diff --git a/news/9133.removal.rst b/news/9133.removal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..876e89b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/9133.removal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove --unstable-feature flag as it has been deprecated.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py
index 86f1733a5..c1522d639 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py
@@ -199,13 +199,6 @@ class Command(CommandContextMixIn):
                 )
                 options.cache_dir = None
 
-        if 'resolver' in options.unstable_features:
-            logger.critical(
-                "--unstable-feature=resolver is no longer supported, and "
-                "has been replaced with --use-feature=2020-resolver instead."
-            )
-            sys.exit(ERROR)
-
         if '2020-resolver' in options.features_enabled and not PY2:
             logger.warning(
                 "--use-feature=2020-resolver no longer has any effect, "
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
index 6a6634fb8..07d612a6f 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -895,17 +895,6 @@ no_python_version_warning = partial(
 )  # type: Callable[..., Option]
 
 
-unstable_feature = partial(
-    Option,
-    '--unstable-feature',
-    dest='unstable_features',
-    metavar='feature',
-    action='append',
-    default=[],
-    choices=['resolver'],
-    help=SUPPRESS_HELP,  # TODO: drop this in pip 20.3
-)  # type: Callable[..., Option]
-
 use_new_feature = partial(
     Option,
     '--use-feature',
@@ -958,7 +947,6 @@ general_group = {
         disable_pip_version_check,
         no_color,
         no_python_version_warning,
-        unstable_feature,
         use_new_feature,
         use_deprecated_feature,
     ]