diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bac2d7c555..a082a5b007 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Next Release
 
 ### Breaking Changes
+- `Xp2p-peer-lower-bound` has been removed. [#7247](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7247)
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
 - Support for eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas [#5658](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/5658)
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
index 9e612fea3b..4262ff9644 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.DefaultCommandValues.getDefaultBesuDataPath;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.config.NetworkName.MAINNET;
-import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.unstable.NetworkingOptions.PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.CommandLineUtils.DEPENDENCY_WARNING_MSG;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.CommandLineUtils.isOptionSet;
 import static org.hyperledger.besu.controller.BesuController.DATABASE_PATH;
@@ -1659,9 +1658,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     maxPeers = p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.maxPeers;
     final Boolean isLimitRemoteWireConnectionsEnabled =
         p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.isLimitRemoteWireConnectionsEnabled;
-    if (isOptionSet(commandLine, PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG)) {
-      logger.warn(PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG + " is deprecated and will be removed soon.");
-    }
     if (isLimitRemoteWireConnectionsEnabled) {
       final float fraction =
           Fraction.fromPercentage(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.maxRemoteConnectionsPercentage)
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/unstable/NetworkingOptions.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/unstable/NetworkingOptions.java
index a66bb6fb61..aed7b079d8 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/unstable/NetworkingOptions.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/unstable/NetworkingOptions.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.unstable;
 
-import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.DefaultCommandValues;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.CLIOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.options.OptionParser;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
@@ -27,9 +26,6 @@ import picocli.CommandLine;
 
 /** The Networking Cli options. */
 public class NetworkingOptions implements CLIOptions<NetworkingConfiguration> {
-  /** The constant PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG */
-  public static final String PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG = "--Xp2p-peer-lower-bound";
-
   private final String INITIATE_CONNECTIONS_FREQUENCY_FLAG =
       "--Xp2p-initiate-connections-frequency";
   private final String CHECK_MAINTAINED_CONNECTIONS_FREQUENCY_FLAG =
@@ -77,13 +73,6 @@ public class NetworkingOptions implements CLIOptions<NetworkingConfiguration> {
       description = "Whether to enable filtering of peers based on the ENR field ForkId)")
   private final Boolean filterOnEnrForkId = NetworkingConfiguration.DEFAULT_FILTER_ON_ENR_FORK_ID;
 
-  @CommandLine.Option(
-      hidden = true,
-      names = PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG,
-      description =
-          "(Deprecated) Lower bound on the target number of P2P connections (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final Integer peerLowerBoundConfig = DefaultCommandValues.DEFAULT_MAX_PEERS;
-
   private NetworkingOptions() {}
 
   /**
@@ -130,9 +119,7 @@ public class NetworkingOptions implements CLIOptions<NetworkingConfiguration> {
             CHECK_MAINTAINED_CONNECTIONS_FREQUENCY_FLAG,
             OptionParser.format(checkMaintainedConnectionsFrequencySec),
             INITIATE_CONNECTIONS_FREQUENCY_FLAG,
-            OptionParser.format(initiateConnectionsFrequencySec),
-            PEER_LOWER_BOUND_FLAG,
-            OptionParser.format((peerLowerBoundConfig)));
+            OptionParser.format(initiateConnectionsFrequencySec));
 
     if (dnsDiscoveryServerOverride.isPresent()) {
       retval.add(DNS_DISCOVERY_SERVER_OVERRIDE_FLAG);