diff --git a/cms/envs/bok_choy.py b/cms/envs/bok_choy.py
index cf4bf95a64..24236cc183 100644
--- a/cms/envs/bok_choy.py
+++ b/cms/envs/bok_choy.py
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ YOUTUBE['TEST_TIMEOUT'] = 5000
 YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME = os.environ.get('BOK_CHOY_HOSTNAME', '127.0.0.1')
 YOUTUBE['API'] = f"http://{YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/get_youtube_api/"
 YOUTUBE['METADATA_URL'] = f"http://{YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_youtube/"
-YOUTUBE['TEXT_API']['url'] = f"{YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_transcripts_youtube/"
 
 FEATURES['ENABLE_COURSEWARE_INDEX'] = True
 FEATURES['ENABLE_LIBRARY_INDEX'] = True
diff --git a/cms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py b/cms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py
index 28edfe60d3..878537de00 100644
--- a/cms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py
+++ b/cms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ LOGGING['loggers']['tracking']['handlers'] = ['console']
 BOK_CHOY_HOST = os.environ['BOK_CHOY_HOSTNAME']
 YOUTUBE['API'] = f"http://{BOK_CHOY_HOST}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/get_youtube_api/"
 YOUTUBE['METADATA_URL'] = f"http://{BOK_CHOY_HOST}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_youtube/"
-YOUTUBE['TEXT_API']['url'] = f"{BOK_CHOY_HOST}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_transcripts_youtube/"
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 42e4fc19e6..1680163aae 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -1516,17 +1516,7 @@ YOUTUBE = {
     # URL to get YouTube metadata
     'METADATA_URL': 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos',
 
-    # Deprecated youtube api for requesting transcripts.
-    # For example: http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=en&v=j_jEn79vS3g.
-    'TEXT_API': {
-        'url': 'video.google.com/timedtext',
-        'params': {
-            'lang': 'en',
-            'v': 'set_youtube_id_of_11_symbols_here',
-        },
-    },
-
-    # Current web page mechanism for scraping transcript information from youtube video pages
+    # Web page mechanism for scraping transcript information from youtube video pages
     'TRANSCRIPTS': {
         'CAPTION_TRACKS_REGEX': r"captionTracks\"\:\[(?P<caption_tracks>[^\]]+)",
         'YOUTUBE_URL_BASE': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=',
diff --git a/lms/envs/bok_choy.py b/lms/envs/bok_choy.py
index f7bbfebc63..e3b52f8932 100644
--- a/lms/envs/bok_choy.py
+++ b/lms/envs/bok_choy.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ YOUTUBE_PORT = 9080
 YOUTUBE['TEST_TIMEOUT'] = 5000
 YOUTUBE['API'] = f"http://{YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/get_youtube_api/"
 YOUTUBE['METADATA_URL'] = f"http://{YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_youtube/"
-YOUTUBE['TEXT_API']['url'] = f"{YOUTUBE_HOSTNAME}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_transcripts_youtube/"
 
 ############################# SECURITY SETTINGS ################################
 # Default to advanced security in common.py, so tests can reset here to use
diff --git a/lms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py b/lms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py
index 8956a7f22b..991b22e373 100644
--- a/lms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py
+++ b/lms/envs/bok_choy_docker.py
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ LOGGING['loggers']['tracking']['handlers'] = ['console']
 BOK_CHOY_HOST = os.environ['BOK_CHOY_HOSTNAME']
 YOUTUBE['API'] = f"http://{BOK_CHOY_HOST}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/get_youtube_api/"
 YOUTUBE['METADATA_URL'] = f"http://{BOK_CHOY_HOST}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_youtube/"
-YOUTUBE['TEXT_API']['url'] = f"{BOK_CHOY_HOST}:{YOUTUBE_PORT}/test_transcripts_youtube/"
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 0d301279fd..9f76740aa5 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -2906,17 +2906,7 @@ YOUTUBE = {
     # URL to get YouTube metadata
     'METADATA_URL': 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos/',
 
-    # Deprecated youtube api for requesting transcripts.
-    # For example: http://video.google.com/timedtext?lang=en&v=j_jEn79vS3g.
-    'TEXT_API': {
-        'url': 'video.google.com/timedtext',
-        'params': {
-            'lang': 'en',
-            'v': 'set_youtube_id_of_11_symbols_here',
-        },
-    },
-
-    # Current web page mechanism for scraping transcript information from youtube video pages
+    # Web page mechanism for scraping transcript information from youtube video pages
     'TRANSCRIPTS': {
         'CAPTION_TRACKS_REGEX': r"captionTracks\"\:\[(?P<caption_tracks>[^\]]+)",
         'YOUTUBE_URL_BASE': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=',