diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index eb83daebb..200368b13 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -5678,15 +5678,6 @@ static int target_create(Jim_GetOptInfo *goi)
 			/* found */
 			break;
 		}
-
-		/* check for deprecated name */
-		if (target_types[x]->deprecated_name) {
-			if (0 == strcmp(cp, target_types[x]->deprecated_name)) {
-				/* found */
-				LOG_WARNING("target name is deprecated use: \'%s\'", target_types[x]->name);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	if (target_types[x] == NULL) {
 		Jim_SetResultFormatted(goi->interp, "Unknown target type %s, try one of ", cp);
diff --git a/src/target/target_type.h b/src/target/target_type.h
index 4bdea721e..0f3df0002 100644
--- a/src/target/target_type.h
+++ b/src/target/target_type.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct target_type {
 	 * field directly, use target_type_name() instead.
 	 */
 	const char *name;
-	const char *deprecated_name;
 
 	/* poll current target status */
 	int (*poll)(struct target *target);