diff --git a/include/boost/gil.hpp b/include/boost/gil.hpp
index 0df6b59fb5..087c9fe8de 100644
--- a/include/boost/gil.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/gil.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <boost/gil/color_base_algorithm.hpp>
 #include <boost/gil/color_convert.hpp>
 #include <boost/gil/concepts.hpp>
-#include <boost/gil/deprecated.hpp>
 #include <boost/gil/device_n.hpp>
 #include <boost/gil/dynamic_step.hpp>
 #include <boost/gil/gray.hpp>
diff --git a/include/boost/gil/deprecated.hpp b/include/boost/gil/deprecated.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 77459d2c72..0000000000
--- a/include/boost/gil/deprecated.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Copyright 2005-2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated
-//
-// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
-// See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
-// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
-//
-#ifndef BOOST_GIL_DEPRECATED_HPP
-#define BOOST_GIL_DEPRECATED_HPP
-
-#include <cstddef>
-
-/// This file is provided as a courtesy to ease upgrading GIL client code.
-/// Please make sure your code compiles when this file is not included.
-
-#define planar_ptr          planar_pixel_iterator
-#define planar_ref          planar_pixel_reference
-#define membased_2d_locator memory_based_2d_locator
-#define pixel_step_iterator memory_based_step_iterator
-#define pixel_image_iterator iterator_from_2d
-
-#define equal_channels      static_equal
-#define copy_channels       static_copy
-#define fill_channels       static_fill
-#define generate_channels   static_generate
-#define for_each_channel    static_for_each
-#define transform_channels  static_transform
-#define max_channel         static_max
-#define min_channel         static_min
-
-#define semantic_channel    semantic_at_c
-
-template <typename Img>
-void resize_clobber_image(Img& img, const typename Img::point_t& new_dims) {
-    img.recreate(new_dims);
-}
-
-template <typename Img>
-void resize_clobber_image(Img& img, const typename Img::x_coord_t& width, const typename Img::y_coord_t& height) {
-    img.recreate(width,height);
-}
-
-template <typename T> typename T::x_coord_t get_width(const T& a) { return a.width(); }
-template <typename T> typename T::y_coord_t get_height(const T& a) { return a.height(); }
-template <typename T> typename T::point_t get_dimensions(const T& a) { return a.dimensions(); }
-template <typename T> std::size_t get_num_channels(const T& a) { return a.num_channels(); }
-
-#define GIL boost::gil
-#define ADOBE_GIL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN  namespace boost { namespace gil {
-#define ADOBE_GIL_NAMESPACE_END    } }
-
-#define ByteAdvancableIteratorConcept  MemoryBasedIteratorConcept
-#define byte_advance                   memunit_advance
-#define byte_advanced                  memunit_advanced
-#define byte_step                      memunit_step
-#define byte_distance                  memunit_distance
-
-#define byte_addressable_step_iterator memory_based_step_iterator
-#define byte_addressable_2d_locator    memory_based_2d_locator
-
-// These are members of memory-based locators
-//#define row_bytes    row_size         // commented out because row_bytes is commonly used
-#define pix_bytestep pixel_size
-
-#endif