diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersion.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersion.java
index f07f6a8aaeddc..65b13bf9bd2e5 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersion.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersion.java
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ private static void validateProtobufGencodeVersionImpl(
               "Detected incompatible Protobuf Gencode/Runtime versions when loading %s: gencode %s,"
                   + " runtime %s. Runtime version cannot be older than the linked gencode version.",
               location, gencodeVersionString, VERSION_STRING));
-    } else if (MINOR > minor || PATCH > patch) {
-      logger.warning(
-          String.format(
-              " Protobuf gencode version %s is older than the runtime version %s at %s. Please"
-                  + " avoid checked-in Protobuf gencode that can be obsolete.",
-              gencodeVersionString, VERSION_STRING, location));
     }
 
     // Check that runtime version suffix is the same as the gencode version suffix.
diff --git a/java/core/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersionTest.java b/java/core/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersionTest.java
index e2fae7d219321..1714ce42ed0a5 100644
--- a/java/core/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersionTest.java
+++ b/java/core/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/RuntimeVersionTest.java
@@ -146,23 +146,6 @@ public void versionValidation_differentVesionSuffixDisallowed() {
                 + " testing.Foo");
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void versionValidation_warnOlderGencodeVersion() {
-    TestUtil.TestLogHandler logHandler = new TestUtil.TestLogHandler();
-    Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RuntimeVersion.class.getName());
-    logger.addHandler(logHandler);
-    RuntimeVersion.validateProtobufGencodeVersion(
-        RuntimeVersion.DOMAIN,
-        RuntimeVersion.MAJOR,
-        RuntimeVersion.MINOR - 1,
-        RuntimeVersion.PATCH,
-        RuntimeVersion.SUFFIX,
-        "dummy");
-    assertThat(logHandler.getStoredLogRecords()).hasSize(1);
-    assertThat(logHandler.getStoredLogRecords().get(0).getMessage())
-        .contains("Please avoid checked-in Protobuf gencode that can be obsolete.");
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void versionValidation_gencodeOneMajorVersionOlderWarning() {
     TestUtil.TestLogHandler logHandler = new TestUtil.TestLogHandler();
diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/internal/runtime_version_test.py b/python/google/protobuf/internal/runtime_version_test.py
index fcede1430a5a8..5e96c91aa4207 100644
--- a/python/google/protobuf/internal/runtime_version_test.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/internal/runtime_version_test.py
@@ -118,22 +118,6 @@ def test_different_suffix_disallowed(self):
           'foo.proto',
       )
 
-  def test_gencode_older_than_runtime_version_warning(self):
-    with self.assertWarnsRegex(
-        Warning,
-        expected_regex=(
-            'Please avoid checked-in Protobuf gencode that can be obsolete.'
-        ),
-    ):
-      runtime_version.ValidateProtobufRuntimeVersion(
-          runtime_version.DOMAIN,
-          runtime_version.MAJOR,
-          runtime_version.MINOR - 1,
-          runtime_version.PATCH,
-          runtime_version.SUFFIX,
-          'foo.proto',
-      )
-
   def test_gencode_one_major_version_older_warning(self):
     with self.assertWarnsRegex(
         Warning, expected_regex='is exactly one major version older'
diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/runtime_version.py b/python/google/protobuf/runtime_version.py
index 2fb7f79e2793d..936d72c364fb9 100644
--- a/python/google/protobuf/runtime_version.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/runtime_version.py
@@ -108,12 +108,6 @@ def ValidateProtobufRuntimeVersion(
         f' {location}: gencode {gen_version} runtime {version}. Runtime version'
         f' cannot be older than the linked gencode version. {error_prompt}'
     )
-  elif MINOR > gen_minor or PATCH > gen_patch:
-    warnings.warn(
-        'Protobuf gencode version %s is older than the runtime version %s at'
-        ' %s. Please avoid checked-in Protobuf gencode that can be obsolete.'
-        % (gen_version, version, location)
-    )
 
   if gen_suffix != SUFFIX:
     _ReportVersionError(