diff --git a/crates/compiler/can/src/desugar.rs b/crates/compiler/can/src/desugar.rs
index 66a77eca88..4d06abf270 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/can/src/desugar.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/can/src/desugar.rs
@@ -1045,20 +1045,6 @@ fn desugar_str_segments<'a>(
             StrSegment::Plaintext(_) | StrSegment::Unicode(_) | StrSegment::EscapedChar(_) => {
                 *segment
             }
-            StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(loc_expr) => {
-                let loc_desugared = desugar_expr(
-                    env,
-                    scope,
-                    env.arena.alloc(Loc {
-                        region: loc_expr.region,
-                        value: *loc_expr.value,
-                    }),
-                );
-                StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(Loc {
-                    region: loc_desugared.region,
-                    value: env.arena.alloc(loc_desugared.value),
-                })
-            }
             StrSegment::Interpolated(loc_expr) => {
                 let loc_desugared = desugar_expr(
                     env,
diff --git a/crates/compiler/can/src/expr.rs b/crates/compiler/can/src/expr.rs
index 18f295bb0f..890370382a 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/can/src/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/can/src/expr.rs
@@ -2515,9 +2515,7 @@ pub fn is_valid_interpolation(expr: &ast::Expr<'_>) -> bool {
                 | ast::StrSegment::Plaintext(_) => true,
                 // Disallow nested interpolation. Alternatively, we could allow it but require
                 // a comment above it apologizing to the next person who has to read the code.
-                ast::StrSegment::Interpolated(_) | ast::StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(_) => {
-                    false
-                }
+                ast::StrSegment::Interpolated(_) => false,
             })
         }
         ast::Expr::Record(fields) => fields.iter().all(|loc_field| match loc_field.value {
@@ -2648,7 +2646,7 @@ fn flatten_str_lines<'a>(
                         );
                     }
                 },
-                Interpolated(loc_expr) | DeprecatedInterpolated(loc_expr) => {
+                Interpolated(loc_expr) => {
                     if is_valid_interpolation(loc_expr.value) {
                         // Interpolations desugar to Str.concat calls
                         output.references.insert_call(Symbol::STR_CONCAT);
diff --git a/crates/compiler/can/src/pattern.rs b/crates/compiler/can/src/pattern.rs
index ffd097e3ae..153cb83a0f 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/can/src/pattern.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/can/src/pattern.rs
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ fn flatten_str_lines(lines: &[&[StrSegment<'_>]]) -> Pattern {
                 Unicode(loc_digits) => {
                     todo!("parse unicode digits {:?}", loc_digits);
                 }
-                Interpolated(loc_expr) | DeprecatedInterpolated(loc_expr) => {
+                Interpolated(loc_expr) => {
                     return Pattern::UnsupportedPattern(loc_expr.region);
                 }
                 EscapedChar(escaped) => buf.push(escaped.unescape()),
diff --git a/crates/compiler/fmt/src/expr.rs b/crates/compiler/fmt/src/expr.rs
index 46e004d7f1..c3deed750e 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/fmt/src/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/fmt/src/expr.rs
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ fn format_str_segment(seg: &StrSegment, buf: &mut Buf, indent: u16) {
             buf.push('\\');
             buf.push(escaped.to_parsed_char());
         }
-        DeprecatedInterpolated(loc_expr) | Interpolated(loc_expr) => {
+        Interpolated(loc_expr) => {
             buf.push_str("$(");
             // e.g. (name) in "Hi, $(name)!"
