diff --git a/grade/tests/behat/behat_grade.php b/grade/tests/behat/behat_grade.php
index 4a1bbe9193b..bc1f2ead723 100644
--- a/grade/tests/behat/behat_grade.php
+++ b/grade/tests/behat/behat_grade.php
@@ -301,16 +301,4 @@ class behat_grade extends behat_base {
 
         $this->select_in_gradebook_tabs($gradepath);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Navigates to the course gradebook and selects a specified item from the grade navigation tabs.
-     *
-     * @todo MDL-57282 deprecate in Moodle 3.3
-     *
-     * @Given /^I go to "(?P<gradepath_string>(?:[^"]|\\")*)" in the course gradebook$/
-     * @param string $gradepath
-     */
-    public function i_go_to_in_the_course_gradebook($gradepath) {
-        $this->execute('behat_grade::i_navigate_to_in_the_course_gradebook', $gradepath);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_deprecated.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_deprecated.php
index 46493eaf9c3..118d89a879d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_deprecated.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_deprecated.php
@@ -297,6 +297,19 @@ class behat_deprecated extends behat_base {
         $this->deprecated_message($alternative, true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Navigates to the course gradebook and selects a specified item from the grade navigation tabs.
+     * @Given /^I go to "(?P<gradepath_string>(?:[^"]|\\")*)" in the course gradebook$/
+     * @param string $gradepath
+     * @deprecated since Moodle 3.3 MDL-57282 - please do not use this step any more.
+     */
+    public function i_go_to_in_the_course_gradebook($gradepath) {
+        $alternative = 'I navigate to "' . $this->escape($gradepath) . '"  in the course gradebook';
+        $this->deprecated_message($alternative);
+
+        $this->execute('behat_grade::i_navigate_to_in_the_course_gradebook', $gradepath);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Throws an exception if $CFG->behat_usedeprecated is not allowed.
      *