diff --git a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/main.tf b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/main.tf
index e58d0adeb..45509406c 100644
--- a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/main.tf
+++ b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/main.tf
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ module "super#module" {
 }
 
 module "super" {
-  source = "${var.modulename}"
+  source = var.modulename
 }
diff --git a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/output.json b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/output.json
index 6fb8b2cad..ee1679c6c 100644
--- a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/output.json
+++ b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/output.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "valid": false,
   "error_count": 6,
-  "warning_count": 1,
+  "warning_count": 0,
   "diagnostics": [
     {
       "severity": "error",
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "severity": "warning",
-      "summary": "Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated",
-      "detail": "Terraform 0.11 and earlier required all non-constant expressions to be provided via interpolation syntax, but this pattern is now deprecated. To silence this warning, remove the \"${ sequence from the start and the }\" sequence from the end of this expression, leaving just the inner expression.\n\nTemplate interpolation syntax is still used to construct strings from expressions when the template includes multiple interpolation sequences or a mixture of literal strings and interpolations. This deprecation applies only to templates that consist entirely of a single interpolation sequence.",
+      "severity": "error",
+      "summary": "Variables not allowed",
+      "detail": "Variables may not be used here.",
       "range": {
         "filename": "testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/main.tf",
         "start": {
@@ -51,27 +51,9 @@
           "byte": 55
         },
         "end": {
-          "line": 5,
-          "column": 31,
-          "byte": 74
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "severity": "error",
-      "summary": "Variables not allowed",
-      "detail": "Variables may not be used here.",
-      "range": {
-        "filename": "testdata/validate-invalid/incorrectmodulename/main.tf",
-        "start": {
           "line": 5,
           "column": 15,
           "byte": 58
-        },
-        "end": {
-          "line": 5,
-          "column": 18,
-          "byte": 61
         }
       }
     },
@@ -88,8 +70,8 @@
         },
         "end": {
           "line": 5,
-          "column": 31,
-          "byte": 74
+          "column": 26,
+          "byte": 69
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/main.tf b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/main.tf
index 385828cb9..37a77555e 100644
--- a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/main.tf
+++ b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/main.tf
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ resource "test_instance" "foo" {
 
