diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark_serving.py b/benchmarks/benchmark_serving.py
index 9760737cce..9416a22b73 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmark_serving.py
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark_serving.py
@@ -867,18 +867,10 @@ def main(args: argparse.Namespace):
                               tokenizer_mode=tokenizer_mode,
                               trust_remote_code=args.trust_remote_code)
 
-    if args.dataset is not None:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The '--dataset' argument will be deprecated in the next "
-            "release. Please use '--dataset-name' and "
-            "'--dataset-path' in the future runs.",
-            stacklevel=2)
-        input_requests = sample_sharegpt_requests(
-            dataset_path=args.dataset,
-            num_requests=args.num_prompts,
-            tokenizer=tokenizer,
-            fixed_output_len=args.sharegpt_output_len,
-        )
+    if args.dataset_name is None:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Please specify '--dataset-name' and the corresponding "
+            "'--dataset-path' if required.")
 
     elif args.dataset_name == "sharegpt":
         input_requests = sample_sharegpt_requests(
@@ -1052,13 +1044,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         default="/v1/completions",
         help="API endpoint.",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--dataset",
-        type=str,
-        default=None,
-        help="Path to the ShareGPT dataset, will be deprecated in the "
-        "next release.",
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--dataset-name",
         type=str,