diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 1293f542b04377..aa0acfaae45a5f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ Python's general purpose built-in containers, :class:`dict`, :class:`list`,
 :class:`UserString`     wrapper around string objects for easier string subclassing
 =====================   ====================================================================
 
-.. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 3.10
-    Moved :ref:`collections-abstract-base-classes` to the :mod:`collections.abc` module.
-    For backwards compatibility, they continue to be visible in this module through
-    Python 3.9.
-
 
 :class:`ChainMap` objects
 -------------------------
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index b5fb1e9a629c1c..fe103c8a9c22c6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ Deprecated
 Removed
 =======
 
+* The abstract base classes in :mod:`collections.abc` no longer are
+  exposed in the regular :mod:`collections` module.  This will help
+  create a clearer distinction between the concrete classes and the abstract
+  base classes.
+
 * Removed special methods ``__int__``, ``__float__``, ``__floordiv__``,
   ``__mod__``, ``__divmod__``, ``__rfloordiv__``, ``__rmod__`` and
   ``__rdivmod__`` of the :class:`complex` class.  They always raised
diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index 9c25a2d2784b8f..7d338131d6740d 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -51,22 +51,6 @@
     pass
 
 
-def __getattr__(name):
-    # For backwards compatibility, continue to make the collections ABCs
-    # through Python 3.6 available through the collections module.
-    # Note, no new collections ABCs were added in Python 3.7
-    if name in _collections_abc.__all__:
-        obj = getattr(_collections_abc, name)
-        import warnings
-        warnings.warn("Using or importing the ABCs from 'collections' instead "
-                      "of from 'collections.abc' is deprecated since Python 3.3, "
-                      "and in 3.10 it will stop working",
-                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-        globals()[name] = obj
-        return obj
-    raise AttributeError(f'module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}')
-
-
 ################################################################################
 ### OrderedDict
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-10-12-44-48.bpo-40937.6o7gGK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-10-12-44-48.bpo-40937.6o7gGK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..21d25e8d74ced6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-10-12-44-48.bpo-40937.6o7gGK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The abstract base classes in :mod:`collections.abc` no longer are exposed in
+the regular :mod:`collections` module.