diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/axes_kwargs_collision.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/axes_kwargs_collision.rst
index 35d425a87dcb..6aa1f4593bf0 100644
--- a/doc/users/next_whats_new/axes_kwargs_collision.rst
+++ b/doc/users/next_whats_new/axes_kwargs_collision.rst
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ The behavior of the functions to create new axes (`.pyplot.axes`,
`.figure.Figure.add_subplot`) has changed. In the past, these functions would
detect if you were attempting to create Axes with the same keyword arguments as
already-existing axes in the current figure, and if so, they would return the
-existing Axes. Now, these functions will always create new Axes. A special
-exception is `.pyplot.subplot`, which will reuse any existing subplot with a
-matching subplot spec. However, if there is a subplot with a matching subplot
-spec, then that subplot will be returned, even if the keyword arguments with
-which it was created differ.
+existing Axes. Now, these functions will always create new Axes.
Correspondingly, the behavior of the functions to get the current Axes
(`.pyplot.gca`, `.figure.Figure.gca`) has changed. In the past, these functions
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 8f8f9544677e..5a4aaaba7e2d 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1156,15 +1156,6 @@ def subplot(*args, **kwargs):
If you do not want this behavior, use the `.Figure.add_subplot` method
or the `.pyplot.axes` function instead.
- If the figure already has a subplot with key (*args*,
- *kwargs*) then it will simply make that subplot current and
- return it. This behavior is deprecated. Meanwhile, if you do
- not want this behavior (i.e., you want to force the creation of a
- new subplot), you must use a unique set of args and kwargs. The axes
- *label* attribute has been exposed for this purpose: if you want
- two subplots that are otherwise identical to be added to the figure,
- make sure you give them unique labels.
-
In rare circumstances, `.Figure.add_subplot` may be called with a single
argument, a subplot axes instance already created in the
present figure but not in the figure's list of axes.
@@ -1221,17 +1212,7 @@ def subplot(*args, **kwargs):
"and/or 'nrows'. Did you intend to call subplots()?")
fig = gcf()
-
- # First, search for an existing subplot with a matching spec.
- key = SubplotSpec._from_subplot_args(fig, args)
- ax = next(
- (ax for ax in fig.axes
- if hasattr(ax, 'get_subplotspec') and ax.get_subplotspec() == key),
- None)
-
- # If no existing axes match, then create a new one.
- if ax is None:
- ax = fig.add_subplot(*args, **kwargs)
+ ax = fig.add_subplot(*args, **kwargs)
bbox = ax.bbox
axes_to_delete = []
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