From 9c945507a2ee0532454cd34fb2573cfc28ce8505 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teun van den Brand <49372158+teunbrand@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:35:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix #5053

---
 R/stat-smooth.r | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/R/stat-smooth.r b/R/stat-smooth.r
index aad4dccf91..a6366f08ee 100644
--- a/R/stat-smooth.r
+++ b/R/stat-smooth.r
@@ -182,5 +182,7 @@ StatSmooth <- ggproto("StatSmooth", Stat,
     flip_data(prediction, flipped_aes)
   },
 
+  dropped_aes = c("weight"),
+
   required_aes = c("x", "y")
 )

From 3d89fb0a3f67a88a94b679c60538798a76f1dffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teun van den Brand <49372158+teunbrand@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 07:57:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add NEWS bullet

---
 NEWS.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 582d9f2794..72e39a284d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # ggplot2 (development version)
 
+* Fixed spurious warning when `weight` aesthetic was used in `stat_smooth()` 
+  (@teunbrand based on @clauswilke's suggestion, #5053).
+
 # ggplot2 3.4.0
 This is a minor release focusing on tightening up the internals and ironing out
 some inconsistencies in the API. The biggest change is the addition of the