diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb5cae31a..1aeb57e38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### libcontainer API
+- The deprecated `libcontainer/userns` package has been removed; use
+  `github.com/moby/sys/userns` instead.
+
 ## [1.4.0-rc.1] - 2025-09-05
 
 > おめェもボスになったんだろぉ？
diff --git a/libcontainer/userns/userns_deprecated.go b/libcontainer/userns/userns_deprecated.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d328d0f2..000000000
--- a/libcontainer/userns/userns_deprecated.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Package userns provides tools for dealing with user namespaces.
-//
-// Deprecated: use github.com/moby/sys/userns
-package userns
-
-import "github.com/moby/sys/userns"
-
-// RunningInUserNS detects whether we are currently running in a Linux
-// user namespace and memoizes the result. It returns false on non-Linux
-// platforms.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [userns.RunningInUserNS].
-func RunningInUserNS() bool {
-	return userns.RunningInUserNS()
-}