diff --git a/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-global-template-options.js b/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-global-template-options.js
index 5589986cd5..1f7eea6f5c 100644
--- a/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-global-template-options.js
+++ b/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-global-template-options.js
@@ -97,11 +97,9 @@ async function updateGlobalTemplateOptions(req, res, next) {
     }
 
     // @TODO: only do this if something changed?
-    // @TODO: remove blog in a major where we are happy to break more themes
     {
         hbs.updateTemplateOptions({
             data: {
-                blog: siteData,
                 site: siteData,
                 labs: labsData,
                 config: themeData,
diff --git a/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-local-template-options.js b/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-local-template-options.js
index 3d102285f7..bc3e5b47bd 100644
--- a/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-local-template-options.js
+++ b/core/frontend/services/theme-engine/middleware/update-local-template-options.js
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ function updateLocalTemplateOptions(req, res, next) {
         data: {
             member: member,
             site: siteData,
-            custom: customData,
-            // @deprecated: a gscan warning for @blog was added before 3.0 which replaced it with @site
-            blog: siteData
+            custom: customData
         }
     }));