diff --git a/jupyter_server/auth/utils.py b/jupyter_server/auth/utils.py
index 86d57070a8..999d2f0d7e 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/auth/utils.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/auth/utils.py
@@ -63,3 +63,14 @@ def match_url_to_resource(url, regex_mapping=None):
         pattern = re.compile(regex)
         if pattern.fullmatch(url):
             return auth_resource
+
+
+def warn_disabled_authorization():
+    """DEPRECATED, does nothing"""
+    import warnings
+
+    warnings.warn(
+        "jupyter_server.auth.utils.warn_disabled_authorization is deprecated",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )