diff --git a/gdk/gdkdeprecated.c b/gdk/gdkdeprecated.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cfe2932909..0000000000
--- a/gdk/gdkdeprecated.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* GDK - The GIMP Drawing Kit
- * gdkdeprecated.c
- * 
- * Copyright 1995-2011 Red Hat Inc.
- *
- * Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome.org>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#define GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include "gdkdisplay.h"
-#include "gdkmain.h"
-#include "gdkwindow.h"
-
-
diff --git a/gdk/meson.build b/gdk/meson.build
index 47e9428e62..3fe6b9983d 100644
--- a/gdk/meson.build
+++ b/gdk/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ gdk_public_sources = files([
   'gdkapplaunchcontext.c',
   'gdkcairo.c',
   'gdkcursor.c',
-  'gdkdeprecated.c',
   'gdkdevice.c',
   'gdkdevicemanager.c',
   'gdkdevicepad.c',