diff --git a/src/builder/arg.rs b/src/builder/arg.rs
index 583b4dfa..4f4d9f24 100644
--- a/src/builder/arg.rs
+++ b/src/builder/arg.rs
@@ -1702,24 +1702,6 @@ impl<'help> Arg<'help> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Deprecated, replaced with [`Arg::value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())`]
-    #[inline]
-    #[must_use]
-    #[cfg_attr(
-        feature = "deprecated",
-        deprecated(
-            since = "3.2.0",
-            note = "Replaced with `Arg::value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())`"
-        )
-    )]
-    pub fn forbid_empty_values(self, yes: bool) -> Self {
-        if yes {
-            self.setting(ArgSettings::ForbidEmptyValues)
-        } else {
-            self.unset_setting(ArgSettings::ForbidEmptyValues)
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Requires that options use the `--option=val` syntax
     ///
     /// i.e. an equals between the option and associated value.
@@ -4455,15 +4437,6 @@ impl<'help> Arg<'help> {
         self.is_set(ArgSettings::AllowHyphenValues)
     }
 
-    /// Deprecated, replaced with [`Arg::get_value_parser()`]
-    #[cfg_attr(
-        feature = "deprecated",
-        deprecated(since = "3.2.0", note = "Replaced with `Arg::get_value_parser()`")
-    )]
-    pub fn is_forbid_empty_values_set(&self) -> bool {
-        self.is_set(ArgSettings::ForbidEmptyValues)
-    }
-
     /// Deprecated, replaced with [`Arg::get_value_parser()`
     #[cfg_attr(
         feature = "deprecated",
diff --git a/src/builder/arg_settings.rs b/src/builder/arg_settings.rs
index 1d57fe23..88fd83fd 100644
--- a/src/builder/arg_settings.rs
+++ b/src/builder/arg_settings.rs
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ pub enum ArgSettings {
         deprecated(since = "3.1.0", note = "Replaced with `Arg::action` (Issue #3772)")
     )]
     MultipleOccurrences,
-    /// Deprecated, replaced with [`Arg::value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())`]
-    #[cfg_attr(
-        feature = "deprecated",
-        deprecated(
-            since = "3.1.0",
-            note = "Replaced with `Arg::value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())`"
-        )
-    )]
-    ForbidEmptyValues,
     /// Deprecated, replaced with [`Arg::global`] and [`Arg::is_global_set`]
     #[cfg_attr(
         feature = "deprecated",
@@ -237,7 +228,6 @@ bitflags! {
     struct Flags: u32 {
         const REQUIRED         = 1;
         const MULTIPLE_OCC     = 1 << 1;
-        const NO_EMPTY_VALS    = 1 << 2;
         const GLOBAL           = 1 << 3;
         const HIDDEN           = 1 << 4;
         const TAKES_VAL        = 1 << 5;
@@ -269,7 +259,6 @@ impl_settings! { ArgSettings, ArgFlags,
     Required => Flags::REQUIRED,
     MultipleOccurrences => Flags::MULTIPLE_OCC,
     MultipleValues => Flags::MULTIPLE_VALS,
-    ForbidEmptyValues => Flags::NO_EMPTY_VALS,
     Global => Flags::GLOBAL,
     Hidden => Flags::HIDDEN,
     TakesValue => Flags::TAKES_VAL,
diff --git a/src/builder/debug_asserts.rs b/src/builder/debug_asserts.rs
index 864b8b47..04e90523 100644
--- a/src/builder/debug_asserts.rs
+++ b/src/builder/debug_asserts.rs
@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ fn assert_arg_flags(arg: &Arg) {
     checker!(is_ignore_case_set requires is_takes_value_set);
     {
         #![allow(deprecated)]
-        checker!(is_forbid_empty_values_set requires is_takes_value_set);
         checker!(is_allow_invalid_utf8_set requires is_takes_value_set);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/error/kind.rs b/src/error/kind.rs
index 332c4ca1..1929e457 100644
--- a/src/error/kind.rs
+++ b/src/error/kind.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
     /// let res = Command::new("prog")
     ///     .arg(Arg::new("color")
     ///          .takes_value(true)
-    ///          .forbid_empty_values(true)
+    ///          .value_parser(clap::builder::NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())
     ///          .long("color"))
     ///     .try_get_matches_from(vec!["prog", "--color="]);
     /// assert!(res.is_err());
diff --git a/src/parser/validator.rs b/src/parser/validator.rs
index ebf2b234..d1242d62 100644
--- a/src/parser/validator.rs
+++ b/src/parser/validator.rs
@@ -114,21 +114,6 @@ impl<'help, 'cmd> Validator<'help, 'cmd> {
                     ));
                 }
             }
-            {
-                #![allow(deprecated)]
-                if arg.is_forbid_empty_values_set() && val.is_empty() {
-                    debug!("Validator::validate_arg_values: illegal empty val found");
-                    return Err(Error::empty_value(
-                        self.cmd,
-                        &get_possible_values(arg)
-                            .iter()
-                            .filter(|pv| !pv.is_hide_set())
-                            .map(PossibleValue::get_name)
-                            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
-                        arg.to_string(),
-                    ));
-                }
-            }
 
             if let Some(ref vtor) = arg.validator {
                 debug!("Validator::validate_arg_values: checking validator...");