diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a34366253c0..17b17c6951a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 - Streams:
   . Fixed bug #68532 (convert.base64-encode omits padding bytes).
     (blaesius at krumedia dot de)
+  . Removed set_socket_blocking() in favor of its alias stream_set_blocking().
+    (Nikita)
 
 - XSL:
   . Fixed bug #64776 (The XSLT extension is not thread safe). (Mike)
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index 77a54c80c24..e077053163e 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ PHP X.Y UPGRADE NOTES
     instead.
   . Removed set_magic_quotes_runtime() and its alias magic_quotes_runtime().
 
+- Stream:
+  . Removed set_socket_blocking() in favor of its alias stream_set_blocking().
+
 ========================================
 2. New Features
 ========================================
diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions.c b/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
index 096971eedcf..940c9e41417 100644
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
@@ -3100,7 +3100,6 @@ const zend_function_entry basic_functions[] = { /* {{{ */
 	PHP_FALIAS(set_file_buffer, stream_set_write_buffer,					arginfo_stream_set_write_buffer)
 	PHP_FE(stream_set_chunk_size,											arginfo_stream_set_chunk_size)
 
-	PHP_DEP_FALIAS(set_socket_blocking, stream_set_blocking,				arginfo_stream_set_blocking)
 	PHP_FE(stream_set_blocking,												arginfo_stream_set_blocking)
 	PHP_FALIAS(socket_set_blocking, stream_set_blocking,					arginfo_stream_set_blocking)