diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfiguration.java
index 909f028f84..dd6712d3cc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ public class WebMvcAutoConfiguration {
 		}
 
 		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 		public void configurePathMatch(PathMatchConfigurer configurer) {
 			if (this.mvcProperties.getPathmatch()
 				.getMatchingStrategy() == WebMvcProperties.MatchingStrategy.ANT_PATH_MATCHER) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
index 8de413f29d..e30c6642d3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
@@ -431,7 +431,10 @@ public class WebMvcProperties {
 
 		/**
 		 * Use the {@code AntPathMatcher} implementation.
+		 * @deprecated since 4.0.0 for removal in 4.2.0 in favor of
+		 * {@link #PATH_PATTERN_PARSER}
 		 */
+		@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0", forRemoval = true)
 		ANT_PATH_MATCHER,
 
 		/**