diff --git a/.github/workflows/Check.yml b/.github/workflows/Check.yml
index bc783ec483..08dc6b83e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Check.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           using Ferrite, ExplicitImports, Metis, BlockArrays
           # Check Ferrite
-          allow_unanalyzable = (ApplyStrategy, ColoringAlgorithm) # baremodules
+          allow_unanalyzable = (ColoringAlgorithm,) # baremodules
           check_no_implicit_imports(Ferrite; allow_unanalyzable)
           check_no_stale_explicit_imports(Ferrite; allow_unanalyzable)
           check_all_qualified_accesses_via_owners(Ferrite)
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmarks-boundary-conditions.jl b/benchmark/benchmarks-boundary-conditions.jl
index fe9b96dd8b..6964196f70 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmarks-boundary-conditions.jl
+++ b/benchmark/benchmarks-boundary-conditions.jl
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ for spatial_dim ∈ [2]
 
     # Non-symmetric application
     M, f = FerriteAssemblyHelper._assemble_mass(dh, cellvalues, false);
-    DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(M,f,APPLY_TRANSPOSE)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($M, $f, $ch; strategy=$(Ferrite.APPLY_TRANSPOSE));
-    DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(M,f,APPLY_INPLACE)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($M, $f, $ch; strategy=$(Ferrite.APPLY_INPLACE));
+    DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(M,f)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($M, $f, $ch);
     # Symmetric application
     M, f = FerriteAssemblyHelper._assemble_mass(dh, cellvalues, true);
-    DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(M_sym,f,APPLY_TRANSPOSE)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($M, $f, $ch; strategy=$(Ferrite.APPLY_TRANSPOSE));
-    DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(M_sym,f,APPLY_INPLACE)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($M, $f, $ch; strategy=$(Ferrite.APPLY_INPLACE));
+    DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(M_sym,f)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($M, $f, $ch);
 
     DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply!(f)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($f, $ch);
     DIRICHLET_SUITE["global"]["apply_zero!(f)"] = @benchmarkable apply!($f, $ch);
diff --git a/src/Dofs/ConstraintHandler.jl b/src/Dofs/ConstraintHandler.jl
index aaba4cfd7d..54ce73a56a 100644
--- a/src/Dofs/ConstraintHandler.jl
+++ b/src/Dofs/ConstraintHandler.jl
@@ -595,13 +595,7 @@ function apply_zero!(K::Union{SparseMatrixCSC,Symmetric}, f::AbstractVector, ch:
     apply!(K, f, ch, true)
 end
 
-# For backwards compatibility, not used anymore
-@enumx ApplyStrategy Transpose Inplace
-const APPLY_TRANSPOSE = ApplyStrategy.Transpose
-const APPLY_INPLACE = ApplyStrategy.Inplace
-
-function apply!(KK::Union{SparseMatrixCSC,Symmetric}, f::AbstractVector, ch::ConstraintHandler, applyzero::Bool=false;
-                strategy::ApplyStrategy.T=ApplyStrategy.Transpose)
+function apply!(KK::Union{SparseMatrixCSC,Symmetric}, f::AbstractVector, ch::ConstraintHandler, applyzero::Bool=false)
     @assert isclosed(ch)
     sym = isa(KK, Symmetric)
     K = sym ? KK.data : KK
diff --git a/src/Ferrite.jl b/src/Ferrite.jl
index 0776f2f6be..c543704cd6 100644
--- a/src/Ferrite.jl
+++ b/src/Ferrite.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using Base:
 using EnumX:
     EnumX, @enumx
 using LinearAlgebra:
-    LinearAlgebra, Symmetric, Transpose, cholesky, det, norm, pinv, tr
+    LinearAlgebra, Symmetric, cholesky, det, norm, pinv, tr
 using NearestNeighbors:
     NearestNeighbors, KDTree, knn
 using OrderedCollections:
diff --git a/src/exports.jl b/src/exports.jl
index f2c17a0d11..2c02bad172 100644
--- a/src/exports.jl
+++ b/src/exports.jl
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ export
     apply_assemble!,
     add!,
     free_dofs,
-    ApplyStrategy,
 
 # iterators
     CellCache,