Remove deprecated record_xml_property

Fix #4547

changelog/4547.removal.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The deprecated ``record_xml_property`` fixture has been removed, use the more generic ``record_property`` instead.
+
+See our `docs <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#record-xml-property>`__ for more information.

doc/en/deprecations.rst

@@ -149,28 +149,6 @@ As part of a large :ref:`marker-revamp`, :meth:`_pytest.nodes.Node.get_marker` i
 :ref:`the documentation <update marker code>` on tips on how to update your code.
 
 
-record_xml_property
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. deprecated:: 3.5
-
-The ``record_xml_property`` fixture is now deprecated in favor of the more generic ``record_property``, which
-can be used by other consumers (for example ``pytest-html``) to obtain custom information about the test run.
-
-This is just a matter of renaming the fixture as the API is the same:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    def test_foo(record_xml_property):
-        ...
-
-Change to:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    def test_foo(record_property):
-        ...
-
 pytest_plugins in non-top-level conftest files
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -353,6 +331,28 @@ more information.
 
 This has been documented as deprecated for years, but only now we are actually emitting deprecation warnings.
 
+record_xml_property
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+*Removed in version 4.0.*
+
+The ``record_xml_property`` fixture is now deprecated in favor of the more generic ``record_property``, which
+can be used by other consumers (for example ``pytest-html``) to obtain custom information about the test run.
+
+This is just a matter of renaming the fixture as the API is the same:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def test_foo(record_xml_property):
+        ...
+
+Change to:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def test_foo(record_property):
+        ...
+
 ``yield`` tests
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

src/_pytest/deprecated.py

@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ WARNS_EXEC = PytestDeprecationWarning(
     "See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#raises-warns-exec"
 )
 
-RECORD_XML_PROPERTY = RemovedInPytest4Warning(
-    'Fixture renamed from "record_xml_property" to "record_property" as user '
-    "properties are now available to all reporters.\n"
-    '"record_xml_property" is now deprecated.'
-)
-
 
 PYTEST_PLUGINS_FROM_NON_TOP_LEVEL_CONFTEST = RemovedInPytest4Warning(
     "Defining pytest_plugins in a non-top-level conftest is deprecated, "

src/_pytest/junitxml.py

@@ -263,16 +263,6 @@ def record_property(request):
     return append_property
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def record_xml_property(record_property, request):
-    """(Deprecated) use record_property."""
-    from _pytest import deprecated
-
-    request.node.warn(deprecated.RECORD_XML_PROPERTY)
-
-    return record_property
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def record_xml_attribute(request):
     """Add extra xml attributes to the tag for the calling test.