diff --git a/news/remove-setscattering.rst b/news/remove-setscattering.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f470fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/remove-setscattering.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+**Removed:**
+
+* Remove the deprecated ``setScatteringFactorTableByType`` method from
+  ``ScatteringFactorTableOwner``, ``PDFCalculator``, and ``DebyePDFCalculator``.
diff --git a/src/extensions/wrap_PDFCalculators.cpp b/src/extensions/wrap_PDFCalculators.cpp
index a71b5ef..0190859 100644
--- a/src/extensions/wrap_PDFCalculators.cpp
+++ b/src/extensions/wrap_PDFCalculators.cpp
@@ -175,19 +175,9 @@ Use PeakWidthModel.getRegisteredTypes() for a set of registered names.\n\
 
 const char* doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_scatteringfactortable = "\
 ScatteringFactorTable object used for a lookup of scattering factors.\n\
-This can be also set with the setScatteringFactorTableByType method.\n\
-";
-
-const char* doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_setScatteringFactorTableByType = "\
-Set internal ScatteringFactorTable according to specified string type.\n\
-\n\
-tp   -- string identifier of a registered ScatteringFactorTable type.\n\
-    Use ScatteringFactorTable.getRegisteredTypes for the allowed values.\n\
-\n\
-Deprecated: This method is deprecated and will be removed in the 2.0.0 release.\n\
-Use direct assignment to the `scatteringfactortable` property instead, for example:\n\
-    obj.scatteringfactortable = SFTNeutron()\n\
-No return value.\n\
+This attribute can be assigned either a ScatteringFactorTable-derived object\n\
+or a string name of a registered ScatteringFactorTable class.\n\
+Use ScatteringFactorTable.getRegisteredTypes() for a set of registered names.\n\
 ";
 
 const char* doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_getRadiationType = "\
@@ -318,25 +308,6 @@ ScatteringFactorTablePtr getscatteringfactortable(T& obj)
 
 DECLARE_BYTYPE_SETTER_WRAPPER(setScatteringFactorTable, setscatteringfactortable)
 
-template <class T>
-void setscatteringfactortablebytype(T& obj, const std::string& tp)
-{
-    try
-    {
-        nb::object warnings = nb::module_::import_("warnings");
-        nb::object builtins = nb::module_::import_("builtins");
-        nb::object DeprecationWarning = builtins.attr("DeprecationWarning");
-        warnings.attr("warn")(
-            std::string("setScatteringFactorTableByType is deprecated; "
-                    "assign the 'scatteringfactortable' property directly, for example:\n"
-                    "obj.scatteringfactortable = SFTNeutron()"),
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            2);
-    }
-    catch (...) { /* don't let warnings break the binding */ }
-    obj.setScatteringFactorTableByType(tp);
-}
-
 template <class T>
 std::string getradiationtype(T& obj)
 {
@@ -383,10 +354,6 @@ C& wrap_PDFCommon(C& cls)
                 getscatteringfactortable<W>,
                 setscatteringfactortable<W, ScatteringFactorTable>,
                 doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_scatteringfactortable)
-        .def("setScatteringFactorTableByType",
-                setscatteringfactortablebytype<W>,
-                nb::arg("tp"),
-                doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_setScatteringFactorTableByType)
         .def("getRadiationType",
                 getradiationtype<W>,
                 doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_getRadiationType)
diff --git a/src/extensions/wrap_ScatteringFactorTable.cpp b/src/extensions/wrap_ScatteringFactorTable.cpp
index 696a2b4..91e99d1 100644
--- a/src/extensions/wrap_ScatteringFactorTable.cpp
+++ b/src/extensions/wrap_ScatteringFactorTable.cpp
@@ -152,19 +152,9 @@ Base class for classes that own ScatteringFactorTable instance.\n\
 
