diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index 2fc63597..11d64a3a 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Upcoming Release
 * With this release, we change the license from copyleft GPLv3 to the more liberal MIT license with the consent of all major contributors `#263 <https://github.com/PyPSA/atlite/pull/263>`_.
 * Added 1-axis vertical and 2-axis tracking option for solar pv and trigon_model = "simple"
 * Added small documentation for get_windturbineconfig
-
+* The deprecated functions `grid_cells` and `grid_coordinates` were removed.
 
 Version 0.2.10
 ==============
diff --git a/atlite/cutout.py b/atlite/cutout.py
index c02c6f0d..170ecb71 100644
--- a/atlite/cutout.py
+++ b/atlite/cutout.py
@@ -385,35 +385,6 @@ def prepared_features(self):
         index = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(index, names=["module", "feature"])
         return pd.Series(list(self.data), index, dtype=object)
 
-    def grid_coordinates(self):
-        """
-        Array of grid coordinates, deprecated since v0.2.1.
-        """
-        warn(
-            "The function `grid_coordinates` has been deprecated in favour of "
-            "`grid`",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-        logger.warning(
-            "The order of elements returned by `grid_coordinates` changed. "
-            "Check the output of your workflow for correctness."
-        )
-        return self.grid[["x", "y"]].values
-
-    def grid_cells(self):
-        """
-        List of grid cells, deprecated since v0.2.1.
-        """
-        warn(
-            "The function `grid_cells` has been deprecated in favour of `grid`",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-        )
-        logger.warning(
-            "The order of elements in `grid_cells` changed. "
-            "Check the output of your workflow for correctness."
-        )
-        return self.grid.geometry.to_list()
-
     @CachedAttribute
     def grid(self):
         """