diff --git a/src/normalize/core.ts b/src/normalize/core.ts
index 4d9ffe077e..1ada42824e 100644
--- a/src/normalize/core.ts
+++ b/src/normalize/core.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import {isEmpty, keys, omit, varName} from '../util';
 import {isSignalRef} from '../vega.schema';
 import {NonFacetUnitNormalizer, NormalizerParams} from './base';
 import {PathOverlayNormalizer} from './pathoverlay';
-import {RangeStepNormalizer} from './rangestep';
 import {replaceRepeaterInEncoding, replaceRepeaterInFacet} from './repeater';
 import {RuleForRangedLineNormalizer} from './ruleforrangedline';
 
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ export class CoreNormalizer extends SpecMapper<NormalizerParams, FacetedUnitSpec
     errorBarNormalizer,
     errorBandNormalizer,
     new PathOverlayNormalizer(),
-    new RuleForRangedLineNormalizer(),
-    new RangeStepNormalizer()
+    new RuleForRangedLineNormalizer()
   ];
 
   public map(spec: GenericSpec<FacetedUnitSpec, LayerSpec, RepeatSpec, Field>, params: NormalizerParams) {
diff --git a/src/normalize/rangestep.ts b/src/normalize/rangestep.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 332ddb3e92..0000000000
--- a/src/normalize/rangestep.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-import {getSizeChannel, POSITION_SCALE_CHANNELS} from '../channel';
-import {isFieldOrDatumDef} from '../channeldef';
-import {Encoding} from '../encoding';
-import * as log from '../log';
-import {Scale} from '../scale';
-import {GenericSpec} from '../spec';
-import {GenericUnitSpec, isUnitSpec, NormalizedUnitSpec} from '../spec/unit';
-import {isEmpty} from '../util';
-import {NonFacetUnitNormalizer} from './base';
-
-type UnitSpecWithRangeStep = GenericUnitSpec<Encoding<string>, any>; // this is not accurate, but it's not worth making it accurate
-
-export class RangeStepNormalizer implements NonFacetUnitNormalizer<UnitSpecWithRangeStep> {
-  public name = 'RangeStep';
-
-  public hasMatchingType(spec: GenericSpec<any, any, any, any>): spec is UnitSpecWithRangeStep {
-    if (isUnitSpec(spec) && spec.encoding) {
-      for (const channel of POSITION_SCALE_CHANNELS) {
-        const def = spec.encoding[channel];
-        if (def && isFieldOrDatumDef(def)) {
-          if (def?.scale?.['rangeStep']) {
-            return true;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  public run(spec: UnitSpecWithRangeStep): NormalizedUnitSpec {
-    const sizeMixins = {};
-    let encoding = {...spec.encoding};
-
-    for (const channel of POSITION_SCALE_CHANNELS) {
-      const sizeType = getSizeChannel(channel);
-      const def = encoding[channel];
-      if (def && isFieldOrDatumDef(def)) {
-        if (def?.scale?.['rangeStep']) {
-          const {scale, ...defWithoutScale} = def;
-
-          const {rangeStep, ...scaleWithoutRangeStep} = scale as Scale & {rangeStep: number};
-          sizeMixins[sizeType] = {step: scale['rangeStep']};
-
-          log.warn(log.message.RANGE_STEP_DEPRECATED);
-
-          encoding = {
-            ...encoding,
-            [channel]: {
-              ...defWithoutScale,
-              ...(isEmpty(scaleWithoutRangeStep) ? {} : {scale: scaleWithoutRangeStep})
-            }
-          };
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return {
-      ...sizeMixins,
-      ...spec,
-      encoding
-    };
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/normalize/rangestep.test.ts b/test/normalize/rangestep.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d88bc0313d..0000000000
--- a/test/normalize/rangestep.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import * as log from '../../src/log';
-import {normalize} from '../../src/normalize/index';
-import {RangeStepNormalizer} from '../../src/normalize/rangestep';
-import {Scale} from '../../src/scale';
-import {TopLevelUnitSpec} from '../../src/spec/unit';
-
-describe('RangeStepNormalizer', () => {
-  const rangeStepNormalizer = new RangeStepNormalizer();
-
-  it(
-    'converts rangeStep to width/height.step',
-    log.wrap(locallogger => {
-      const spec: TopLevelUnitSpec = {
-        data: {name: 'test'},
-        mark: 'rect',
-        encoding: {
-          x: {
-            field: 'date',
-            type: 'nominal',
-            scale: {rangeStep: 12} as Scale // Need to cast as rangeStep is no longer an official scale property
-          },
-          y: {
-            field: 'price',
-            type: 'nominal',
-            scale: {rangeStep: 24} as Scale // Need to cast as rangeStep is no longer an official scale property
-          }
-        }
-      };
-
-      expect(rangeStepNormalizer.hasMatchingType(spec)).toBeTruthy();
-
-      const normalizedSpec = normalize(spec);
-      expect(normalizedSpec).toEqual({
-        data: {name: 'test'},
-        width: {step: 12},
-        height: {step: 24},
-        mark: 'rect',
-        encoding: {
-          x: {field: 'date', type: 'nominal'},
-          y: {field: 'price', type: 'nominal'}
-        }
-      });
-
-      expect(locallogger.warns[0]).toEqual(log.message.RANGE_STEP_DEPRECATED);
-    })
-  );
-});