diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/BasePlayer.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/BasePlayer.java
index a7cbd3f7c8..93387fbfe1 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/BasePlayer.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/BasePlayer.java
@@ -191,15 +191,6 @@ public abstract class BasePlayer implements Player {
     return getNextMediaItemIndex() != C.INDEX_UNSET;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Override
-  public final void next() {
-    seekToNextMediaItem();
-  }
-
   /**
    * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
    */
diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ForwardingPlayer.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ForwardingPlayer.java
index 353450af39..9b62c46e44 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ForwardingPlayer.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ForwardingPlayer.java
@@ -388,18 +388,6 @@ public class ForwardingPlayer implements Player {
     return player.hasNextMediaItem();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Calls {@link Player#next()} on the delegate.
-   *
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
-   */
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Forwarding to deprecated method
-  @Deprecated
-  @Override
-  public void next() {
-    player.next();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Calls {@link Player#seekToNextWindow()} on the delegate.
    *
diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/Player.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/Player.java
index 312106bcde..0cc72c691a 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/Player.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/Player.java
@@ -2716,13 +2716,6 @@ public interface Player {
    */
   boolean hasNextMediaItem();
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
-   */
-  @UnstableApi
-  @Deprecated
-  void next();
-
   /**
    * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
    */
diff --git a/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/PlayerTest.java b/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/PlayerTest.java
index efd252e267..2fc747fd40 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/PlayerTest.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/test/java/androidx/media3/common/PlayerTest.java
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ public class PlayerTest {
   /**
    * This test picks a method on the {@link Player} interface that is known will never be
    * stabilised, and asserts that it is required to be implemented (therefore enforcing that {@link
-   * Player} is unstable-for-implementors). If this test fails because the {@link Player#next()}
-   * method is removed, it should be replaced with an equivalent unstable, unimplemented method.
+   * Player} is unstable-for-implementors). If this test fails because the {@link
+   * Player#seekToNextWindow()} method is removed, it should be replaced with an equivalent
+   * unstable, unimplemented method.
    */
   @Test
   public void testAtLeastOneUnstableUnimplementedMethodExists() throws Exception {
-    Method nextMethod = Player.class.getMethod("next");
-    assertThat(nextMethod.isDefault()).isFalse();
+    Method seekToNextWindowMethod = Player.class.getMethod("seekToNextWindow");
+    assertThat(seekToNextWindowMethod.isDefault()).isFalse();
   }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaController.java b/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaController.java
index 5ce87f2bfe..4ecec1d458 100644
--- a/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaController.java
+++ b/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaController.java
@@ -1549,16 +1549,6 @@ public class MediaController implements Player {
     return isConnected() && impl.hasNextMediaItem();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
-   */
-  @UnstableApi
-  @Deprecated
-  @Override
-  public final void next() {
-    seekToNextMediaItem();
-  }
-
   /**
    * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToPreviousMediaItem()} instead.
    */
diff --git a/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/PlayerWrapper.java b/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/PlayerWrapper.java
index 673ebd84c8..d23e9fb63f 100644
--- a/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/PlayerWrapper.java
+++ b/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/PlayerWrapper.java
@@ -630,14 +630,6 @@ import java.util.List;
     return super.hasNextMediaItem();
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Forwarding deprecated call
-  @Deprecated
-  @Override
-  public void next() {
-    verifyApplicationThread();
-    super.next();
-  }
-
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Forwarding deprecated call
   @Deprecated
   @Override
diff --git a/libraries/test_session_current/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MockPlayer.java b/libraries/test_session_current/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MockPlayer.java
index b97b1c030e..2a2fd835b1 100644
--- a/libraries/test_session_current/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MockPlayer.java
+++ b/libraries/test_session_current/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MockPlayer.java
@@ -1090,15 +1090,6 @@ public class MockPlayer implements Player {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToNextMediaItem()} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Override
-  public void next() {
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-  }
-
   /**
    * @deprecated Use {@link #seekToPreviousMediaItem()} instead.
    */