diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-fireants-shave.md b/.changeset/twelve-fireants-shave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b429adb8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-fireants-shave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/css": major
+---
+
+Remove break-word from utilities
diff --git a/src/utilities/typography.scss b/src/utilities/typography.scss
index 83585db7c6..e9687558ed 100644
--- a/src/utilities/typography.scss
+++ b/src/utilities/typography.scss
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@
 .ws-normal { white-space: normal !important; }
 
 /* Force long "words" to wrap if they exceed the width of the container */
-.break-word, // deprecated
 .wb-break-word {
   word-break: break-word !important;
   // this is for backwards compatibility with browsers that don't respect overflow-wrap