diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/55311-apt-remove-installed-removed-aliases.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/55311-apt-remove-installed-removed-aliases.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..197e7e8642e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/55311-apt-remove-installed-removed-aliases.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - apt - Remove deprecated ``installed`` and ``removed`` aliases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55311)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
index a188245d135..3f488fcb2a8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ def get_cache(module):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['absent', 'build-dep', 'installed', 'latest', 'present', 'removed', 'present', 'fixed']),
+            state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['absent', 'build-dep', 'fixed', 'latest', 'present']),
             update_cache=dict(type='bool', aliases=['update-cache']),
             cache_valid_time=dict(type='int', default=0),
             purge=dict(type='bool', default=False),
@@ -1068,14 +1068,6 @@ def main():
     autoremove = p['autoremove']
     autoclean = p['autoclean']
 
-    # Deal with deprecated aliases
-    if p['state'] == 'installed':
-        module.deprecate("State 'installed' is deprecated. Using state 'present' instead.", version="2.9")
-        p['state'] = 'present'
-    if p['state'] == 'removed':
-        module.deprecate("State 'removed' is deprecated. Using state 'absent' instead.", version="2.9")
-        p['state'] = 'absent'
-
     # Get the cache object
     cache = get_cache(module)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/repo.yml b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/repo.yml
index 0288a07c7cb..f568be9ffce 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/repo.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/repo.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   - name: Fail to install foo=1.0.1 since foo is not installed and only_upgrade is set
     apt:
       name: foo=1.0.1
-      state: installed
+      state: present
       only_upgrade: yes
       allow_unauthenticated: yes
     ignore_errors: yes
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   - name: Upgrade foo to 1.0.1
     apt:
       name: foo=1.0.1
-      state: installed
+      state: present
       only_upgrade: yes
       allow_unauthenticated: yes
     register: apt_result
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/iso_extract/tasks/7zip.yml b/test/integration/targets/iso_extract/tasks/7zip.yml
index 266088e639a..4642f6e05a1 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/iso_extract/tasks/7zip.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/iso_extract/tasks/7zip.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 - name: Install 7zip package if we are on Ubuntu
   apt:
     name: p7zip-full
-    state: installed
+    state: present
     update_cache: yes
   become: yes
   when: ansible_distribution in ['Ubuntu']
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/prepare_ovs_tests/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/prepare_ovs_tests/tasks/main.yml
index e29042e050c..23e22f537b4 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/prepare_ovs_tests/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/prepare_ovs_tests/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 - name: Install openvswitch-switch package if we are on Ubuntu
   apt:
     name: openvswitch-switch
-    state: installed
+    state: present
     update_cache: yes
   become: yes
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
diff --git a/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
index 4db0dc83f35..56a35ad1eea 100644
--- a/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pip.py E324
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apk.py E326
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py E322
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py E324
-lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py E326
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py E336
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_key.py E322
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py E322