diff --git a/benchmark/misc/util-extend-vs-object-assign.js b/benchmark/misc/util-extend-vs-object-assign.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e2ac0a5417e489..00000000000000
--- a/benchmark/misc/util-extend-vs-object-assign.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common.js');
-const util = require('util');
-
-const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
-  type: ['extend', 'assign'],
-  n: [10e4],
-});
-
-function main({ n, type }) {
-  let fn;
-  if (type === 'extend') {
-    fn = util._extend;
-  } else if (type === 'assign') {
-    fn = Object.assign;
-  }
-
-  // Force-optimize the method to test so that the benchmark doesn't
-  // get disrupted by the optimizer kicking in halfway through.
-  for (let i = 0; i < type.length * 10; i += 1)
-    fn({}, process.env);
-
-  const obj = new Proxy({}, { set: function(a, b, c) { return true; } });
-
-  bench.start();
-  for (let j = 0; j < n; j += 1)
-    fn(obj, process.env);
-  bench.end(n);
-}
diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index 95a237326f7f49..8a0d7584f11842 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -1540,6 +1540,9 @@ npx codemod@latest @nodejs/util-log-to-console-log
 
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/60812
+    description: End-of-Life.
   - version: v22.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/50488
     description: Runtime deprecation.
@@ -1551,7 +1554,7 @@ changes:
     description: Documentation-only deprecation.
 -->
 
-Type: Runtime
+Type: End-of-Life
 
 The [`util._extend()`][] API is deprecated because it's an unmaintained
 legacy API that was exposed to user land by accident.
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 7c75615e5c70da..7802f70cfc94ac 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -236,26 +236,6 @@ function inherits(ctor, superCtor) {
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf(ctor.prototype, superCtor.prototype);
 }
 
-/**
- * @deprecated since v6.0.0
- * @template T
- * @template S
- * @param {T} target
- * @param {S} source
- * @returns {(T & S) | null}
- */
-function _extend(target, source) {
-  // Don't do anything if source isn't an object
-  if (source === null || typeof source !== 'object') return target;
-
-  const keys = ObjectKeys(source);
-  let i = keys.length;
-  while (i--) {
-    target[keys[i]] = source[keys[i]];
-  }
-  return target;
-}
-
 const callbackifyOnRejected = (reason, cb) => {
   // `!reason` guard inspired by bluebird (Ref: https://goo.gl/t5IS6M).
   // Because `null` is a special error value in callbacks which means "no error
@@ -468,9 +448,6 @@ function deprecate(fn, msg, code, { modifyPrototype } = {}) {
 module.exports = {
   _errnoException,
   _exceptionWithHostPort,
-  _extend: internalDeprecate(_extend,
-                             'The `util._extend` API is deprecated. Please use Object.assign() instead.',
-                             'DEP0060'),
   callbackify,
   debug: debuglog,
   debuglog,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/tls-connect.js b/test/fixtures/tls-connect.js
index 51c0b328e97e27..107bdf87bd4a8d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/tls-connect.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/tls-connect.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ exports.connect = function connect(options, callback) {
     }).listen(0, function() {
       server.server = this;
 
-      const optClient = util._extend({
+      const optClient = Object.assign({
         port: this.address().port,
       }, options.client);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util.js b/test/parallel/test-util.js
index 1ecddc829a0fdb..e544a2c07c6d88 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util.js
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ assert.strictEqual(util.isArray(/regexp/), false);
 assert.strictEqual(util.isArray(new Error()), false);
 assert.strictEqual(util.isArray({ __proto__: Array.prototype }), false);
 
-// _extend
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1 }), { a: 1 });
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1 }, []), { a: 1 });
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1 }, null), { a: 1 });
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1 }, true), { a: 1 });
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1 }, false), { a: 1 });
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }), { a: 1, b: 2 });
-assert.deepStrictEqual(util._extend({ a: 1, b: 2 }, { b: 3 }), { a: 1, b: 3 });
-
 assert.strictEqual(util.toUSVString('string\ud801'), 'string\ufffd');
 
 {