diff --git a/mod/data/db/upgrade.php b/mod/data/db/upgrade.php
index efa615abe6c..32718e31e2e 100644
--- a/mod/data/db/upgrade.php
+++ b/mod/data/db/upgrade.php
@@ -67,5 +67,17 @@ function xmldb_data_upgrade($oldversion) {
     // Automatically generated Moodle v4.3.0 release upgrade line.
     // Put any upgrade step following this.
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2023100901) {
+        // Clean param1 for "text" fields because it was unused.
+        $DB->execute(
+            "UPDATE {data_fields}
+                SET param1 = ''
+              WHERE type = 'text'"
+        );
+
+        // Data savepoint reached.
+        upgrade_mod_savepoint(true, 2023100901, 'data');
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/mod/data/field/text/mod.html b/mod/data/field/text/mod.html
index 597e7639a09..10962da8df2 100644
--- a/mod/data/field/text/mod.html
+++ b/mod/data/field/text/mod.html
@@ -11,8 +11,4 @@
         <td class="c0"><label for="required"><?php echo get_string('requiredfield', 'data'); ?></label></td>
         <td class="c1"><input class="requiredfield" type="checkbox" name="required" id="required" <?php p($this->field->required?"checked=\"checked\"":""); ?>/></td>
     </tr>
-    <tr>
-        <td class="c0"><label for="param1"><?php echo get_string('fieldallowautolink', 'data'); ?></label></td>
-        <td class="c1"><input type="checkbox" name="param1" id="param1" <?php if($this->field->param1) {echo 'checked="checked"';} ?> value="1" /></td>
-    </tr>
 </table>
diff --git a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
index 70205abf1bb..caeee04f10c 100644
--- a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
+++ b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ $string['exportownentries'] = 'Export your own entries only? ({$a->mine}/{$a->al
 $string['exportpreset'] = 'Export preset';
 $string['failedpresetdelete'] = 'An error was encountered while trying to delete the preset.';
 $string['fieldadded'] = 'Field added';
-$string['fieldallowautolink'] = 'Allow autolink';
 $string['fielddeleted'] = 'Field deleted';
 $string['fielddelimiter'] = 'Field separator';
 $string['fielddescription'] = 'Field description';
@@ -489,3 +488,6 @@ $string['fieldids'] = 'Field ids';
 
 // Deprecated since Moodle 4.3.
 $string['completionentries'] = 'Require entries';
+
+// Deprecated since Moodle 4.4.
+$string['fieldallowautolink'] = 'Allow autolink';
diff --git a/mod/data/lang/en/deprecated.txt b/mod/data/lang/en/deprecated.txt
index 2e5d4e50bc2..0c52e751bba 100644
--- a/mod/data/lang/en/deprecated.txt
+++ b/mod/data/lang/en/deprecated.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ addentries,mod_data
 todatabase,mod_data
 fieldids,mod_data
 completionentries,mod_data
+fieldallowautolink,mod_data
diff --git a/mod/data/tests/generator/lib.php b/mod/data/tests/generator/lib.php
index 559f0f0b780..eec22b7e017 100644
--- a/mod/data/tests/generator/lib.php
+++ b/mod/data/tests/generator/lib.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class mod_data_generator extends testing_module_generator {
                 $record['param1'] = implode("\n", array('menu1', 'menu2', 'menu3', 'menu4'));
             } else if ($record['type'] == 'multimenu') {
                 $record['param1'] = implode("\n", array('multimenu1', 'multimenu2', 'multimenu3', 'multimenu4'));
-            } else if (($record['type'] === 'text') || ($record['type'] === 'url')) {
+            } else if ($record['type'] === 'url') {
                 $record['param1'] = 1;
             } else if ($record['type'] == 'latlong') {
                 $record['param1'] = 'Google Maps';
diff --git a/mod/data/version.php b/mod/data/version.php
index 4ba8f64acf7..bc43b2baee1 100644
--- a/mod/data/version.php
+++ b/mod/data/version.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$plugin->version   = 2023100900;       // The current module version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->version   = 2023100901;       // The current module version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
 $plugin->requires  = 2023100400;       // Requires this Moodle version.
 $plugin->component = 'mod_data';       // Full name of the plugin (used for diagnostics)
 $plugin->cron      = 0;