             loc_expr.value.format_with_options(
diff --git a/crates/compiler/load/tests/test_reporting.rs b/crates/compiler/load/tests/test_reporting.rs
index 585d8fd430..c1b93d91f8 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/load/tests/test_reporting.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/load/tests/test_reporting.rs
@@ -5657,7 +5657,7 @@ mod test_reporting {
     test_report!(
         weird_escape,
         r#""abc\qdef""#,
-        @r###"
+        @r#"
     ── WEIRD ESCAPE in tmp/weird_escape/Test.roc ───────────────────────────────────
 
     I was partway through parsing a  string literal, but I got stuck here:
@@ -5674,8 +5674,7 @@ mod test_reporting {
         - An escaped quote: \"
         - An escaped backslash: \\
         - A unicode code point: \u(00FF)
-        - An interpolated string: $(myVariable)
-    "###
+    "#
     );
 
     test_report!(
diff --git a/crates/compiler/parse/src/ast.rs b/crates/compiler/parse/src/ast.rs
index b59fdb591e..f186010047 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/parse/src/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/parse/src/ast.rs
@@ -281,11 +281,10 @@ pub struct WhenPattern<'a> {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum StrSegment<'a> {
-    Plaintext(&'a str),       // e.g. "foo"
-    Unicode(Loc<&'a str>),    // e.g. "00A0" in "\u(00A0)"
-    EscapedChar(EscapedChar), // e.g. '\n' in "Hello!\n"
-    Interpolated(Loc<&'a Expr<'a>>),
-    DeprecatedInterpolated(Loc<&'a Expr<'a>>), // The old "$(...)" syntax - will be removed someday
+    Plaintext(&'a str),              // e.g. "foo"
+    Unicode(Loc<&'a str>),           // e.g. "00A0" in "\u(00A0)"
+    EscapedChar(EscapedChar),        // e.g. '\n' in "Hello!\n"
+    Interpolated(Loc<&'a Expr<'a>>), // e.g. "$(expr)"
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -379,7 +378,6 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<StrSegment<'a>> for SingleQuoteSegment<'a> {
             StrSegment::Unicode(s) => Ok(SingleQuoteSegment::Unicode(s)),
             StrSegment::EscapedChar(s) => Ok(SingleQuoteSegment::EscapedChar(s)),
             StrSegment::Interpolated(_) => Err(ESingleQuote::InterpolationNotAllowed),
-            StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(_) => Err(ESingleQuote::InterpolationNotAllowed),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2516,9 +2514,7 @@ impl<'a> Malformed for StrSegment<'a> {
     fn is_malformed(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
             StrSegment::Plaintext(_) | StrSegment::Unicode(_) | StrSegment::EscapedChar(_) => false,
-            StrSegment::Interpolated(expr) | StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(expr) => {
-                expr.is_malformed()
-            }
+            StrSegment::Interpolated(expr) => expr.is_malformed(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/compiler/parse/src/normalize.rs b/crates/compiler/parse/src/normalize.rs
index a1def6c677..4781cba5e5 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/parse/src/normalize.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/parse/src/normalize.rs
@@ -649,13 +649,6 @@ fn normalize_str_segments<'a>(
                 }
                 new_segments.push(StrSegment::Interpolated(e.normalize(arena)));
             }
-            StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(e) => {
-                if !last_text.is_empty() {
-                    let text = std::mem::replace(last_text, String::new_in(arena));
-                    new_segments.push(StrSegment::Plaintext(text.into_bump_str()));
-                }
-                new_segments.push(StrSegment::Interpolated(e.normalize(arena)));
-            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -680,7 +673,6 @@ impl<'a> Normalize<'a> for StrSegment<'a> {
             StrSegment::Unicode(t) => StrSegment::Unicode(t.normalize(arena)),
             StrSegment::EscapedChar(c) => StrSegment::EscapedChar(c),
             StrSegment::Interpolated(t) => StrSegment::Interpolated(t.normalize(arena)),
-            StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(t) => StrSegment::Interpolated(t.normalize(arena)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/compiler/parse/src/string_literal.rs b/crates/compiler/parse/src/string_literal.rs
index 97d4c2cd4e..f7fe50a645 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/parse/src/string_literal.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/parse/src/string_literal.rs
@@ -364,36 +364,6 @@ pub fn parse_str_like_literal<'a>() -> impl Parser<'a, StrLikeLiteral<'a>, EStri
                     // This is the start of a new escape. Look at the next byte
                     // to figure out what type of escape it is.
                     match bytes.next() {
-                        Some(b'(') => {
-                            // Advance past the `\(` before using the expr parser
-                            state.advance_mut(2);
-
-                            let original_byte_count = state.bytes().len();
-
-                            // This is an interpolated variable.
