diff --git a/docs/deprecations.rst b/docs/deprecations.rst
index a9498d5ed5e..cafda38032a 100644
--- a/docs/deprecations.rst
+++ b/docs/deprecations.rst
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ Removed features
 Deprecated features are only removed in major releases after an appropriate
 period of deprecation has passed.
 
+TiffImagePlugin IFD_LEGACY_API
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. versionremoved:: 11.0.0
+
+``TiffImagePlugin.IFD_LEGACY_API`` was removed, as it was an unused setting.
+
 PSFile
 ~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/11.0.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/11.0.0.rst
index ac9237acf78..f0d864f6a3c 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/11.0.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/11.0.0.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ removed. Pillow's C API will now be used on PyPy instead.
 ``Image.USE_CFFI_ACCESS``, for switching from the C API to PyAccess, was
 similarly removed.
 
+TiffImagePlugin IFD_LEGACY_API
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+An unused setting, ``TiffImagePlugin.IFD_LEGACY_API``, has been removed.
+
 Deprecations
 ============
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 88f75ce8eef..87d9677e0dc 100644
--- a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 # Set these to true to force use of libtiff for reading or writing.
 READ_LIBTIFF = False
 WRITE_LIBTIFF = False
-IFD_LEGACY_API = True
 STRIP_SIZE = 65536
 
 II = b"II"  # little-endian (Intel style)
@@ -1125,7 +1124,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, tag: int) -> Any:
         return val
 
 
-# undone -- switch this pointer when IFD_LEGACY_API == False
+# undone -- switch this pointer
 ImageFileDirectory = ImageFileDirectory_v1