diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75dec68f..b81efc03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ HEAD
 * `JsonDocument`'s allocator is not monotonic anymore, removed values get recycled
 * Show a link to the documentation when user passes an unsupported input type
 * Remove `JsonDocument::memoryUsage()`
+* Remove `JsonDocument::garbageCollect()`
diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/CMakeLists.txt b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/CMakeLists.txt
index 112e9c25..1a58d745 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ add_executable(JsonDocumentTests
 	containsKey.cpp
 	createNested.cpp
 	ElementProxy.cpp
-	garbageCollect.cpp
 	isNull.cpp
 	issue1120.cpp
 	MemberProxy.cpp
diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/garbageCollect.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/garbageCollect.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 808d7298..00000000
--- a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/garbageCollect.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// ArduinoJson - https://arduinojson.org
-// Copyright © 2014-2023, Benoit BLANCHON
-// MIT License
-
-#include <ArduinoJson.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>  // malloc, free
-#include <catch.hpp>
-#include <utility>
-
-#include "Allocators.hpp"
-
-using ArduinoJson::detail::sizeofObject;
-using ArduinoJson::detail::sizeofString;
-
-TEST_CASE("JsonDocument::garbageCollect()") {
-  ControllableAllocator controllableAllocator;
-  SpyingAllocator spyingAllocator(&controllableAllocator);
-  JsonDocument doc(&spyingAllocator);
-
-  SECTION("when allocation succeeds") {
-    deserializeJson(doc, "{\"blanket\":1,\"dancing\":2}");
-    doc.remove("blanket");
-    spyingAllocator.clearLog();
-
-    bool result = doc.garbageCollect();
-
-    REQUIRE(result == true);
-    REQUIRE(doc.as<std::string>() == "{\"dancing\":2}");
-    REQUIRE(spyingAllocator.log() ==
-            AllocatorLog() << AllocatorLog::Allocate(sizeofString(7))
-                           << AllocatorLog::Allocate(sizeofPool())
-                           << AllocatorLog::Deallocate(sizeofString(7))
-                           << AllocatorLog::Deallocate(sizeofPool()));
-  }
-
-  SECTION("when allocation fails") {
-    deserializeJson(doc, "{\"blanket\":1,\"dancing\":2}");
-    doc.remove("blanket");
-    controllableAllocator.disable();
-    spyingAllocator.clearLog();
-
-    bool result = doc.garbageCollect();
-
-    REQUIRE(result == false);
-    REQUIRE(doc.as<std::string>() == "{\"dancing\":2}");
-
-    REQUIRE(spyingAllocator.log() ==
-            AllocatorLog() << AllocatorLog::AllocateFail(sizeofString(7)));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/overflowed.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/overflowed.cpp
index fa716ea9..9267881e 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonDocument/overflowed.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonDocument/overflowed.cpp
@@ -80,11 +80,4 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonDocument::overflowed()") {
     doc.shrinkToFit();
     CHECK(doc.overflowed() == true);
   }
-
-  SECTION("return false after garbageCollect()") {
-    allocator.setCountdown(0);
-    doc.add(0);
-    doc.garbageCollect();
-    CHECK(doc.overflowed() == false);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp
index 76bd1ff0..8c6048b8 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
     resources_.shrinkToFit();
   }
 
-  // Reclaims the memory leaked when removing and replacing values.
-  // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/jsondocument/garbagecollect/
-  bool garbageCollect() {
-    // make a temporary clone and swap
-    JsonDocument tmp(*this);
-    if (tmp.overflowed())
-      return false;
-    swap(*this, tmp);
-    return true;
-  }
-
   // Casts the root to the specified type.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/jsondocument/as/
   template <typename T>