From 6e833580335e5452855923310b3301ab8a2fd2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dirrao <dirisala.gopal@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:57:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] decorators deprecated apply_defaults removal

---
 airflow/sensors/base.py     |  5 -----
 airflow/utils/decorators.py | 34 +---------------------------------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/airflow/sensors/base.py b/airflow/sensors/base.py
index 7df76fae52883..8efcc5da4179b 100644
--- a/airflow/sensors/base.py
+++ b/airflow/sensors/base.py
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
 from airflow.models.taskreschedule import TaskReschedule
 from airflow.ti_deps.deps.ready_to_reschedule import ReadyToRescheduleDep
 from airflow.utils import timezone
-
-# We need to keep the import here because GCSToLocalFilesystemOperator released in
-# Google Provider before 3.0.0 imported apply_defaults from here.
-# See  https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/16035
-from airflow.utils.decorators import apply_defaults  # noqa: F401
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/airflow/utils/decorators.py b/airflow/utils/decorators.py
index 77a5eddaf0888..4cad5ab9e6073 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/decorators.py
@@ -18,44 +18,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys
-import warnings
 from collections import deque
-from functools import wraps
-from typing import Callable, TypeVar, cast
-
-from airflow.exceptions import RemovedInAirflow3Warning
+from typing import Callable, TypeVar
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=Callable)
 
 
-def apply_defaults(func: T) -> T:
-    """
-    Use apply_default decorator for the `default_args` feature to work properly; deprecated.
-
-    In previous versions, all subclasses of BaseOperator must use apply_default decorator for the"
-    `default_args` feature to work properly.
-
-    In current version, it is optional. The decorator is applied automatically using the metaclass.
-    """
-    warnings.warn(
-        "This decorator is deprecated. \n"
-        "\n"
-        "In previous versions, all subclasses of BaseOperator must use apply_default decorator for the "
-        "`default_args` feature to work properly.\n"
-        "\n"
-        "In current version, it is optional. The decorator is applied automatically using the metaclass.\n",
-        RemovedInAirflow3Warning,
-        stacklevel=3,
-    )
-
-    # Make it still be a wrapper to keep the previous behaviour of an extra stack frame
-    @wraps(func)
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    return cast(T, wrapper)
-
-
 def remove_task_decorator(python_source: str, task_decorator_name: str) -> str:
     """
     Remove @task or similar decorators as well as @setup and @teardown.

From f4fc39c0c6e92a24747a59ec0f0111cec596e380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dirrao <dirisala.gopal@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:03:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] news fragment added

---
 newsfragments/41579.significant.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/41579.significant.rst

diff --git a/newsfragments/41579.significant.rst b/newsfragments/41579.significant.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1aae04e2be13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/41579.significant.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed deprecated ``apply_defaults`` function from ``airflow/utils/decorators.py``.