diff --git a/.api-reports/api-report-react.md b/.api-reports/api-report-react.md
index 504453b9637..3be6c342a55 100644
--- a/.api-reports/api-report-react.md
+++ b/.api-reports/api-report-react.md
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ export interface BackgroundQueryHookOptions<TData = unknown, TVariables extends
     queryKey?: string | number | any[];
     // (undocumented)
     skip?: boolean;
-    // (undocumented)
-    suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -1917,27 +1915,6 @@ export interface SubscriptionResult<TData = any, TVariables = any> {
     variables?: TVariables;
 }
 
-// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCache_2" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-//
-// @public (undocumented)
-export class SuspenseCache extends SuspenseCache_2 {
-    constructor();
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-class SuspenseCache_2 {
-    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCacheOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-    constructor(options?: SuspenseCacheOptions);
-    // (undocumented)
-    getQueryRef<TData = any>(cacheKey: CacheKey, createObservable: () => ObservableQuery<TData>): InternalQueryReference<TData>;
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-interface SuspenseCacheOptions {
-    // (undocumented)
-    autoDisposeTimeoutMs?: number;
-}
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type SuspenseQueryHookFetchPolicy = Extract<WatchQueryFetchPolicy, "cache-first" | "network-only" | "no-cache" | "cache-and-network">;
 
@@ -1949,8 +1926,6 @@ export interface SuspenseQueryHookOptions<TData = unknown, TVariables extends Op
     queryKey?: string | number | any[];
     // (undocumented)
     skip?: boolean;
-    // (undocumented)
-    suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/.api-reports/api-report-react_hooks.md b/.api-reports/api-report-react_hooks.md
index 71597296826..81729a792ce 100644
--- a/.api-reports/api-report-react_hooks.md
+++ b/.api-reports/api-report-react_hooks.md
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ interface BackgroundQueryHookOptions<TData = unknown, TVariables extends Operati
     queryKey?: string | number | any[];
     // (undocumented)
     skip?: boolean;
-    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCache" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-    //
-    // (undocumented)
-    suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
 }
 
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "BackgroundQueryHookOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
@@ -1798,27 +1794,6 @@ interface SubscriptionResult<TData = any, TVariables = any> {
     variables?: TVariables;
 }
 
-// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCache_2" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-//
-// @public (undocumented)
-class SuspenseCache extends SuspenseCache_2 {
-    constructor();
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-class SuspenseCache_2 {
-    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCacheOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-    constructor(options?: SuspenseCacheOptions);
-    // (undocumented)
-    getQueryRef<TData = any>(cacheKey: CacheKey, createObservable: () => ObservableQuery<TData>): InternalQueryReference<TData>;
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-interface SuspenseCacheOptions {
-    // (undocumented)
-    autoDisposeTimeoutMs?: number;
-}
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 type SuspenseQueryHookFetchPolicy = Extract<WatchQueryFetchPolicy, "cache-first" | "network-only" | "no-cache" | "cache-and-network">;
 
@@ -1832,8 +1807,6 @@ interface SuspenseQueryHookOptions<TData = unknown, TVariables extends Operation
     queryKey?: string | number | any[];
     // (undocumented)
     skip?: boolean;
-    // (undocumented)
-    suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/.api-reports/api-report.md b/.api-reports/api-report.md
index 01950a8f066..54d5f97f022 100644
--- a/.api-reports/api-report.md
+++ b/.api-reports/api-report.md
@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ export interface BackgroundQueryHookOptions<TData = unknown, TVariables extends
     queryKey?: string | number | any[];
     // (undocumented)
     skip?: boolean;
-    // (undocumented)
-    suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -2529,27 +2527,6 @@ export interface SubscriptionResult<TData = any, TVariables = any> {
     variables?: TVariables;
 }
 
-// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCache_2" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-//
-// @public (undocumented)
-export class SuspenseCache extends SuspenseCache_2 {
-    constructor();
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-class SuspenseCache_2 {
-    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SuspenseCacheOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-    constructor(options?: SuspenseCacheOptions);
-    // (undocumented)
-    getQueryRef<TData = any>(cacheKey: CacheKey, createObservable: () => ObservableQuery<TData>): InternalQueryReference<TData>;
-}
-
-// @public (undocumented)
-interface SuspenseCacheOptions {
-    // (undocumented)
-    autoDisposeTimeoutMs?: number;
-}
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type SuspenseQueryHookFetchPolicy = Extract<WatchQueryFetchPolicy, "cache-first" | "network-only" | "no-cache" | "cache-and-network">;
 
