diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 4efc744afa1f8b336b1ef3d79c90c0884eb4240b..565b80d20a1cbed5e04a0f1e79893a410122e7bf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ DAL node
   the connection attempt failed. However, this MR fixes the timing
   when those attempts were made. (MR :gl:`!16466`)
 
+- **Deprecation** The CLI experimental flag ``--sqlite3-backend`` and its
+  corresponding configuration file field have been deprecated since
+  SQLite is now the default storage backend for storing skip list
+  cells for DAL slots.
+
 - **Feature** The DAL node stores now a peers.json file in its
   directory when it is shutdown with SIGINT. This file is read if it
   exists when starting the DAL node to restore previous known
diff --git a/src/bin_dal_node/cli.ml b/src/bin_dal_node/cli.ml
index d6cc8d17391c371c8a4764c712dd63758e84ae67..6dedc75ce162d74205df2ee2dbedc083b2abfa51 100644
--- a/src/bin_dal_node/cli.ml
+++ b/src/bin_dal_node/cli.ml
@@ -354,13 +354,11 @@ module Term = struct
 
   let sqlite3_backend =
     (* FIXME: https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos/-/issues/7527
-       Remove this command line argument once the SQLite3 backend is
-       the default one. *)
+       Remove this command line argument in the next release. *)
     let open Cmdliner in
     let doc =
-      "Experimental feature, please dont use it unless you know what you are \
-       doing. Configure the DAL node store to use SQLite3 as a storage \
-       backend. "
+      "DEPRECATED as SQLite is now the default storage backend for storing \
+       skip list cells for DAL slots."
     in
     Arg.(value & flag & info ~docs ~doc ["sqlite3-backend"])
 
diff --git a/src/bin_dal_node/configuration_file.ml b/src/bin_dal_node/configuration_file.ml
index 732a6bd3d3429f8800c28077895c9a686f6b8c96..2729a3ddd14c5af591fdd604d281d4cbf40360da 100644
--- a/src/bin_dal_node/configuration_file.ml
+++ b/src/bin_dal_node/configuration_file.ml
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ let experimental_features_encoding : experimental_features Data_encoding.t =
     (obj1
        (dft
           "sqlite3-backend"
+          ~description:
+            "DEPRECATED as SQLite is now the default storage backend for \
+             storing skip list cells for DAL slots."
           bool
           default_experimental_features.sqlite3_backend))