-                            // Parse an arbitrary expression, then give a
-                            // canonicalization error if that expression variant
-                            // is not allowed inside a string interpolation.
-                            let (_progress, loc_expr, new_state) = skip_second(
-                                specialize_err_ref(
-                                    EString::Format,
-                                    loc(allocated(reset_min_indent(expr::expr_help()))),
-                                ),
-                                byte(b')', EString::FormatEnd),
-                            )
-                            .parse(arena, state, min_indent)?;
-
-                            // Advance the iterator past the expr we just parsed.
-                            for _ in 0..(original_byte_count - new_state.bytes().len()) {
-                                bytes.next();
-                            }
-
-                            segments.push(StrSegment::DeprecatedInterpolated(loc_expr));
-
-                            // Reset the segment
-                            segment_parsed_bytes = 0;
-                            state = new_state;
-                        }
                         Some(b'u') => {
                             // Advance past the `\u` before using the expr parser
                             state.advance_mut(2);
@@ -444,8 +414,8 @@ pub fn parse_str_like_literal<'a>() -> impl Parser<'a, StrLikeLiteral<'a>, EStri
                         }
                         _ => {
                             // Invalid escape! A backslash must be followed
-                            // by either an open paren or else one of the
-                            // escapable characters (\n, \t, \", \\, etc)
+                            // by one of these escapable characters:
+                            // (\n, \t, \", \\, etc)
                             return Err((MadeProgress, EString::UnknownEscape(state.pos())));
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.result-ast b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.result-ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7810c1813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.result-ast
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Expr(Str(UnknownEscape(@1), @0), @0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.roc b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.roc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72df415ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.roc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"\(e)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.formatted.roc b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.formatted.roc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ff8b60204..0000000000
--- a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.formatted.roc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-"$(e)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.result-ast b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.result-ast
deleted file mode 100644
index 31432b47f4..0000000000
--- a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.result-ast
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-SpaceAfter(
-    Str(
-        Line(
-            [
-                DeprecatedInterpolated(
-                    @3-4 Var {
-                        module_name: "",
-                        ident: "e",
-                    },
-                ),
-            ],
-        ),
-    ),
-    [
-        Newline,
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.roc b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.roc
deleted file mode 100644
index b48439b918..0000000000
--- a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/snapshots/pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr.roc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-"\(e)"
diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs
index 802411df08..05bf4d7e6a 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_syntax/tests/test_snapshots.rs
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ mod test_snapshots {
         fail/comment_with_tab.expr,
         fail/def_missing_final_expression.expr,
         fail/def_without_newline.expr,
+        fail/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr,
         fail/double_plus.expr,
         fail/elm_function_syntax.expr,
         fail/empty_or_pattern.expr,
@@ -303,11 +304,10 @@ mod test_snapshots {
         pass/comment_with_non_ascii.expr,
         pass/control_characters_in_scalar.expr,
         pass/crash.expr,
+        pass/dbg.expr,
         pass/dbg_stmt.expr,
         pass/dbg_stmt_multiline.expr,
-        pass/dbg.expr,
         pass/defs_suffixed_middle_extra_indents.moduledefs,
-        pass/deprecated_interpolated_string.expr,
         pass/destructure_tag_assignment.expr,
         pass/docs.expr,
         pass/empty_app_header.header,
diff --git a/crates/reporting/src/error/parse.rs b/crates/reporting/src/error/parse.rs
index efad8a114c..06966cd5f2 100644
--- a/crates/reporting/src/error/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/reporting/src/error/parse.rs
@@ -995,7 +995,6 @@ fn to_str_report<'a>(
                         suggestion("An escaped quote: ", "\\\""),
                         suggestion("An escaped backslash: ", "\\\\"),
                         suggestion("A unicode code point: ", "\\u(00FF)"),
-                        suggestion("An interpolated string: ", "$(myVariable)"),
                     ])
                     .indent(4),
             ]);