MAINT Clean up deprecations for 1.5: delayed import path
diff --git a/sklearn/utils/fixes.py b/sklearn/utils/fixes.py
index 1b34a3fe1ffbc..e33519a3154d8 100644
--- a/sklearn/utils/fixes.py
+++ b/sklearn/utils/fixes.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import sklearn
 
 from ..externals._packaging.version import parse as parse_version
-from .deprecation import deprecated
 
 _IS_PYPY = platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy"
 _IS_32BIT = 8 * struct.calcsize("P") == 32
@@ -134,16 +133,6 @@ def threadpool_info():
 threadpool_info.__doc__ = threadpoolctl.threadpool_info.__doc__
 
 
-@deprecated(
-    "The function `delayed` has been moved from `sklearn.utils.fixes` to "
-    "`sklearn.utils.parallel`. This import path will be removed in 1.5."
-)
-def delayed(function):
-    from sklearn.utils.parallel import delayed
-
-    return delayed(function)
-
-
 # TODO: Remove when SciPy 1.11 is the minimum supported version
 def _mode(a, axis=0):
     if sp_version >= parse_version("1.9.0"):
diff --git a/sklearn/utils/tests/test_fixes.py b/sklearn/utils/tests/test_fixes.py
index 60c57bbbaaa52..c312b8568c4c6 100644
--- a/sklearn/utils/tests/test_fixes.py
+++ b/sklearn/utils/tests/test_fixes.py
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from sklearn.utils._testing import assert_array_equal
-from sklearn.utils.fixes import (
-    _object_dtype_isnan,
-    _smallest_admissible_index_dtype,
-    delayed,
-)
+from sklearn.utils.fixes import _object_dtype_isnan, _smallest_admissible_index_dtype
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype, val", ([object, 1], [object, "a"], [float, 1]))
@@ -25,17 +21,6 @@ def test_object_dtype_isnan(dtype, val):
     assert_array_equal(mask, expected_mask)
 
 
-def test_delayed_deprecation():
-    """Check that we issue the FutureWarning regarding the deprecation of delayed."""
-
-    def func(x):
-        return x
-
-    warn_msg = "The function `delayed` has been moved from `sklearn.utils.fixes`"
-    with pytest.warns(FutureWarning, match=warn_msg):
-        delayed(func)
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "params, expected_dtype",
     [

removed deprecated import path for the ``delayed`` function.