diff --git a/elyra/pipeline/catalog_connector.py b/elyra/pipeline/catalog_connector.py
index 97945d6a3..17a57934c 100644
--- a/elyra/pipeline/catalog_connector.py
+++ b/elyra/pipeline/catalog_connector.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from typing import Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from deprecation import deprecated
 from jupyter_core.paths import ENV_JUPYTER_PATH
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 from requests.sessions import Session
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
 from traitlets.traitlets import default
 from traitlets.traitlets import Integer
 
-from elyra._version import __version__
 from elyra.metadata.metadata import Metadata
 from elyra.pipeline.component import Component
 from elyra.pipeline.properties import ComponentProperty
@@ -221,39 +219,6 @@ def get_catalog_entries(self, catalog_metadata: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("abstract method 'get_catalog_entries()' must be implemented")
 
-    @deprecated(
-        deprecated_in="3.7.0",
-        removed_in="4.0",
-        current_version=__version__,
-        details="Implement the get_entry_data function instead",
-    )
-    def read_catalog_entry(self, catalog_entry_data: Dict[str, Any], catalog_metadata: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
-        """
-        DEPRECATED. Will be removed in 4.0. get_entry_data() must be implemented instead.
-
-        Reads a component definition for a single catalog entry using the catalog_entry_data returned
-        from get_catalog_entries() and, if needed, the catalog metadata.
-
-        :param catalog_entry_data: a dictionary that contains the information needed to read the content
-                                   of the component definition; below is an example data structure returned
-                                   from get_catalog_entries()
-
-                example:
-                    {
-                        "directory_path": "/Users/path/to/directory",
-                        "relative_path": "subdir/file.py"
-                    }
-
-        :param catalog_metadata: the metadata associated with the catalog in which this catalog entry is
-                                 stored; this is the same dictionary that is passed into get_catalog_entries();
-                                 in addition to catalog_entry_data, catalog_metadata may also be
-                                 needed to read the component definition for certain types of catalogs
-
-        :returns: the content of the given catalog entry's definition in string form, if found, or None;
-                  if None is returned, this catalog entry is skipped and a warning message logged
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError("abstract method 'read_catalog_entry()' must be implemented")
-
     def get_entry_data(
         self, catalog_entry_data: Dict[str, Any], catalog_metadata: Dict[str, Any]
     ) -> Optional[EntryData]:
@@ -407,18 +372,18 @@ def read_with_thread():
                     )
 
                     try:
-                        # Attempt to get an EntryData object from get_entry_data first
+                        # Attempt to get an EntryData object from get_entry_data
                         entry_data: EntryData = self.get_entry_data(
                             catalog_entry_data=catalog_entry_data, catalog_metadata=catalog_metadata
                         )
                     except NotImplementedError:
-                        # Connector class does not implement get_catalog_definition and we must
-                        # manually coerce this entry's returned values into a EntryData object
-                        definition = self.read_catalog_entry(
-                            catalog_entry_data=catalog_entry_data, catalog_metadata=catalog_metadata
+                        self.log.error(
+                            f"Component catalog connector {self.__class__.__name__} cannot process catalog entry "
+                            f"with identifying information {catalog_entry_data}. "
+                            f"The connector does not implement method 'get_entry_data'."
                         )
-
-                        entry_data: EntryData = EntryData(definition=definition)
+                        catalog_entry_q.task_done()
+                        continue
 
                     # Ignore this entry if no definition content is returned
                     if not entry_data or not entry_data.definition: