diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 74241f9312..43052d58d1 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -872,17 +872,6 @@ static bool common_params_parse_ex(int argc, char ** argv, common_params_context
                     arg.c_str(), e.what(), opt.to_string().c_str()));
             }
         }
-
-        // TODO: remove this check after deprecating --mmap|mlock|dio
-        auto has_arg = [&](std::initializer_list<const char *> names) {
-            return std::any_of(names.begin(), names.end(), [&](const char * name) {
-                return seen_args.count(name);
-            });
-        };
-        if (has_arg({"-lm", "--load-mode"}) &&
-            has_arg({"--mlock", "--mmap", "--no-mmap", "-dio", "--direct-io", "-ndio", "--no-direct-io"})) {
-            LOG_WRN("DEPRECATED: `--load-mode` and `--mlock`/`--mmap`/`--direct-io` should not be combined; only the last flag on the command line will take effect\n");
-        }
     };
 
     // parse all CLI args now, so that -hf is available below for remote preset resolution
@@ -2694,32 +2683,6 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             }
         ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_RPC"));
     }
-    add_opt(common_arg(
-        {"--mlock"},
-        "DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing",
-        [](common_params & params) {
-            LOG_WRN("DEPRECATED: --mlock is deprecated. use --load-mode mlock instead\n");
-            params.load_mode = LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_MLOCK;
-        }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MLOCK"));
-    add_opt(common_arg(
-        {"--mmap"},
-        {"--no-mmap"},
-        "DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)",
-        [](common_params & params, bool value) {
-            LOG_WRN("DEPRECATED: --mmap and --no-mmap are deprecated. use --load-mode mmap instead\n");
-            params.load_mode = value ? LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_MMAP : LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_NONE;
-        }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MMAP"));
-    add_opt(common_arg(
-        {"-dio", "--direct-io"},
-        {"-ndio", "--no-direct-io"},
-        "DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available",
-        [](common_params & params, bool value) {
-            LOG_WRN("DEPRECATED: --direct-io and --no-direct-io are deprecated. use --load-mode dio instead\n");
-            params.load_mode = value ? LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_DIRECT_IO : LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_NONE;
-        }
-    ).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_DIO"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-lm", "--load-mode"}, "MODE",
         "model loading mode (default: auto)\n"
diff --git a/tools/cli/README.md b/tools/cli/README.md
index efe653494d..77a5e6fe32 100644
--- a/tools/cli/README.md
+++ b/tools/cli/README.md
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 | `-dt, --defrag-thold N` | KV cache defragmentation threshold (DEPRECATED)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEFRAG_THOLD) |
 | `-np, --parallel N` | number of parallel sequences to decode (default: 1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_PARALLEL) |
 | `--rpc SERVERS` | comma-separated list of RPC servers (host:port)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_RPC) |
-| `--mlock` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MLOCK) |
-| `--mmap, --no-mmap` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) |
-| `-dio, --direct-io, -ndio, --no-direct-io` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DIO) |
 | `-lm, --load-mode MODE` | model loading mode (default: auto)<br/>- auto: mmap, unless a device does not support it<br/>- none: no special loading mode<br/>- mmap: memory-map model (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>- mlock: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- mmap+mlock: mmap + force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- dio: use DirectIO if available<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE) |
 | `-lzm, --lazy-mode MODE` | on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)<br/>- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)<br/>- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB<br/>- off: always keep them resident<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LAZY_MODE) |
 | `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |
diff --git a/tools/completion/README.md b/tools/completion/README.md
index 702a1c4c29..08485a95f5 100644
--- a/tools/completion/README.md
+++ b/tools/completion/README.md
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ llama-completion.exe -m models\gemma-1.1-7b-it.Q4_K_M.gguf --ignore-eos -n -1
 | `-dt, --defrag-thold N` | KV cache defragmentation threshold (DEPRECATED)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEFRAG_THOLD) |
 | `-np, --parallel N` | number of parallel sequences to decode (default: 1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_PARALLEL) |
 | `--rpc SERVERS` | comma-separated list of RPC servers (host:port)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_RPC) |
-| `--mlock` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MLOCK) |
-| `--mmap, --no-mmap` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) |
-| `-dio, --direct-io, -ndio, --no-direct-io` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DIO) |
 | `-lm, --load-mode MODE` | model loading mode (default: auto)<br/>- auto: mmap, unless a device does not support it<br/>- none: no special loading mode<br/>- mmap: memory-map model (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>- mlock: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- mmap+mlock: mmap + force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- dio: use DirectIO if available<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE) |
 | `-lzm, --lazy-mode MODE` | on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)<br/>- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)<br/>- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB<br/>- off: always keep them resident<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LAZY_MODE) |