 const char* doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_scatteringfactortable = "\
 ScatteringFactorTable object used for a lookup of scattering factors.\n\
-This can be also set with the setScatteringFactorTableByType method.\n\
-";
-
-const char* doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_setScatteringFactorTableByType = "\
-Set internal ScatteringFactorTable according to specified string type.\n\
-\n\
-tp   -- string identifier of a registered ScatteringFactorTable type.\n\
-    Use ScatteringFactorTable.getRegisteredTypes for the allowed values.\n\
-\n\
-Deprecated: This method is deprecated and will be removed in the 2.0.0 release.\n\
-Use direct assignment to the `scatteringfactortable` property instead, for example:\n\
-    obj.scatteringfactortable = SFTNeutron()\n\
-No return value.\n\
+This attribute can be assigned either a ScatteringFactorTable-derived object\n\
+or a string name of a registered ScatteringFactorTable class.\n\
+Use ScatteringFactorTable.getRegisteredTypes() for a set of registered names.\n\
 ";
 
 const char* doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_getRadiationType = "\
@@ -454,27 +444,6 @@ void wrap_ScatteringFactorTable(nb::module_& m)
                 getsftable,
                 setsftable<ScatteringFactorTableOwner,ScatteringFactorTable>,
                 doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_scatteringfactortable)
-        // deprecated: prefer assigning the `scatteringfactortable` property
-        .def("setScatteringFactorTableByType",
-            +[](SFTOwner& obj, const std::string& tp)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    nb::object warnings = nb::module_::import_("warnings");
-                    nb::object builtins = nb::module_::import_("builtins");
-                    nb::object DeprecationWarning = builtins.attr("DeprecationWarning");
-                    warnings.attr("warn")(
-                        std::string("setScatteringFactorTableByType is deprecated; "
-                                "assign the 'scatteringfactortable' property directly, for example:\n"
-                                "obj.scatteringfactortable = SFTNeutron()"),
-                        DeprecationWarning,
-                        2);
-                }
-                catch (...) { /* don't let warnings break the binding */ }
-                obj.setScatteringFactorTableByType(tp);
-            },
-            nb::arg("tp"),
-            doc_ScatteringFactorTableOwner_setScatteringFactorTableByType)
         .def("getRadiationType",
                 [](const SFTOwner &obj)
                 {
diff --git a/tests/test_debyepdfcalculator.py b/tests/test_debyepdfcalculator.py
index 140cab5..1de5481 100644
--- a/tests/test_debyepdfcalculator.py
+++ b/tests/test_debyepdfcalculator.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import pickle
 import unittest
-import warnings
 
 import numpy
 from testutils import _maxNormDiff, loadDiffPyStructure, pickle_with_attr
@@ -142,28 +141,8 @@ def test_partial_pdfs(self):
 
     def test_pickling(self):
         """Check pickling and unpickling of PDFCalculator."""
-        # New syntax: assign an SFT instance to the property (should not warn)
         dpdfc = self.dpdfc
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
-            warnings.simplefilter("always")
-            dpdfc.scatteringfactortable = SFTNeutron()
-        self.assertFalse(
-            any(isinstance(x.message, DeprecationWarning) for x in w)
-        )
-
-        dpdfc.scatteringfactortable.setCustomAs("Na", "Na", 7)
-        spkl = pickle.dumps(dpdfc)
-        dpdfc1_new = pickle.loads(spkl)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            dpdfc.scatteringfactortable.type(),
-            dpdfc1_new.scatteringfactortable.type(),
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(7.0, dpdfc1_new.scatteringfactortable.lookup("Na"))
-
-        # Old syntax: call the deprecated method (should warn)
-        dpdfc = self.dpdfc
-        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-            dpdfc.setScatteringFactorTableByType("N")
+        dpdfc.scatteringfactortable = SFTNeutron()
         dpdfc.scatteringfactortable.setCustomAs("Na", "Na", 7)
         dpdfc.addEnvelope("sphericalshape")
         dpdfc.debyeprecision = 0.001