diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
index 06dc45d71d7ca4a..eb1686a5c8217c6 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 # reference any injected objects! This includes not only global code but also
 # anything specified at the class level.
 
-def _object_name(obj):
-    try:
-        return obj.__qualname__
-    except AttributeError:
-        return type(obj).__qualname__
-
 # Bootstrap-related code ######################################################
 
 # Modules injected manually by _setup()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-03-21-59-11.gh-issue-150886.r2c25g.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-03-21-59-11.gh-issue-150886.r2c25g.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..b220b63cfdb4ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-03-21-59-11.gh-issue-150886.r2c25g.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Remove the private, undocumented function
+``importlib._bootstrap._object_name()``. It had no caller after
+``load_module()`` and its deprecation warnings were removed from
+:mod:`importlib`.