diff --git a/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_messaging.py b/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_messaging.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f7c57113..000000000
--- a/oslo_messaging/notify/_impl_messaging.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015 IBM Corp.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from debtcollector import removals
-
-from oslo_messaging.notify.messaging import *   # noqa
-
-
-# NOTE(mriedem): removal depends on how we can cap requirements in
-# stable/liberty such that neutron does not try to load this
-removals.removed_module(__name__,
-                        oslo_messaging.notify.messaging.__name__,
-                        removal_version='?')
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_impl_messaging.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_impl_messaging.py
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index 351410ad2..000000000
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/notify/test_impl_messaging.py
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-# Copyright 2015 IBM Corp.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from six.moves import mock
-
-from oslo_messaging.tests import utils as test_utils
-
-
-class TestDeprecationWarning(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
-
-    @mock.patch('warnings.warn')
-    def test_impl_messaging_deprecation_warning(self, mock_warn):
-        # Tests that we get a deprecation warning when loading a messaging
-        # driver out of oslo_messaging.notify._impl_messaging.
-        from oslo_messaging.notify import _impl_messaging as messaging
-        driver = messaging.MessagingV2Driver(  # noqa
-            conf={}, topics=['notifications'], transport='rpc')
-        # Make sure we got a deprecation warning by loading from the alias
-        self.assertEqual(1, mock_warn.call_count)