diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8464.user_action b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8464.user_action
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4845acc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8464.user_action
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Following a deprecation period, it's no longer possible to use ``MASTER``
+or ``master`` as configuration section in ``setup.cfg`` or ``tox.ini``. It's bad practice
+to not start sections titles with the tool name. Please use ``pylint.main`` instead.
+
+Refs #8464
diff --git a/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py b/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py
index 019f9b7380..ebb74b42be 100644
--- a/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py
+++ b/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import configparser
 import os
 import sys
-import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
@@ -41,23 +40,13 @@ def _parse_ini_file(self, file_path: Path) -> tuple[dict[str, str], list[str]]:
 
         config_content: dict[str, str] = {}
         options: list[str] = []
+        ini_file_with_sections = self._ini_file_with_sections(file_path)
         for section in parser.sections():
-            if self._ini_file_with_sections(file_path) and not section.startswith(
-                "pylint"
-            ):
-                if section.lower() == "master":
-                    # TODO: 3.0: Remove deprecated handling of master, only allow 'pylint.' sections
-                    warnings.warn(
-                        "The use of 'MASTER' or 'master' as configuration section for pylint "
-                        "has been deprecated, as it's bad practice to not start sections titles "
-                        "with the tool name. Please use 'pylint.main' instead.",
-                        UserWarning,
-                    )
-                else:
-                    continue
-            for opt, value in parser[section].items():
-                config_content[opt] = value
-                options += [f"--{opt}", value]
+            if ini_file_with_sections and not section.startswith("pylint"):
+                continue
+            for option, value in parser[section].items():
+                config_content[option] = value
+                options += [f"--{option}", value]
         return config_content, options
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/config/functional/setup_cfg/deprecate_master/setup.cfg b/tests/config/functional/setup_cfg/deprecate_master/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index fd63816469..0000000000
--- a/tests/config/functional/setup_cfg/deprecate_master/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Test the deprecation of MASTER
-[MASTER]
-persistent=no
diff --git a/tests/config/functional/setup_cfg/deprecate_master/setup.result.json b/tests/config/functional/setup_cfg/deprecate_master/setup.result.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b66b785988..0000000000
--- a/tests/config/functional/setup_cfg/deprecate_master/setup.result.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "persistent": false
-}