diff --git a/scripts/policy/tuning/__load__.zeek b/scripts/policy/tuning/__load__.zeek
deleted file mode 100644
index db9fe9a572..0000000000
--- a/scripts/policy/tuning/__load__.zeek
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-##! This loads the default tuning
-@load ./defaults
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/README b/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/README
deleted file mode 100644
index d5417588c9..0000000000
--- a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Sets various defaults, and prints warning messages to stdout under
-certain conditions.
diff --git a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/__load__.zeek b/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/__load__.zeek
deleted file mode 100644
index 09bacaace3..0000000000
--- a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/__load__.zeek
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@deprecated "Remove in v7.1 The policy/tuning/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
diff --git a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/extracted_file_limits.zeek b/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/extracted_file_limits.zeek
deleted file mode 100644
index 09bacaace3..0000000000
--- a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/extracted_file_limits.zeek
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@deprecated "Remove in v7.1 The policy/tuning/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
diff --git a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/packet-fragments.zeek b/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/packet-fragments.zeek
deleted file mode 100644
index 09bacaace3..0000000000
--- a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/packet-fragments.zeek
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@deprecated "Remove in v7.1 The policy/tuning/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
diff --git a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/warnings.zeek b/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/warnings.zeek
deleted file mode 100644
index 09bacaace3..0000000000
--- a/scripts/policy/tuning/defaults/warnings.zeek
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@deprecated "Remove in v7.1 The policy/tuning/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
diff --git a/scripts/test-all-policy.zeek b/scripts/test-all-policy.zeek
index cf75ed5aa0..a28dae0ea6 100644
--- a/scripts/test-all-policy.zeek
+++ b/scripts/test-all-policy.zeek
@@ -142,10 +142,5 @@
 @load protocols/ssl/validate-ocsp.zeek
 @load protocols/ssl/validate-sct.zeek
 @load protocols/ssl/weak-keys.zeek
-@load tuning/__load__.zeek
-@load tuning/defaults/__load__.zeek
-@load tuning/defaults/extracted_file_limits.zeek
-@load tuning/defaults/packet-fragments.zeek
-@load tuning/defaults/warnings.zeek
 @load tuning/json-logs.zeek
 @load tuning/track-all-assets.zeek
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors
index 96bd73c166..b1bb951e92 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors
@@ -1,15 +1,2 @@
 ### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
 ### NOTE: This file has been sorted with diff-sort.
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from command line arguments "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:147 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:147 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from command line arguments "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:148 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:148 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from command line arguments "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:149 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:149 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from command line arguments "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.test-all-policy-cluster/.stderr b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.test-all-policy-cluster/.stderr
index c27d68e2df..bff9a64e41 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.test-all-policy-cluster/.stderr
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.test-all-policy-cluster/.stderr
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 ### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:147 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:148 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:149 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
 received termination signal
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:147 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:148 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:149 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
 received termination signal
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:147 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:148 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:149 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
 received termination signal
-warning in <...>/__load__.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/__load__.zeek:2 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/extracted_file_limits.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:147 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/packet-fragments.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:148 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
-warning in <...>/warnings.zeek, line 1: deprecated script loaded from <...>/test-all-policy.zeek:149 "Remove in v7.1 The policy<...>/defaults package is deprecated. The options set here are now the defaults for Zeek in general.";
 received termination signal
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test b/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test
index 0d287bff2e..edff8da24d 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ redef digest_salt = "Please change this value.";
 # This script logs which scripts were loaded during each run.
 @load misc/loaded-scripts
 
-# Apply the default tuning scripts for common tuning settings.
-@load tuning/defaults
-
 # Estimate and log capture loss.
 @load misc/capture-loss