diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenConfig.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenConfig.java
index c6f309fc286a..ab582c24faa2 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenConfig.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenConfig.java
@@ -361,7 +361,4 @@ public interface CodegenConfig {
     boolean getUseOpenapiNormalizer();
 
     Set<String> getOpenapiGeneratorIgnoreList();
-
-    void setApplyCamelizeFix(boolean applyCamelizeFix);
-
 }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index b44d70c8fc6a..92030ec6913f 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -316,9 +316,6 @@ apiTemplateFiles are for API outputs only (controllers/handlers).
     // Whether to automatically hardcode params that are considered Constants by OpenAPI Spec
     protected boolean autosetConstants = false;
 
-    // when set to true, apply camelization fix
-    protected boolean applyCamelizeFix = false;
-
     public boolean getAddSuffixToDuplicateOperationNicknames() {
         return addSuffixToDuplicateOperationNicknames;
     }
@@ -6185,30 +6182,13 @@ public String removeNonNameElementToCamelCase(String name) {
      * @return camelized string
      */
     protected String removeNonNameElementToCamelCase(final String name, final String nonNameElementPattern) {
-        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("openapi.generator.fix.camelize"))) {
-            // new behaviour with fix
-            String[] splitString = name.split(nonNameElementPattern);
-
-            if (splitString.length > 0) {
-                splitString[0] = camelize(splitString[0], CamelizeOption.LOWERCASE_FIRST_CHAR);
-            }
-
-            String result = Arrays.stream(splitString)
-                    .map(StringUtils::capitalize)
-                    .collect(Collectors.joining(""));
-            if (result.length() > 0) {
-                result = result.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) + result.substring(1);
-            }
-            return result;
-        } else { // old behaviour with bug
-            String result = Arrays.stream(name.split(nonNameElementPattern))
-                    .map(StringUtils::capitalize)
-                    .collect(Collectors.joining(""));
-            if (result.length() > 0) {
-                result = result.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) + result.substring(1);
-            }
-            return result;
+        String result = Arrays.stream(name.split(nonNameElementPattern))
+                .map(StringUtils::capitalize)
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(""));
+        if (result.length() > 0) {
+            result = result.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) + result.substring(1);
         }
+        return result;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -8552,8 +8532,6 @@ public void setAutosetConstants(boolean autosetConstants) {
         this.autosetConstants = autosetConstants;
     }
 
-    public void setApplyCamelizeFix(boolean applyCamelizeFix) { this.applyCamelizeFix = applyCamelizeFix; }
-
     /**
      * This method removes all constant Query, Header and Cookie Params from allParams and sets them as constantParams in the CodegenOperation.
      * The definition of constant is single valued required enum params.
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index b3032e1b7163..36b567a74b9e 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.openapitools.codegen;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonAppend;
 import io.swagger.v3.core.util.Json;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.OpenAPI;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.Operation;
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ void configureGeneratorProperties() {
         if (config.additionalProperties().containsKey("applyCamelizeFix")) {
             org.openapitools.codegen.utils.StringUtils.applyCamelizeFix =
                     Boolean.parseBoolean(String.valueOf(config.additionalProperties().get("applyCamelizeFix")));
-            config.setApplyCamelizeFix(true);
         }
 
         config.processOpts();
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/StringUtils.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/StringUtils.java
index 1f024660b3e3..b366a6cdd34b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ public class StringUtils {
 
     // A cache of escaped words, used to optimize the performance of the escape() method.
     private static Cache<EscapedNameOptions, String> escapedWordsCache;
-
-
-
     static {
         int cacheSize = Integer.parseInt(GlobalSettings.getProperty(NAME_CACHE_SIZE_PROPERTY, "200"));
         int cacheExpiry = Integer.parseInt(GlobalSettings.getProperty(NAME_CACHE_EXPIRY_PROPERTY, "5"));
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@ public class StringUtils {
                 .expireAfterAccess(cacheExpiry, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                 .ticker(Ticker.systemTicker())
                 .build();
-
     }
 
     private static Pattern capitalLetterPattern = Pattern.compile("([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z][a-z]+)");
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java
index 1d09d780cbab..3ac0c9653e83 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegenTest.java
@@ -4915,6 +4915,7 @@ public void testWebhooks() throws IOException {
 
     public void testRemoveNonNameElementToCamelCase() {
         final DefaultCodegen codegen = new DefaultCodegen();
+        Assert.assertFalse(org.openapitools.codegen.utils.StringUtils.applyCamelizeFix);
 
         final String alreadyCamelCase = "aVATRate";
         Assert.assertEquals(codegen.removeNonNameElementToCamelCase(alreadyCamelCase), alreadyCamelCase);