diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 4c38c3db..bcb0c4d0 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Version 0.7.0 (upcoming)
     removed from the base class and is now only kept by cameras that
     actually make use of it, namely, ``PVCamera`` and ``AndorAtmcd``.
 
+  * All filterwheels had a ``"position"`` setting which was redundant
+    with the related get/set methods.  The setting was been removed.
+
 * New devices supported:
 
   * Hamamatsu cameras (:class:`microscope.cameras.hamamatsu.HamamatsuCamera`)
diff --git a/microscope/abc.py b/microscope/abc.py
index e1bd48e8..615212e6 100644
--- a/microscope/abc.py
+++ b/microscope/abc.py
@@ -1265,16 +1265,6 @@ def __init__(self, positions: int, **kwargs) -> None:
                 "positions must be a positive number (was %d)" % positions
             )
         self._positions = positions
-        # The position as an integer.
-        # Deprecated: clients should call get_position and set_position;
-        # still exposed as a setting until cockpit uses set_position.
-        self.add_setting(
-            "position",
-            "int",
-            self.get_position,
-            self.set_position,
-            lambda: (0, self.get_num_positions()),
-        )
 
     @property
     def n_positions(self) -> int: