diff --git a/elasticapm/conf/__init__.py b/elasticapm/conf/__init__.py
index 6d19eb96c..45b4db5a2 100644
--- a/elasticapm/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticapm/conf/__init__.py
@@ -887,11 +887,6 @@ def setup_logging(handler):
     >>> client = ElasticAPM(...)
     >>> setup_logging(LoggingHandler(client))
 
-    Within Django:
-
-    >>> from elasticapm.contrib.django.handlers import LoggingHandler
-    >>> setup_logging(LoggingHandler())
-
     Returns a boolean based on if logging was configured or not.
     """
     # TODO We should probably revisit this. Does it make more sense as
diff --git a/elasticapm/contrib/django/handlers.py b/elasticapm/contrib/django/handlers.py
index c980acc4f..550cfae87 100644
--- a/elasticapm/contrib/django/handlers.py
+++ b/elasticapm/contrib/django/handlers.py
@@ -31,44 +31,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import logging
 import sys
 import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings as django_settings
 
-from elasticapm import get_client
-from elasticapm.handlers.logging import LoggingHandler as BaseLoggingHandler
-from elasticapm.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-logger = get_logger("elasticapm.logging")
-
-
-class LoggingHandler(BaseLoggingHandler):
-    def __init__(self, level=logging.NOTSET) -> None:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The LoggingHandler is deprecated and will be removed in v7.0 of the agent. "
-            "Please use `log_ecs_reformatting` and ship the logs with Elastic "
-            "Agent or Filebeat instead. "
-            "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/python/current/logs.html",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-        # skip initialization of BaseLoggingHandler
-        logging.Handler.__init__(self, level=level)
-
-    @property
-    def client(self):
-        return get_client()
-
-    def _emit(self, record, **kwargs):
-        from elasticapm.contrib.django.middleware import LogMiddleware
-
-        # Fetch the request from a threadlocal variable, if available
-        request = getattr(LogMiddleware.thread, "request", None)
-        request = getattr(record, "request", request)
-
-        return super(LoggingHandler, self)._emit(record, request=request, **kwargs)
-
 
 def exception_handler(client, request=None, **kwargs):
     def actually_do_stuff(request=None, **kwargs) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py b/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py
index 535729bcf..ad88e462e 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 from elasticapm.conf.constants import ERROR, SPAN, TRANSACTION
 from elasticapm.contrib.django.apps import ElasticAPMConfig
 from elasticapm.contrib.django.client import client, get_client
-from elasticapm.contrib.django.handlers import LoggingHandler
 from elasticapm.contrib.django.middleware.wsgi import ElasticAPM
 from elasticapm.utils.disttracing import TraceParent
 from tests.contrib.django.conftest import BASE_TEMPLATE_DIR
@@ -410,25 +409,6 @@ def test_ignored_exception_is_ignored(django_elasticapm_client, client):
     assert len(django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR]) == 0
 
 
-def test_record_none_exc_info(django_elasticapm_client):
-    # sys.exc_info can return (None, None, None) if no exception is being
-    # handled anywhere on the stack. See:
-    #  http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.exc_info
-    record = logging.LogRecord(
-        "foo", logging.INFO, pathname=None, lineno=None, msg="test", args=(), exc_info=(None, None, None)
-    )
-    handler = LoggingHandler()
-    handler.emit(record)
-
-    assert len(django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR]) == 1
-    event = django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR][0]
-
-    assert event["log"]["param_message"] == "test"
-    assert event["log"]["logger_name"] == "foo"
-    assert event["log"]["level"] == "info"
-    assert "exception" not in event
-
-
 def test_404_middleware(django_elasticapm_client, client):
     with override_settings(
         **middleware_setting(django.VERSION, ["elasticapm.contrib.django.middleware.Catch404Middleware"])
@@ -1032,54 +1012,6 @@ def test_filter_matches_module_only(django_sending_elasticapm_client):
     assert len(django_sending_elasticapm_client.httpserver.requests) == 1
 
 
-def test_django_logging_request_kwarg(django_elasticapm_client):
-    handler = LoggingHandler()
-
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    logger.handlers = []
-    logger.addHandler(handler)
-
-    logger.error(
-        "This is a test error",
-        extra={
-            "request": WSGIRequest(
-                environ={
-                    "wsgi.input": io.StringIO(),
-                    "REQUEST_METHOD": "POST",
-                    "SERVER_NAME": "testserver",
-                    "SERVER_PORT": "80",
-                    "CONTENT_TYPE": "application/json",
-                    "ACCEPT": "application/json",
-                }
-            )
-        },
-    )
-
-    assert len(django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR]) == 1
-    event = django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR][0]
-    assert "request" in event["context"]
-    request = event["context"]["request"]
-    assert request["method"] == "POST"
-
-
-def test_django_logging_middleware(django_elasticapm_client, client):
-    handler = LoggingHandler()
-
-    logger = logging.getLogger("logmiddleware")
-    logger.handlers = []
-    logger.addHandler(handler)
-    logger.level = logging.INFO
-
-    with override_settings(
-        **middleware_setting(django.VERSION, ["elasticapm.contrib.django.middleware.LogMiddleware"])
-    ):
-        client.get(reverse("elasticapm-logging"))
-    assert len(django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR]) == 1
-    event = django_elasticapm_client.events[ERROR][0]
-    assert "request" in event["context"]
-    assert event["context"]["request"]["url"]["pathname"] == reverse("elasticapm-logging")
-
-
 def client_get(client, url):
     return client.get(url)