 | `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |
diff --git a/tools/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp b/tools/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
index 1fff21f701..17adda3809 100644
--- a/tools/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
+++ b/tools/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
@@ -476,8 +476,6 @@ static void print_usage(int /* argc */, char ** argv) {
     printf("  -dev, --device <dev0/dev1/...>                    (default: auto)\n");
     printf("  -lm, --load-mode <auto|none|mmap|mlock|mmap+mlock|dio> (default: %s)\n", join(transform_to_str(cmd_params_defaults.load_mode, llama_load_mode_name), ",").c_str());
     printf("  -lzm, --lazy-mode <on|auto|off>                   (default: %s)\n", join(transform_to_str(cmd_params_defaults.lazy_mode, lazy_mode_str), ",").c_str());
-    printf("  -mmp, --mmap <0|1>                                (DEPRECATED IN FAVOUR OF --load-mode)\n");
-    printf("  -dio, --direct-io <0|1>                           (DEPRECATED IN FAVOUR OF --load-mode)\n");
     printf("  -embd, --embeddings <0|1>                         (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.embeddings, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -ts, --tensor-split <ts0/ts1/..>                  (default: 0)\n");
     printf("  -ot --override-tensor <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>;...\n");
@@ -883,44 +881,6 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     break;
                 }
                 params.flash_attn.insert(params.flash_attn.end(), types.begin(), types.end());
-            } else if (arg == "-mmp" || arg == "--mmap") {
-                if (++i >= argc) {
-                    invalid_param = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                LOG_WRN("DEPRECATED: -mmp and --mmap are deprecated in favour of --load-mode. Please use --load-mode mmap instead.\n");
-                auto p = string_split<bool>(argv[i], split_delim);
-
-                std::vector<llama_load_mode> modes;
-                for (const auto & m : p) {
-                    llama_load_mode mode;
-                    if (m) {
-                        mode = LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_MMAP;
-                    } else {
-                        mode = LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_NONE;
-                    }
-                    modes.push_back(mode);
-                }
-                params.load_mode.insert(params.load_mode.end(), modes.begin(), modes.end());
-            } else if (arg == "-dio" || arg == "--direct-io") {
-                if (++i >= argc) {
-                    invalid_param = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                LOG_WRN("DEPRECATED: -dio and --direct-io are deprecated in favour of --load-mode. Please use --load-mode dio instead.\n");
-                auto p = string_split<bool>(argv[i], split_delim);
-
-                std::vector<llama_load_mode> modes;
-                for (const auto & m : p) {
-                    llama_load_mode mode;
-                    if (m) {
-                        mode = LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_DIRECT_IO;
-                    } else {
-                        mode = LLAMA_LOAD_MODE_NONE;
-                    }
-                    modes.push_back(mode);
-                }
-                params.load_mode.insert(params.load_mode.end(), modes.begin(), modes.end());
             } else if (arg == "-embd" || arg == "--embeddings") {
                 if (++i >= argc) {
                     invalid_param = true;
diff --git a/tools/server/README.md b/tools/server/README.md
index 71ebb95434..1909076328 100644
--- a/tools/server/README.md
+++ b/tools/server/README.md
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ For the full list of features, please refer to [server's changelog](https://gith
 | `-ctv, --cache-type-v TYPE` | KV cache data type for V<br/>allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1<br/>(default: f16)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_V) |
 | `-dt, --defrag-thold N` | KV cache defragmentation threshold (DEPRECATED)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEFRAG_THOLD) |
 | `--rpc SERVERS` | comma-separated list of RPC servers (host:port)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_RPC) |
-| `--mlock` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MLOCK) |
-| `--mmap, --no-mmap` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: whether to memory-map model. (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMAP) |
-| `-dio, --direct-io, -ndio, --no-direct-io` | DEPRECATED in favor of `--load-mode`: use DirectIO if available<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DIO) |
 | `-lm, --load-mode MODE` | model loading mode (default: auto)<br/>- auto: mmap, unless a device does not support it<br/>- none: no special loading mode<br/>- mmap: memory-map model (if mmap disabled, slower load but may reduce pageouts if not using mlock)<br/>- mlock: force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- mmap+mlock: mmap + force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing<br/>- dio: use DirectIO if available<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LOAD_MODE) |
 | `-lzm, --lazy-mode MODE` | on-demand reading of certain tensors, for example per-layer embeddings (default: auto)<br/>- on: read the rows of such tensors from disk on demand instead of keeping them resident (requires mmap)<br/>- auto: on, but only for tensors larger than 4 GiB<br/>- off: always keep them resident<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_LAZY_MODE) |
 | `--numa TYPE` | attempt optimizations that help on some NUMA systems<br/>- distribute: spread execution evenly over all nodes<br/>- isolate: only spawn threads on CPUs on the node that execution started on<br/>- numactl: use the CPU map provided by numactl<br/>if run without this previously, it is recommended to drop the system page cache before using this<br/>see https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/1437<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NUMA) |