diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
index 338e2d6346b533082eb9d6da26b46a5a5f9bf482..36421e9dcb95a50178ee24e1889cd23b416ff2a7 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Utility/BackendUtility.php
@@ -2049,54 +2049,6 @@ class BackendUtility
         return '';
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a JavaScript string for viewing the page id, $id
-     * It will re-use any window already open.
-     *
-     * @param int $pageUid Page UID
-     * @param string $backPath Must point back to TYPO3_mainDir (where the site is assumed to be one level above)
-     * @param array|null $rootLine If root line is supplied the function will look for the first found domain record and use that URL instead (if found)
-     * @param string $anchorSection Optional anchor to the URL
-     * @param string $alternativeUrl An alternative URL that, if set, will ignore other parameters except $switchFocus: It will return the window.open command wrapped around this URL!
-     * @param string $additionalGetVars Additional GET variables.
-     * @param bool $switchFocus If TRUE, then the preview window will gain the focus.
-     * @return string
-     * @deprecated Use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\PreviewUriBuilder instead, will be removed in TYPO3 v12.0
-     */
-    public static function viewOnClick(
-        $pageUid,
-        $backPath = '',
-        $rootLine = null,
-        $anchorSection = '',
-        $alternativeUrl = '',
-        $additionalGetVars = '',
-        $switchFocus = true
-    ) {
-        trigger_error(
-            'Using BackendUtility::viewOnClick() is deprecated, use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\PreviewUriBuilder instead.',
-            E_USER_DEPRECATED
-        );
-        try {
-            $previewUrl = self::getPreviewUrl(
-                $pageUid,
-                $backPath,
-                $rootLine,
-                $anchorSection,
-                $alternativeUrl,
-                $additionalGetVars,
-                $switchFocus
-            );
-        } catch (UnableToLinkToPageException $e) {
-            return '';
-        }
-
-        $onclickCode = 'var previewWin = window.open(' . GeneralUtility::quoteJSvalue($previewUrl) . ',\'newTYPO3frontendWindow\');'
-            . ($switchFocus ? 'previewWin.focus();' : '') . LF
-            . 'if (previewWin.location.href === ' . GeneralUtility::quoteJSvalue($previewUrl) . ') { previewWin.location.reload(); };';
-
-        return $onclickCode;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the preview url
      *
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/UnitDeprecated/Utility/BackendUtilityTest.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/UnitDeprecated/Utility/BackendUtilityTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b7531f6abb20c1126ee0e79403ef42609870022..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Tests/UnitDeprecated/Utility/BackendUtilityTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-/*
- * This file is part of the TYPO3 CMS project.
- *
- * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
- * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
- * of the License, or any later version.
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
- * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
- *
- * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
- */
-
-namespace TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Tests\UnitDeprecated\Utility;
-
-use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
-use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase;
-
-/**
- * Test case
- */
-class BackendUtilityTest extends UnitTestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function viewOnClickReturnsOnClickCodeWithAlternativeUrl(): void
-    {
-        // Make sure the hook inside viewOnClick is not fired. This may be removed if unit tests
-        // bootstrap does not initialize TYPO3_CONF_VARS anymore.
-        unset($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['t3lib/class.t3lib_befunc.php']['viewOnClickClass']);
-
-        $alternativeUrl = 'https://typo3.org/about/typo3-the-cms/the-history-of-typo3/#section';
-        $onclickCode = 'var previewWin = window.open(' . GeneralUtility::quoteJSvalue($alternativeUrl) . ',\'newTYPO3frontendWindow\');' . LF
-            . 'if (previewWin.location.href === ' . GeneralUtility::quoteJSvalue($alternativeUrl) . ') { previewWin.location.reload(); };';
-        self::assertStringMatchesFormat(
-            $onclickCode,
-            BackendUtility::viewOnClick(null, null, null, null, $alternativeUrl, null, false)
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/12.0/Breaking-96107-DeprecatedFunctionalityRemoved.rst b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/12.0/Breaking-96107-DeprecatedFunctionalityRemoved.rst
index 679f97f0e4fa2d773f735d9b54ba27733cfffe2b..50797ba0cece33c2cc9aedfaa756fa5e78343c1e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/12.0/Breaking-96107-DeprecatedFunctionalityRemoved.rst
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/12.0/Breaking-96107-DeprecatedFunctionalityRemoved.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ The following PHP static class methods that have previously been marked as depre
 
 - :php:`\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility::fixVersioningPid()`
 - :php:`\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::stdAuthCode()`
+- :php:`\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility::viewOnClick`
 
 The following methods changed signature according to previous deprecations in v11 at the end of the argument list:
 
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php b/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php
index c782c9ac0bc0ce6a55f32c188337d966fa41c4cb..5db349fe8c7cd53c81fc154b6a1e978f1d0e7ded 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/install/Configuration/ExtensionScanner/Php/MethodCallStaticMatcher.php
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ return [
         'restFiles' => [
             'Important-91123-AvoidUsingBackendUtilityViewOnClick.rst',
             'Deprecation-91806-BackendUtilityViewOnClick.rst',
+            'Breaking-96107-DeprecatedFunctionalityRemoved.rst',
         ],
     ],
     'TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::getApplicationContext' => [