     network_interface {
       device_index = 0
-      description = "${var.description}"
+      description = var.description
     }
 }
diff --git a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/output.json b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/output.json
index 677e5f634..cd9bae6b8 100644
--- a/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/output.json
+++ b/command/testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/output.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "valid": false,
   "error_count": 1,
-  "warning_count": 1,
+  "warning_count": 0,
   "diagnostics": [
     {
-      "severity": "warning",
-      "summary": "Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated",
-      "detail": "Terraform 0.11 and earlier required all non-constant expressions to be provided via interpolation syntax, but this pattern is now deprecated. To silence this warning, remove the \"${ sequence from the start and the }\" sequence from the end of this expression, leaving just the inner expression.\n\nTemplate interpolation syntax is still used to construct strings from expressions when the template includes multiple interpolation sequences or a mixture of literal strings and interpolations. This deprecation applies only to templates that consist entirely of a single interpolation sequence.",
+      "severity": "error",
+      "summary": "Reference to undeclared input variable",
+      "detail": "An input variable with the name \"description\" has not been declared. This variable can be declared with a variable \"description\" {} block.",
       "range": {
         "filename": "testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/main.tf",
         "start": {
@@ -16,26 +16,8 @@
         },
         "end": {
           "line": 6,
-          "column": 41,
-          "byte": 137
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "severity": "error",
-      "summary": "Reference to undeclared input variable",
-      "detail": "An input variable with the name \"description\" has not been declared. This variable can be declared with a variable \"description\" {} block.",
-      "range": {
-        "filename": "testdata/validate-invalid/missing_var/main.tf",
-        "start": {
-          "line": 6,
-          "column": 24,
-          "byte": 120
-        },
-        "end": {
-          "line": 6,
-          "column": 39,
-          "byte": 135
+          "column": 36,
+          "byte": 132
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/configs/compat_shim.go b/configs/compat_shim.go
index 47f512b50..79360201e 100644
--- a/configs/compat_shim.go
+++ b/configs/compat_shim.go
@@ -107,121 +107,3 @@ func shimIsIgnoreChangesStar(expr hcl.Expression) bool {
 	}
 	return val.AsString() == "*"
 }
-
-// warnForDeprecatedInterpolations returns warning diagnostics if the given
-// body can be proven to contain attributes whose expressions are native
-// syntax expressions consisting entirely of a single template interpolation,
-// which is a deprecated way to include a non-literal value in configuration.
-//
-// This is a best-effort sort of thing which relies on the physical HCL native
-// syntax AST, so it might not catch everything. The main goal is to catch the
-// "obvious" cases in order to help spread awareness that this old form is
-// deprecated, when folks copy it from older examples they've found on the
-// internet that were written for Terraform 0.11 or earlier.
-func warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(body hcl.Body) hcl.Diagnostics {
-	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
-
-	nativeBody, ok := body.(*hclsyntax.Body)
-	if !ok {
-		// If it's not native syntax then we've nothing to do here.
-		return diags
-	}
-
-	for _, attr := range nativeBody.Attributes {
-		moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInExpr(attr.Expr)
-		diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-	}
-
-	for _, block := range nativeBody.Blocks {
-		// We'll also go hunting in nested blocks
-		moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(block.Body)
-		diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-	}
-
-	return diags
-}
-
-func warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInExpr(expr hcl.Expression) hcl.Diagnostics {
-	node, ok := expr.(hclsyntax.Node)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	walker := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker{
-		// create some capacity so that we can deal with simple expressions
-		// without any further allocation during our walk.
-		contextStack: make([]warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsContext, 0, 16),
-	}
-	return hclsyntax.Walk(node, &walker)
-}
-
-// warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker is an implementation of
-// hclsyntax.Walker that we use to generate deprecation warnings for template
-// expressions that consist entirely of a single interpolation directive.
-// That's always redundant in Terraform v0.12 and later, but tends to show up
-// when people work from examples written for Terraform v0.11 or earlier.
-type warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker struct {
-	contextStack []warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsContext
-}
-
-var _ hclsyntax.Walker = (*warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker)(nil)
-
-type warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsContext int
-
-const (
-	warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsNormal warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsContext = 0
-	warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsObjKey warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsContext = 1
-)
-
-func (w *warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker) Enter(node hclsyntax.Node) hcl.Diagnostics {
-	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
-
-	context := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsNormal
-	switch node := node.(type) {
-	case *hclsyntax.ObjectConsKeyExpr:
-		context = warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsObjKey
-	case *hclsyntax.TemplateWrapExpr:
-		// hclsyntax.TemplateWrapExpr is a special node type used by HCL only
-		// for the situation where a template is just a single interpolation,
-		// so we don't need to do anything further to distinguish that
-		// situation. ("normal" templates are *hclsyntax.TemplateExpr.)
-
-		const summary = "Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated"
-		switch w.currentContext() {
-		case warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsObjKey:
-			// This case requires a different resolution in order to retain
-			// the same meaning, so we have a different detail message for
-			// it.
-			diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-				Severity: hcl.DiagWarning,
-				Summary:  summary,
-				Detail:   "Terraform 0.11 and earlier required all non-constant expressions to be provided via interpolation syntax, but this pattern is now deprecated.\n\nTo silence this warning, replace the \"${ opening sequence and the }\" closing sequence with opening and closing parentheses respectively. Parentheses are needed here to mark this as an expression to be evaluated, rather than as a literal string key.\n\nTemplate interpolation syntax is still used to construct strings from expressions when the template includes multiple interpolation sequences or a mixture of literal strings and interpolations. This deprecation applies only to templates that consist entirely of a single interpolation sequence.",
-				Subject:  node.Range().Ptr(),
-			})
-		default:
-			diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-				Severity: hcl.DiagWarning,
-				Summary:  summary,
-				Detail:   "Terraform 0.11 and earlier required all non-constant expressions to be provided via interpolation syntax, but this pattern is now deprecated. To silence this warning, remove the \"${ sequence from the start and the }\" sequence from the end of this expression, leaving just the inner expression.\n\nTemplate interpolation syntax is still used to construct strings from expressions when the template includes multiple interpolation sequences or a mixture of literal strings and interpolations. This deprecation applies only to templates that consist entirely of a single interpolation sequence.",
-				Subject:  node.Range().Ptr(),
-			})
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Note the context of the current node for when we potentially visit
-	// child nodes.
-	w.contextStack = append(w.contextStack, context)
-	return diags
-}
-
-func (w *warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker) Exit(node hclsyntax.Node) hcl.Diagnostics {
-	w.contextStack = w.contextStack[:len(w.contextStack)-1]
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (w *warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsWalker) currentContext() warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsContext {
-	if len(w.contextStack) == 0 {
-		return warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsNormal
-	}
-	return w.contextStack[len(w.contextStack)-1]
-}
diff --git a/configs/compat_shim_test.go b/configs/compat_shim_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f6068bce9..000000000
--- a/configs/compat_shim_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package configs
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclsyntax"
-)
-
-func TestWarnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInExpr(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		Expr       string
-		WantSubstr string
-	}{
-		{
-			`"${foo}"`,
-			"leaving just the inner expression",
-		},
-		{
-			`{"${foo}" = 1}`,
-			// Special message for object key expressions, because just
-			// removing the interpolation markers would change the meaning
-			// in that context.
-			"opening and closing parentheses respectively",
-		},
-		{
-			`{upper("${foo}") = 1}`,
-			// But no special message if the template is just descended from an
-			// object key, because the special interpretation applies only to
-			// a naked reference in te object key position.
-			"leaving just the inner expression",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(test.Expr, func(t *testing.T) {
-			expr, diags := hclsyntax.ParseExpression([]byte(test.Expr), "", hcl.InitialPos)
-			if diags.HasErrors() {
-				t.Fatalf("parse error: %s", diags.Error())
-			}
-
-			diags = warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInExpr(expr)
-			if !diagWarningsContainSubstring(diags, test.WantSubstr) {
-				t.Errorf("wrong warning message\nwant detail substring: %s\ngot: %s", test.WantSubstr, diags.Error())
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func diagWarningsContainSubstring(diags hcl.Diagnostics, want string) bool {
-	for _, diag := range diags {
-		if diag.Severity != hcl.DiagWarning {
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.Contains(diag.Detail, want) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/configs/module_call.go b/configs/module_call.go
index eefb3f2cb..6d1678ce9 100644
--- a/configs/module_call.go
+++ b/configs/module_call.go
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ type ModuleCall struct {
 func decodeModuleBlock(block *hcl.Block, override bool) (*ModuleCall, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
 
