diff --git a/doc/source/data/api/api.rst b/doc/source/data/api/api.rst
index e0b6df24ac30a..b82d011b1d125 100644
--- a/doc/source/data/api/api.rst
+++ b/doc/source/data/api/api.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ Ray Data API
     execution_options.rst
     grouped_data.rst
     data_context.rst
-    utility.rst
     preprocessor.rst
     from_other_data_libs.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/data/api/utility.rst b/doc/source/data/api/utility.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e5d67271f38..0000000000000
--- a/doc/source/data/api/utility.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-.. _data-utility:
-
-Utility
-=======
-
-.. currentmodule:: ray.data
-
-.. autosummary::
-   :nosignatures:
-   :toctree: doc/
-
-   set_progress_bars
diff --git a/python/ray/data/__init__.py b/python/ray/data/__init__.py
index 58514478a9ae3..89d531aa2ee55 100644
--- a/python/ray/data/__init__.py
+++ b/python/ray/data/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     NodeIdStr,
 )
 from ray.data._internal.logging import configure_logging
-from ray.data._internal.progress_bar import set_progress_bars
 from ray.data.context import DataContext, DatasetContext
 from ray.data.dataset import Dataset, Schema
 from ray.data.datasource import (
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@
     "read_sql",
     "read_tfrecords",
     "read_webdataset",
-    "set_progress_bars",
     "Preprocessor",
     "TFXReadOptions",
 ]
diff --git a/python/ray/data/_internal/progress_bar.py b/python/ray/data/_internal/progress_bar.py
index 2d794bfa7cea3..805a0724ca89f 100644
--- a/python/ray/data/_internal/progress_bar.py
+++ b/python/ray/data/_internal/progress_bar.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import ray
 from ray.experimental import tqdm_ray
 from ray.types import ObjectRef
-from ray.util.annotations import Deprecated
 from ray.util.debug import log_once
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -23,24 +22,6 @@
 _canceled_threads_lock = threading.Lock()
 
 
-@Deprecated
-def set_progress_bars(enabled: bool) -> bool:
-    """Set whether progress bars are enabled.
-
-    The default behavior is controlled by the
-    ``RAY_DATA_DISABLE_PROGRESS_BARS`` environment variable. By default,
-    it is set to "0". Setting it to "1" will disable progress bars, unless
-    they are reenabled by this method.
-
-    Returns:
-        Whether progress bars were previously enabled.
-    """
-    raise DeprecationWarning(
-        "`set_progress_bars` is deprecated. Set "
-        "`ray.data.DataContext.get_current().enable_progress_bars` instead.",
-    )
-
-
 def extract_num_rows(result: Any) -> int:
     """Extract the number of rows from a result object.
 
diff --git a/python/ray/data/tests/test_progress_bar.py b/python/ray/data/tests/test_progress_bar.py
index 039ca8ee10e8c..abaaa0c0a1575 100644
--- a/python/ray/data/tests/test_progress_bar.py
+++ b/python/ray/data/tests/test_progress_bar.py
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ def enable_tqdm_ray(request):
     context.use_ray_tqdm = original_use_ray_tqdm
 
 
-def test_set_progress_bars_is_deprecated():
-    with pytest.raises(DeprecationWarning):
-        ray.data.set_progress_bars(True)
-
-
 def test_progress_bar(enable_tqdm_ray):
     total = 10
     # Used to record the total value of the bar at close