@@ -2561,8 +2538,6 @@ export interface SuspenseQueryHookOptions<TData = unknown, TVariables extends Op
     queryKey?: string | number | any[];
     // (undocumented)
     skip?: boolean;
-    // (undocumented)
-    suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-readers-lick.md b/.changeset/pretty-readers-lick.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9811ccb33fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-readers-lick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@apollo/client": patch
+---
+
+Remove (already throwing) SuspenseCache export that should have been removed in 3.8.
diff --git a/.size-limit.cjs b/.size-limit.cjs
index 096d4ebcf85..a1d0fadb3da 100644
--- a/.size-limit.cjs
+++ b/.size-limit.cjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const checks = [
   {
     path: "dist/apollo-client.min.cjs",
-    limit: "38190",
+    limit: "37986",
   },
   {
     path: "dist/main.cjs",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const checks = [
   {
     path: "dist/index.js",
     import: "{ ApolloClient, InMemoryCache, HttpLink }",
-    limit: "32044",
+    limit: "32019",
   },
   ...[
     "ApolloProvider",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap
index 5c501301ff1..6c06e405fd9 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/exports.ts.snap
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Array [
   "NetworkStatus",
   "Observable",
   "ObservableQuery",
-  "SuspenseCache",
   "checkFetcher",
   "concat",
   "createHttpLink",
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ Array [
   "ApolloConsumer",
   "ApolloProvider",
   "DocumentType",
-  "SuspenseCache",
   "getApolloContext",
   "operationName",
   "parser",
diff --git a/src/react/cache/index.ts b/src/react/cache/index.ts
index 95a1a1c9c86..25a6d03bee5 100644
--- a/src/react/cache/index.ts
+++ b/src/react/cache/index.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,2 @@
 export type { SuspenseCacheOptions } from "./SuspenseCache.js";
 export { getSuspenseCache } from "./getSuspenseCache.js";
-
-import { SuspenseCache as RealSuspenseCache } from "./SuspenseCache.js";
-
-// TODO: remove export with release 3.8
-// replace with
-// export type { SuspenseCache } from './SuspenseCache.js';
-/**
- * @deprecated
- * It is no longer necessary to create a `SuspenseCache` instance and pass it into the `ApolloProvider`.
- * Please remove this code from your application.
- *
- * This export will be removed with the final 3.8 release.
- */
-export class SuspenseCache extends RealSuspenseCache {
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    // throwing an error here instead of using invariant - we do not want this error
-    // message to be link-ified, but to directly show up as bold as possible
-    throw new Error(
-      "It is no longer necessary to create a `SuspenseCache` instance and pass it into the `ApolloProvider`.\n" +
-        "Please remove this code from your application. \n\n" +
-        "This export will be removed with the final 3.8 release."
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/react/index.ts b/src/react/index.ts
index 1d062803e77..784046d950b 100644
--- a/src/react/index.ts
+++ b/src/react/index.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ export {
 } from "./context/index.js";
 
 export * from "./hooks/index.js";
-// TODO: remove export with release 3.8
-export { SuspenseCache } from "./cache/index.js";
 
 export type { IDocumentDefinition } from "./parser/index.js";
 export { DocumentType, operationName, parser } from "./parser/index.js";
diff --git a/src/react/types/types.ts b/src/react/types/types.ts
index bebb703784b..5d057261dbc 100644
--- a/src/react/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/react/types/types.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import type {
   WatchQueryOptions,
   WatchQueryFetchPolicy,
 } from "../../core/index.js";
-import type { SuspenseCache } from "../cache/index.js";
 
 /* QueryReference type */
 
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ export interface SuspenseQueryHookOptions<
     | "refetchWritePolicy"
   > {
   fetchPolicy?: SuspenseQueryHookFetchPolicy;
-  suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
   queryKey?: string | number | any[];
 
   /**
@@ -172,7 +170,6 @@ export interface BackgroundQueryHookOptions<
     | "refetchWritePolicy"
   > {
   fetchPolicy?: BackgroundQueryHookFetchPolicy;
-  suspenseCache?: SuspenseCache;
   queryKey?: string | number | any[];
 
   /**