diff --git a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
index a248c0fd7c960..0c9aeb0d32f2c 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
+++ b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PHP 8.6 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
   . ZSTR_INIT_LITERAL(), zend_string_starts_with_literal(), and
     zend_string_starts_with_literal_ci() now support strings containing NUL
     bytes. Passing non-literal char* is no longer supported.
+  . The misnamed ZVAL_IS_NULL() has been removed. Use Z_ISNULL() instead.
 
 ========================
 2. Build system changes
diff --git a/Zend/zend_API.h b/Zend/zend_API.h
index fa8b52c734c16..f3a56eff95079 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_API.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_API.h
@@ -1066,7 +1066,6 @@ static zend_always_inline bool zend_char_has_nul_byte(const char *s, size_t know
 #define RETURN_THROWS()					do { ZEND_ASSERT(EG(exception)); (void) return_value; return; } while (0)
 
 #define HASH_OF(p) (Z_TYPE_P(p)==IS_ARRAY ? Z_ARRVAL_P(p) : ((Z_TYPE_P(p)==IS_OBJECT ? Z_OBJ_HT_P(p)->get_properties(Z_OBJ_P(p)) : NULL)))
-#define ZVAL_IS_NULL(z) (Z_TYPE_P(z) == IS_NULL)
 
 /* For compatibility */
 #define ZEND_MINIT			ZEND_MODULE_STARTUP_N