diff --git a/docs/internals/frontends.rst b/docs/internals/frontends.rst
index 6df9d9516..b9cbe154a 100644
--- a/docs/internals/frontends.rst
+++ b/docs/internals/frontends.rst
@@ -577,5 +577,3 @@ Prompts
         For "This is a potentially dangerous function..." (check --repair)
     BORG_DELETE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING
         For "You requested to completely DELETE the repository *including* all archives it contains:"
-    BORG_RECREATE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING
-        For "This is a potentially dangerous function..." (recreate)
diff --git a/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc b/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc
index fdf797512..87a3f84b8 100644
--- a/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage/general/environment.rst.inc
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ Some automatic "answerers" (if set, they automatically answer confirmation quest
         For "This is a potentially dangerous function..." (check --repair)
     BORG_DELETE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING=NO (or =YES)
         For "You requested to completely DELETE the repository *including* all archives it contains:"
-    BORG_RECREATE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING=NO (or =YES)
-        For "This is a potentially dangerous function..." (recreate)
 
     Note: answers are case sensitive. setting an invalid answer value might either give the default
     answer or ask you interactively, depending on whether retries are allowed (they by default are
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index fd880f23c..ea9ba0ee6 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -1710,14 +1710,6 @@ class Archiver:
     @with_repository(cache=True, exclusive=True, compatibility=(Manifest.Operation.CHECK,))
     def do_recreate(self, args, repository, manifest, key, cache):
         """Re-create archives"""
-        msg = ("This is a potentially dangerous function.\n"
-               "recreate might lead to data loss (if used wrongly). BE VERY CAREFUL!\n"
-               "\n"
-               "Type 'YES' if you understand this and want to continue: ")
-        if not yes(msg, false_msg="Aborting.", truish=('YES',),
-                   env_var_override='BORG_RECREATE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING'):
-            return EXIT_ERROR
-
         matcher = self.build_matcher(args.patterns, args.paths)
         self.output_list = args.output_list
         self.output_filter = args.output_filter
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index 72c68f40e..4ad5e125f 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ class ArchiverTestCaseBase(BaseTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         os.environ['BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING'] = 'YES'
         os.environ['BORG_DELETE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING'] = 'YES'
-        os.environ['BORG_RECREATE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING'] = 'YES'
         os.environ['BORG_PASSPHRASE'] = 'waytooeasyonlyfortests'
         self.archiver = not self.FORK_DEFAULT and Archiver() or None
         self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()