diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb
index 083b165dce..84d5e95e7a 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-require 'active_support/deprecation'
+# cattr_* became mattr_* aliases in 7dfbd91b0780fbd6a1dd9bfbc176e10894871d2d,
+# but we keep this around for libraries that directly require it knowing they
+# want cattr_*. No need to deprecate.
 require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors'
-
-ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
-  "The cattr_* method definitions have been moved into active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors. Please require that instead."
-)