diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0b5ba855a..857a7d308 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ install_requires =
     httpx>=0.26.0,<0.29.0
     validators>=0.34.0,<1.0.0
     authlib>=1.6.7,<2.0.0
-    # When bumping authlib to >=2.0.0, remove the `authlib.jose` deprecation
-    # warning filter implemented in `weaviate/_authlib_compat.py`.
     pydantic>=2.12.0,<3.0.0
     grpcio>=1.59.5,<1.80.0
     protobuf>=4.21.6,<7.0.0
diff --git a/weaviate/__init__.py b/weaviate/__init__.py
index f3b38dab5..2e7e5e58b 100644
--- a/weaviate/__init__.py
+++ b/weaviate/__init__.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from typing import Any
 
-from . import _authlib_compat  # noqa: F401  # side-effect: silence authlib.jose deprecation
-
 try:
     __version__ = version("weaviate-client")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
diff --git a/weaviate/_authlib_compat.py b/weaviate/_authlib_compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 402b169be..000000000
--- a/weaviate/_authlib_compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-"""Suppress the ``authlib.jose`` deprecation warning emitted by authlib >=1.7.0.
-
-authlib registers ``simplefilter("always", AuthlibDeprecationWarning)`` at import time,
-so we must import the category first to insert our filter in front of it.
-
-Remove this module (and its import in ``weaviate/__init__.py``) once the ``authlib``
-pin in ``setup.cfg`` moves to ``>=2.0.0``.
-"""
-
-import warnings
-
-from authlib.deprecate import AuthlibDeprecationWarning
-
-warnings.filterwarnings(
-    "ignore",
-    message=r"^authlib\.jose module is deprecated",
-    category=AuthlibDeprecationWarning,
-)