diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/arena.h b/src/google/protobuf/arena.h
index 0b3208a180..a3cd7b7654 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/arena.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/arena.h
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ class PROTOBUF_EXPORT PROTOBUF_ALIGNAS(8) Arena final {
 
   inline ~Arena() = default;
 
-#ifndef PROTOBUF_FUTURE_CREATE_MESSAGE
-  // Deprecated. Use Create<T> instead.
+  // Deprecated. Use Create<T> instead. TODO: depreate OSS version
+  // once internal migration to Arena::Create is done.
   template <typename T, typename... Args>
   ABSL_DEPRECATED("Use Create")
   static T* CreateMessage(Arena* arena, Args&&... args) {
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ class PROTOBUF_EXPORT PROTOBUF_ALIGNAS(8) Arena final {
         "CreateMessage can only construct types that are ArenaConstructable");
     return Create<Type>(arena, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
   }
-#endif  // !PROTOBUF_FUTURE_CREATE_MESSAGE
 
   // Allocates an object type T if the arena passed in is not nullptr;
   // otherwise, returns a heap-allocated object.
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc b/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc
index a46c7b018f..52fa1b315b 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/port_def.inc
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ static_assert(PROTOBUF_ABSL_MIN(20230125, 3),
 // Owner: shaod@, gberg@
 #define PROTOBUF_FUTURE_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENSION_DECL 1
 
-// Removes Arena::CreateMessage, as Arena::Create is equivalent
-// Owner: ckennelly@, mkruskal@
-#define PROTOBUF_FUTURE_CREATE_MESSAGE 1
-
 #endif
 
 #ifdef PROTOBUF_FUTURE_STRING_VIEW_RETURN_TYPE
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc b/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc
index 1434617257..0855b44c7f 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/port_undef.inc
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 #undef PROTOBUF_FUTURE_BREAKING_CHANGES
 #undef PROTOBUF_FUTURE_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENSION_DECL
 #undef PROTOBUF_FUTURE_STRING_VIEW_RETURN_TYPE
-#undef PROTOBUF_FUTURE_CREATE_MESSAGE
 #endif
 
 // Restore macros that may have been #undef'd in port_def.inc.