diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
index 2dc19139a..d162deb8c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 			);
 		}
 
+		if (
+			process.env.N8N_BINARY_DATA_TTL ??
+			process.env.N8N_PERSISTED_BINARY_DATA_TTL ??
+			process.env.EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE_TIMEOUT
+		) {
+			this.logger.warn(
+				'The env vars N8N_BINARY_DATA_TTL and N8N_PERSISTED_BINARY_DATA_TTL and EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE_TIMEOUT no longer have any effect and can be safely removed. Instead of relying on a TTL system for binary data, n8n currently cleans up binary data together with executions during pruning.',
+			);
+		}
+
 		await Container.get(PostHogClient).init();
 		await Container.get(InternalHooks).init();
 	}