diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@
   have been removed.
 * Removed ``LLVMPassManagerBuilderRef`` and functions interacting with it.
   These belonged to the no longer supported legacy pass manager.
+* As part of the opaque pointer transition, ``LLVMGetElementType`` no longer
+  gives the pointee type of a pointer type.
 
 Changes to the FastISel infrastructure
 --------------------------------------
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -1411,8 +1411,6 @@
 /**
  * Obtain the element type of an array or vector type.
  *
- * This currently also works for pointer types, but this usage is deprecated.
- *
  * @see llvm::SequentialType::getElementType()
  */
 LLVMTypeRef LLVMGetElementType(LLVMTypeRef Ty);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -811,8 +811,6 @@
 
 LLVMTypeRef LLVMGetElementType(LLVMTypeRef WrappedTy) {
   auto *Ty = unwrap(WrappedTy);
-  if (auto *PTy = dyn_cast<PointerType>(Ty))
-    return wrap(PTy->getNonOpaquePointerElementType());
   if (auto *ATy = dyn_cast<ArrayType>(Ty))
     return wrap(ATy->getElementType());
   return wrap(cast<VectorType>(Ty)->getElementType());