diff --git a/api_docs/changelog.md b/api_docs/changelog.md
index 3d706554d2..0c9c7caf91 100644
--- a/api_docs/changelog.md
+++ b/api_docs/changelog.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ format used by the Zulip server that they are interacting with.
 
 * Mobile push notification payloads for APNs no longer contain the
   `server` and `realm_id` fields, which were unused.
+* Mobile push notification payloads for FCM to remove push
+  notifications no longer contain the legacy pre-2019
+  `zulip_message_id` field; all functional clients support the newer
+  `zulip_message_ids`.
 
 **Feature level 412**
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py b/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py
index 92ea7be508..dea1474c16 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py
@@ -1203,9 +1203,6 @@ def get_remove_payload_gcm(
     gcm_payload.update(
         event="remove",
         zulip_message_ids=",".join(str(id) for id in message_ids),
-        # Older clients (all clients older than 2019-02-13) look only at
-        # `zulip_message_id` and ignore `zulip_message_ids`.  Do our best.
-        zulip_message_id=message_ids[0],
     )
     gcm_options = {"priority": "normal"}
     return gcm_payload, gcm_options
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_handle_push_notification.py b/zerver/tests/test_handle_push_notification.py
index 8463f732fa..598bf3d8e9 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_handle_push_notification.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_handle_push_notification.py
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ class HandlePushNotificationTest(PushNotificationTestCase):
                     "user_id": self.user_profile.id,
                     "event": "remove",
                     "zulip_message_ids": str(message.id),
-                    "zulip_message_id": message.id,
                 },
                 {"priority": "normal"},
                 list(
@@ -724,7 +723,6 @@ class HandlePushNotificationTest(PushNotificationTestCase):
                     "user_id": self.user_profile.id,
                     "event": "remove",
                     "zulip_message_ids": str(message.id),
-                    "zulip_message_id": message.id,
                 },
                 {"priority": "normal"},
             )