celery · thedrow · Sep 23, 2020 · Sep 23, 2020
diff --git a/celery/backends/amqp.py b/celery/backends/amqp.py
diff --git a/docs/internals/reference/celery.backends.amqp.rst b/docs/internals/reference/celery.backends.amqp.rst
diff --git a/docs/internals/reference/index.rst b/docs/internals/reference/index.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     celery.backends.azureblockblob
     celery.backends.rpc
     celery.backends.database
-    celery.backends.amqp
     celery.backends.cache
     celery.backends.consul
     celery.backends.couchdb

diff --git a/docs/whatsnew-5.0.rst b/docs/whatsnew-5.0.rst
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ We apologize for the lack of notice in advance but we feel that the chance
 you'll be affected by this breaking change is minimal which is why we
 did it.
 
+AMQP Result Backend
+-------------------
+
+The AMQP result backend has been removed as it was deprecated in version 4.0.
+
 .. _new_command_line_interface:
 
 New Command Line Interface

diff --git a/t/unit/app/test_backends.py b/t/unit/app/test_backends.py
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@
 import pytest
 
 from celery.app import backends
-from celery.backends.amqp import AMQPBackend
 from celery.backends.cache import CacheBackend
 from celery.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 
 class test_backends:
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('url,expect_cls', [
-        ('amqp://', AMQPBackend),
         ('cache+memory://', CacheBackend),
     ])
     def test_get_backend_aliases(self, url, expect_cls, app):