-	// Produce deprecation messages for any pre-0.12-style
-	// single-interpolation-only expressions.
-	moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(block.Body)
-	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-
 	mc := &ModuleCall{
 		Name:      block.Labels[0],
 		DeclRange: block.DefRange,
diff --git a/configs/named_values.go b/configs/named_values.go
index 375d1e288..3520484b2 100644
--- a/configs/named_values.go
+++ b/configs/named_values.go
@@ -453,11 +453,6 @@ func decodeOutputBlock(block *hcl.Block, override bool) (*Output, hcl.Diagnostic
 		schema = schemaForOverrides(schema)
 	}
 
-	// Produce deprecation messages for any pre-0.12-style
-	// single-interpolation-only expressions.
-	moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(block.Body)
-	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-
 	content, moreDiags := block.Body.Content(schema)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 
@@ -522,11 +517,6 @@ func decodeLocalsBlock(block *hcl.Block) ([]*Local, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 			})
 		}
 
-		// Produce deprecation messages for any pre-0.12-style
-		// single-interpolation-only expressions.
-		moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInExpr(attr.Expr)
-		diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-
 		locals = append(locals, &Local{
 			Name:      name,
 			Expr:      attr.Expr,
diff --git a/configs/provider.go b/configs/provider.go
index 8317cc830..7fd39b174 100644
--- a/configs/provider.go
+++ b/configs/provider.go
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ type Provider struct {
 func decodeProviderBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Provider, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
 
-	// Produce deprecation messages for any pre-0.12-style
-	// single-interpolation-only expressions. We do this up front here because
-	// then we can also catch instances inside special blocks like "connection",
-	// before PartialContent extracts them.
-	moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(block.Body)
-	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-
 	content, config, moreDiags := block.Body.PartialContent(providerBlockSchema)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 
diff --git a/configs/resource.go b/configs/resource.go
index a6946854d..30fb87d3b 100644
--- a/configs/resource.go
+++ b/configs/resource.go
@@ -92,13 +92,6 @@ func decodeResourceBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Resource, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 		Managed:   &ManagedResource{},
 	}
 
-	// Produce deprecation messages for any pre-0.12-style
-	// single-interpolation-only expressions. We do this up front here because
-	// then we can also catch instances inside special blocks like "connection",
-	// before PartialContent extracts them.
-	moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(block.Body)
-	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-
 	content, remain, moreDiags := block.Body.PartialContent(resourceBlockSchema)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 	r.Config = remain
@@ -303,11 +296,6 @@ func decodeDataBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Resource, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 		TypeRange: block.LabelRanges[0],
 	}
 
-	// Produce deprecation messages for any pre-0.12-style
-	// single-interpolation-only expressions.
-	moreDiags := warnForDeprecatedInterpolationsInBody(block.Body)
-	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
-
 	content, remain, moreDiags := block.Body.PartialContent(dataBlockSchema)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 	r.Config = remain
diff --git a/configs/testdata/warning-files/redundant_interp.tf b/configs/testdata/warning-files/redundant_interp.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index d1a3522d9..000000000
--- a/configs/testdata/warning-files/redundant_interp.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# It's redundant to write an expression that is just a single template
-# interpolation with another expression inside, like "${foo}", but it
-# was required before Terraform v0.12 and so there are lots of existing
-# examples out there using that style.
-#
-# We are generating warnings for that situation in order to guide those
-# who are following old examples toward the new idiom.
-
-variable "triggers" {
-  type = "map" # WARNING: Quoted type constraints are deprecated
-}
-
-provider "null" {
-  foo = "${var.triggers["foo"]}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-}
-
-resource "null_resource" "a" {
-  triggers = "${var.triggers}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-
-  connection {
-    type = "ssh"
-    host = "${var.triggers["host"]}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-  }
-
-  provisioner "local-exec" {
-    single = "${var.triggers["greeting"]}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-
-    # No warning for this one, because there's more than just one interpolation
-    # in the template.
-    template = " ${var.triggers["greeting"]} "
-
-    wrapped = ["${var.triggers["greeting"]}"] # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-  }
-}
-
-module "foo" {
-  source = "./foo"
-  foo = "${var.foo}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-}
-
-data "null_data_source" "b" {
-  inputs = {
-    host = "${var.triggers["host"]}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-  }
-
-  has_computed_default = "${var.foo}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-}
-
-output "output" {
-  value = "${var.foo}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-}
-
-locals {
-  foo = "${var.foo}" # WARNING: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
-}