diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69c726b29..4fdb2cb92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     - `libcontainer/configs.Thawed`
     - `libcontainer/configs.NewWeightDevice`
     - `libcontainer/configs.NewThrottleDevice`
+  - `libcontainer/configs.HookList.RunHooks` (#5141)
 
 ## [1.4.0] - 2025-11-27
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/configs/config.go b/libcontainer/configs/config.go
index 6141c018f..b8f2321c2 100644
--- a/libcontainer/configs/config.go
+++ b/libcontainer/configs/config.go
@@ -466,17 +466,6 @@ type Capabilities struct {
 	Ambient []string `json:"Ambient,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Deprecated: use [Hooks.Run] instead.
-func (hooks HookList) RunHooks(state *specs.State) error {
-	for i, h := range hooks {
-		if err := h.Run(state); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error running hook #%d: %w", i, err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (hooks *Hooks) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	var state map[HookName][]CommandHook