MOST = SymbolLevel.MOST
-	SYMLVL_ALL = SymbolLevel.ALL
-	SYMLVL_CHAR = SymbolLevel.CHAR
-
 SPEECH_SYMBOL_LEVEL_LABELS = {
 	# Translators: The level at which the given symbol will be spoken.
 	SymbolLevel.NONE: pgettext("symbolLevel", "none"),
diff --git a/user_docs/en/changes.t2t b/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
index 84b6c7b689f..e8edb748cbd 100644
--- a/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
+++ b/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ This ensures code will honor the Windows user setting for swapping the primary m
 - ``winVersion.WIN10_RELEASE_NAME_TO_BUILDS`` is removed. (#13211)
 - SCons now builds with multiple concurrent jobs, equal to the number of logical processors in the system.
 This can dramatically decrease build times on multi core systems. (#13226)
+- ``characterProcessing.SYMLVL_*`` constants are removed - please use ``characterProcessing.SymbolLevel.*`` instead. (#13248)
 -