diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.ts
index 4cad722a77fb19..fed86fd1284dce 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/get-plugins.ts
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ const loadingMethod = isIsolationEnabled()
   ? loadNxPluginInIsolation
   : loadNxPlugin;
 
-/**
- * @deprecated prefer getOnlyDefaultPlugins
- */
-export async function loadDefaultNxPlugins(root = workspaceRoot) {
+async function loadDefaultNxPlugins(root = workspaceRoot) {
   performance.mark('loadDefaultNxPlugins:start');
 
   const plugins = await getDefaultPlugins(root);
@@ -156,10 +153,7 @@ export async function loadDefaultNxPlugins(root = workspaceRoot) {
   return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * @deprecated prefer getPlugins
- */
-export async function loadSpecifiedNxPlugins(
+async function loadSpecifiedNxPlugins(
   plugins: PluginConfiguration[],
   root = workspaceRoot
 ): Promise<readonly [LoadedNxPlugin[], () => void]> {
@@ -218,7 +212,7 @@ async function normalizePlugins(plugins: PluginConfiguration[], root: string) {
   return [...plugins];
 }
 
-export async function getDefaultPlugins(root: string) {
+async function getDefaultPlugins(root: string) {
   return [
     join(__dirname, '../../plugins/js'),
     ...(shouldMergeAngularProjects(root, false)