From aff8a3a3057ef9e22ffb03d64b5daa4ad5496229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:46:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make MarkerStyle immutable

by removing the deprecated public methods that could modify it.
---
 doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/22952-TH.rst | 5 +++++
 lib/matplotlib/markers.py                      | 8 --------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/22952-TH.rst

diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/22952-TH.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/22952-TH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3838be4fc503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/22952-TH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MarkerStyle is immutable
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The methods ``MarkerStyle.set_fillstyle()`` and ``MarkerStyle.set_marker()``
+have been removed. Create a new `.MarkerStyle` with the respective parameters
+instead.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/markers.py b/lib/matplotlib/markers.py
index 65f97ec6989e..9d6246a8f560 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/markers.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/markers.py
@@ -298,10 +298,6 @@ def is_filled(self):
     def get_fillstyle(self):
         return self._fillstyle
 
-    @_api.deprecated("3.4", alternative="a new marker")
-    def set_fillstyle(self, fillstyle):
-        return self._set_fillstyle(fillstyle)
-
     def _set_fillstyle(self, fillstyle):
         """
         Set the fillstyle.
@@ -327,10 +323,6 @@ def get_capstyle(self):
     def get_marker(self):
         return self._marker
 
-    @_api.deprecated("3.4", alternative="a new marker")
-    def set_marker(self, marker):
-        return self._set_marker(marker)
-
     def _set_marker(self, marker):
         """
         Set the marker.