From 63b8dfdd7952853a483f0578b54dccc9b99dfb24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:00:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [modbus] Remove deprecated send()

---
 esphome/components/modbus/modbus.h | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/modbus/modbus.h b/esphome/components/modbus/modbus.h
index 7d7818239d..73e52582a1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/modbus/modbus.h
+++ b/esphome/components/modbus/modbus.h
@@ -243,14 +243,6 @@ class ModbusClientHub : public Modbus {
   void set_turnaround_time(uint16_t time_in_ms) { this->turnaround_delay_us_ = time_in_ms * 1000UL; }
   bool tx_buffer_empty();
   bool tx_blocked() override;
-  ESPDEPRECATED("Use queue_pdu() with create_client_pdu() instead. Removed in 2026.10.0", "2026.4.0")
-  void send(uint8_t address, uint8_t function_code, uint16_t start_address, uint16_t number_of_entities,
-            uint8_t payload_len = 0, const uint8_t *payload = nullptr, ModbusClientDevice *device = nullptr) {
-    this->queue_pdu(address,
-                    helpers::create_client_pdu((FunctionCode) function_code, start_address, number_of_entities, payload,
-                                               payload_len),
-                    device);
-  };
   /// Queue a request. True = accepted: it resolves in exactly one terminal callback (a broadcast,
   /// address 0, gets only on_sent()). False = refused, and no callback of any kind follows.
   /// Neither means anything reached the wire - on_sent() reports that.