diff --git a/src/display/api.js b/src/display/api.js
index 5b9a25d42..93a3c890a 100644
--- a/src/display/api.js
+++ b/src/display/api.js
@@ -1202,8 +1202,6 @@ class PDFDocumentProxy {
  *   The default value is `AnnotationMode.ENABLE`.
  * @property {Array<any>} [transform] - Additional transform, applied just
  *   before viewport transform.
- * @property {Object} [canvasFactory] - The factory instance that will be used
- *   when creating canvases. The default value is {new DOMCanvasFactory()}.
  * @property {CanvasGradient | CanvasPattern | string} [background] - Background
  *   to use for the canvas.
  *   Any valid `canvas.fillStyle` can be used: a `DOMString` parsed as CSS
@@ -1408,7 +1406,6 @@ class PDFPageProxy {
     intent = "display",
     annotationMode = AnnotationMode.ENABLE,
     transform = null,
-    canvasFactory = null,
     background = null,
     optionalContentConfigPromise = null,
     annotationCanvasMap = null,
@@ -1417,9 +1414,9 @@ class PDFPageProxy {
   }) {
     if (
       (typeof PDFJSDev === "undefined" || PDFJSDev.test("GENERIC")) &&
-      canvasFactory
+      arguments[0]?.canvasFactory
     ) {
-      deprecated(
+      throw new Error(
         "render no longer accepts the `canvasFactory`-option, " +
           "please pass it to the `getDocument`-function instead."
       );
@@ -1512,7 +1509,7 @@ class PDFPageProxy {
       annotationCanvasMap,
       operatorList: intentState.operatorList,
       pageIndex: this._pageIndex,
-      canvasFactory: canvasFactory || this._transport.canvasFactory,
+      canvasFactory: this._transport.canvasFactory,
       filterFactory: this._transport.filterFactory,
       useRequestAnimationFrame: !intentPrint,
       pdfBug: this._pdfBug,