diff --git a/swh/provenance/cli.py b/swh/provenance/cli.py
--- a/swh/provenance/cli.py
+++ b/swh/provenance/cli.py
@@ -105,19 +105,6 @@
         atexit.register(exit)
 
 
-@cli.command(name="create", deprecated=True)
-@click.option("--maintenance-db", default=None)
-@click.option("--drop/--no-drop", "drop_db", default=False)
-@click.pass_context
-def create(ctx, maintenance_db, drop_db):
-    """Deprecated, please use:
-      swh db create provenance
-    and
-      swh db init provenance
-    instead.
-    """
-
-
 @cli.command(name="iter-revisions")
 @click.argument("filename")
 @click.option("-a", "--track-all", default=True, type=bool)
diff --git a/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py b/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py
--- a/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/swh/provenance/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 import psycopg2
 import pytest
-import yaml
 
 from swh.core.cli import swh as swhmain
 import swh.core.cli.db  # noqa ; ensure cli is loaded
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
     assert "Commands:" in result.output
     commands = result.output.split("Commands:")[1]
     for command in (
-        "create",
         "find-all",
         "find-first",
         "iter-origins",
@@ -29,22 +27,6 @@
         assert f"  {command} " in commands
 
 
-def test_cli_create_deprecated(provenance_db, tmp_path):
-    conffile = tmp_path / "config.yml"
-    conf = {
-        "provenance": {
-            "cls": "local",
-            "with_path": True,
-        },
-    }
-    yaml.dump(conf, conffile.open("w"))
-    result = CliRunner().invoke(
-        swhmain, ["provenance", "--config-file", str(conffile), "create", "--drop"]
-    )
-    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
-    assert "DeprecationWarning" in result.output
-
-
 TABLES = {
     "dbflavor",
     "dbversion",