diff --git a/dvc/commands/imp.py b/dvc/commands/imp.py
index 215d78f44..34021a552 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/imp.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/imp.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class CmdImport(CmdBase):
                 self.args.url,
                 self.args.path,
                 out=self.args.out,
-                fname=self.args.file,
                 rev=self.args.rev,
                 no_exec=self.args.no_exec,
                 no_download=self.args.no_download,
@@ -69,11 +68,6 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
         help="Git revision (e.g. SHA, branch, tag)",
         metavar="<commit>",
     )
-    import_parser.add_argument(
-        "--file",
-        help="Specify name of the .dvc file this command will generate.",
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    )
     no_download_exec_group = import_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     no_download_exec_group.add_argument(
         "--no-exec",
diff --git a/dvc/commands/imp_url.py b/dvc/commands/imp_url.py
index 118948bb2..21d826c57 100644
--- a/dvc/commands/imp_url.py
+++ b/dvc/commands/imp_url.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class CmdImportUrl(CmdBase):
             self.repo.imp_url(
                 self.args.url,
                 out=self.args.out,
-                fname=self.args.file,
                 no_exec=self.args.no_exec,
                 no_download=self.args.no_download,
                 remote=self.args.remote,
@@ -64,11 +63,6 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
     import_parser.add_argument(
         "out", nargs="?", help="Destination path to put files to."
     ).complete = completion.DIR
-    import_parser.add_argument(
-        "--file",
-        help="Specify name of the .dvc file this command will generate.",
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    ).complete = completion.DIR
     import_parser.add_argument(
         "--to-remote",
         action="store_true",
diff --git a/dvc/repo/imp.py b/dvc/repo/imp.py
index 14454c1aa..0bdf9d8eb 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/imp.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/imp.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-def imp(self, url, path, out=None, fname=None, rev=None, **kwargs):
+def imp(self, url, path, out=None, rev=None, **kwargs):
     erepo = {"url": url}
     if rev is not None:
         erepo["rev"] = rev
 
-    return self.imp_url(path, out=out, fname=fname, erepo=erepo, frozen=True, **kwargs)
+    return self.imp_url(path, out=out, erepo=erepo, frozen=True, **kwargs)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/imp_url.py b/dvc/repo/imp_url.py
index 330d840b0..4deb8ad9c 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/imp_url.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/imp_url.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def imp_url(  # noqa: C901, PLR0913
     self: "Repo",
     url,
     out=None,
-    fname=None,
     erepo=None,
     frozen=True,
     no_download=False,
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def imp_url(  # noqa: C901, PLR0913
     stage = self.stage.create(
         single_stage=True,
         validate=False,
-        fname=fname or path,
+        fname=path,
         wdir=wdir,
         deps=[url],
         outs=[out],
diff --git a/tests/func/test_import_url.py b/tests/func/test_import_url.py
index 4d129ef49..f2fe89c8d 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_import_url.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_import_url.py
@@ -63,22 +63,6 @@ def test_import_conflict_and_override(tmp_dir, dvc):
     assert os.path.exists("bar.dvc")
 
 
-def test_import_filename(tmp_dir, dvc, cloud):
-    external_source = cloud / "file"
-    (cloud / "file").write_text("content", encoding="utf-8")
-    ret = main(["import-url", "--file", "bar.dvc", external_source.fs_path])
-    assert ret == 0
-    assert (tmp_dir / "bar.dvc").exists()
-
-    (tmp_dir / "bar.dvc").unlink()
-    (tmp_dir / "sub").mkdir()
-
-    path = tmp_dir / "sub" / "bar.dvc"
-    ret = main(["import-url", "--file", path.fs_path, external_source.fs_path, "out"])
-    assert ret == 0
-    assert path.exists()
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dname", [".", "dir", "dir/subdir"])
 def test_import_url_to_dir(dname, tmp_dir, dvc):
     tmp_dir.gen({"data_dir": {"file": "file content"}})
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py b/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
index 17cbb2d11..81228f955 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_imp.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ def test_import(mocker):
             "src",
             "--out",
             "out",
-            "--file",
-            "file",
             "--rev",
             "version",
             "--jobs",
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ def test_import(mocker):
         "repo_url",
         path="src",
         out="out",
-        fname="file",
         rev="version",
         no_exec=False,
         no_download=False,
@@ -45,8 +42,6 @@ def test_import_no_exec(mocker):
             "src",
             "--out",
             "out",
-            "--file",
-            "file",
             "--rev",
             "version",
             "--no-exec",
@@ -62,7 +57,6 @@ def test_import_no_exec(mocker):
         "repo_url",
         path="src",
         out="out",
-        fname="file",
         rev="version",
         no_exec=True,
         no_download=False,
@@ -78,8 +72,6 @@ def test_import_no_download(mocker):
             "src",
             "--out",
             "out",
-            "--file",
-            "file",
             "--rev",
             "version",
             "--no-download",
@@ -95,7 +87,6 @@ def test_import_no_download(mocker):
         "repo_url",
         path="src",
         out="out",
-        fname="file",
         rev="version",
         no_exec=False,
         no_download=True,
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py b/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py
index 92598b250..7bea5c39f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_imp_url.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ def test_import_url(mocker):
             "import-url",
             "src",
             "out",
-            "--file",
-            "file",
             "--jobs",
             "4",
         ]
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ def test_import_url(mocker):
     m.assert_called_once_with(
         "src",
         out="out",
-        fname="file",
         no_exec=False,
         no_download=False,
         remote=None,
@@ -70,8 +67,6 @@ def test_import_url_no_exec_download_flags(mocker, flag, expected):
             flag,
             "src",
             "out",
-            "--file",
-            "file",
         ]
     )
 
@@ -83,7 +78,6 @@ def test_import_url_no_exec_download_flags(mocker, flag, expected):
     m.assert_called_once_with(
         "src",
         out="out",
-        fname="file",
         remote=None,
         to_remote=False,
         jobs=None,
@@ -114,7 +108,6 @@ def test_import_url_to_remote(mocker):
     m.assert_called_once_with(
         "s3://bucket/foo",
         out="bar",
-        fname=None,
         no_exec=False,
         no_download=False,
         remote="remote",