diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
index d2ed1ad93682..c609e2a54dc8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/LoadBalancer.java
@@ -110,18 +110,6 @@
 @ExperimentalApi("https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/1771")
 @NotThreadSafe
 public abstract class LoadBalancer {
-  /**
-   * The load-balancing config converted from an JSON object injected by the GRPC library.
-   *
-   * <p>{@link NameResolver}s should not produce this attribute.
-   *
-   * <p>Deprecated: LB implementations should use parsed object from {@link
-   * LoadBalancerProvider#parseLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(Map)} instead of raw config.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @NameResolver.ResolutionResultAttr
-  public static final Attributes.Key<Map<String, ?>> ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG =
-      Attributes.Key.create("io.grpc.LoadBalancer.loadBalancingConfig");
 
   @Internal
   @NameResolver.ResolutionResultAttr
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.java
index 5822c7b19142..24740d7bb366 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactory.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package io.grpc.internal;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-import static io.grpc.LoadBalancer.ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
@@ -111,11 +110,6 @@ public void handleResolvedAddresses(ResolvedAddresses resolvedAddresses) {
     Status tryHandleResolvedAddresses(ResolvedAddresses resolvedAddresses) {
       List<EquivalentAddressGroup> servers = resolvedAddresses.getAddresses();
       Attributes attributes = resolvedAddresses.getAttributes();
-      if (attributes.get(ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG) != null) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            "Unexpected ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG from upstream: "
-                + attributes.get(ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG));
-      }
       PolicySelection policySelection =
           (PolicySelection) resolvedAddresses.getLoadBalancingPolicyConfig();
 
@@ -150,10 +144,6 @@ Status tryHandleResolvedAddresses(ResolvedAddresses resolvedAddresses) {
       if (lbConfig != null) {
         helper.getChannelLogger().log(
             ChannelLogLevel.DEBUG, "Load-balancing config: {0}", policySelection.config);
-        attributes =
-            attributes.toBuilder()
-                .set(ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG, policySelection.rawConfig)
-                .build();
       }
 
       LoadBalancer delegate = getDelegate();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactoryTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactoryTest.java
index 1f60bb97950a..35a5fda02d1c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactoryTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AutoConfiguredLoadBalancerFactoryTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package io.grpc.internal;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static io.grpc.LoadBalancer.ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.AdditionalAnswers.delegatesTo;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
@@ -265,8 +264,6 @@ public void handleResolvedAddressGroups_propagateLbConfigToDelegate() throws Exc
         ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ResolvedAddresses.class);
     verify(testLbBalancer).handleResolvedAddresses(resultCaptor.capture());
     assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAddresses()).containsExactlyElementsIn(servers).inOrder();
-    assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAttributes().get(ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG))
-        .containsExactly("setting1", "high");
     verify(testLbBalancer, atLeast(0)).canHandleEmptyAddressListFromNameResolution();
     ArgumentCaptor<Map<String, ?>> lbConfigCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Map.class);
     verify(testLbBalancerProvider).parseLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(lbConfigCaptor.capture());
@@ -288,8 +285,6 @@ public void handleResolvedAddressGroups_propagateLbConfigToDelegate() throws Exc
     verify(testLbBalancer, times(2)).handleResolvedAddresses(resultCaptor.capture());
     assertThat(handleResult.getCode()).isEqualTo(Status.Code.OK);
     assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAddresses()).containsExactlyElementsIn(servers).inOrder();
-    assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAttributes().get(ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG))
-        .containsExactly("setting1", "low");
     verify(testLbBalancerProvider, times(2))
         .parseLoadBalancingPolicyConfig(lbConfigCaptor.capture());
     assertThat(lbConfigCaptor.getValue()).containsExactly("setting1", "low");
@@ -383,8 +378,6 @@ public void handleResolvedAddressGroups_delegateAcceptsEmptyAddressList()
     assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAddresses()).isEmpty();
     assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getLoadBalancingPolicyConfig())
         .isEqualTo(nextParsedConfigOrError2.get().getConfig());
-    assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAttributes().get(ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG))
-        .containsExactly("setting1", "high");
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ManagedChannelImplTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ManagedChannelImplTest.java
index cd14f409ca30..5a7933e4bf2f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ManagedChannelImplTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ManagedChannelImplTest.java
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ public void nameResolverReturnsEmptySubLists_optionallyAllowed() throws Exceptio
     FakeNameResolverFactory nameResolverFactory =
         new FakeNameResolverFactory.Builder(expectedUri).build();
     String rawLbConfig = "{ \"setting1\": \"high\" }";
+    Object parsedLbConfig = new Object();
     Map<String, Object> rawServiceConfig =
         parseConfig("{\"loadBalancingConfig\": [ {\"mock_lb\": " + rawLbConfig + " } ] }");
     ManagedChannelServiceConfig parsedServiceConfig =
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ public void nameResolverReturnsEmptySubLists_optionallyAllowed() throws Exceptio
             new PolicySelection(
                 mockLoadBalancerProvider,
                 parseConfig(rawLbConfig),
-                new Object()));
+                parsedLbConfig));
     nameResolverFactory.nextConfigOrError.set(ConfigOrError.fromConfig(parsedServiceConfig));
     channelBuilder.nameResolverFactory(nameResolverFactory);
     createChannel();
@@ -1178,9 +1179,7 @@ public void nameResolverReturnsEmptySubLists_optionallyAllowed() throws Exceptio
         ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ResolvedAddresses.class);
     verify(mockLoadBalancer).handleResolvedAddresses(resultCaptor.capture());
     assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getAddresses()).isEmpty();
-    Attributes actualAttrs = resultCaptor.getValue().getAttributes();
-    Map<String, ?> lbConfig = actualAttrs.get(LoadBalancer.ATTR_LOAD_BALANCING_CONFIG);
-    assertEquals(ImmutableMap.of("setting1", "high"), lbConfig);
+    assertThat(resultCaptor.getValue().getLoadBalancingPolicyConfig()).isEqualTo(parsedLbConfig);
 
     // A no resolution retry
     assertEquals(0, timer.numPendingTasks(NAME_RESOLVER_REFRESH_TASK_FILTER));