diff --git a/app/models/concerns/reports/bookmarks.rb b/app/models/concerns/reports/bookmarks.rb
index 3dac869021e..ab6ba95610d 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/reports/bookmarks.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/reports/bookmarks.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Reports::Bookmarks
       report.icon = "bookmark"
 
       category_filter = report.filters.dig(:category)
-      report.add_filter("category", default: category_filter)
+      report.add_filter("category", type: "category", default: category_filter)
 
       report.data = []
       Bookmark
diff --git a/app/models/report.rb b/app/models/report.rb
index ca79d36bc93..d5e9240369e 100644
--- a/app/models/report.rb
+++ b/app/models/report.rb
@@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ class Report
   end
 
   def add_filter(name, options = {})
-    if options[:type].blank?
-      options[:type] = name
-      Discourse.deprecate(
-        "#{name} filter should define a `:type` option. Temporarily setting type to #{name}.",
-        drop_from: "2.9.0",
-      )
-    end
-
     available_filters[name] = options
   end