There is code released 13 month ago that needs to be removed.

• qiskit/execute_function.py:39 (execute)
• qiskit/execute_function.py:40 (execute)
• qiskit/transpiler/passes/scheduling/alap.py:30 (__init__)
• qiskit/transpiler/passes/scheduling/asap.py:36 (__init__)
• qiskit/transpiler/passes/scheduling/dynamical_decoupling.py:93 (__init__)
• qiskit/transpiler/passes/scheduling/alignments/align_measures.py:93 (__init__)
• qiskit/transpiler/passes/utils/cx_direction.py:22 (__init__)
• qiskit/transpiler/passes/utils/check_cx_direction.py:22 (__init__)
• qiskit/algorithms/optimizers/spsa.py:652 (optimize) Not needed, as qiskit.algorithms has its own process.
• qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py:48 (to_dict)
• qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py:333 (to_dict)
• qiskit/pulse/transforms/alignments.py:419 (to_dict)
• qiskit/qpy/interface.py:75 (dump)

This includes:

• Remove deprecated code and tests (if they only check the deprecation raise)
• tag the PR as Changelog: Removal
• create a release note in the category upgrade:. If you can include an example with an alternative for user to migrate to the new code, as this change might break users code.