diff --git a/NIST/fingerprint/__init__.py b/NIST/fingerprint/__init__.py
index 48c78513ff3edc51b6d2775bdda548c696087e64..39e40f2c13565de1b1a8925a26189cce7ceb7539 100644
--- a/NIST/fingerprint/__init__.py
+++ b/NIST/fingerprint/__init__.py
@@ -1286,60 +1286,3 @@ class NIST_M1( NISTf ):
         self.set_field( "9.136", minnum )
         
         return minnum
-
-################################################################################
-# 
-#    Deprecated class
-# 
-################################################################################
-
-class NISTf_deprecated( NISTf ):
-    """
-        This class define all the deprecated functions (for backward
-        compatibility). To use it, load the NISTf_deprecated class instead of
-        the NISTf super class.
-    """
-    
-    @deprecated( "use crop_core( size, idc ) instead" )
-    def get_center( self, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_cores( idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use crop_latent( size, center, idc ) instead" )
-    def crop( self, size, center = None, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.crop_latent( self, size, center, idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the set_identifier( 'name' ) instead" )
-    def set_name( self, name ):
-        return self.set_identifier( name )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_identifier() instead" )
-    def get_name( self ):
-        return self.get_identifier()
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_minutiae( 'xy' ) instead" )
-    def get_minutiaeXY( self, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_minutiae( "xy", idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_minutiae( 'xyt' ) instead" )
-    def get_minutiaeXYT( self, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_minutiae( "xyt", idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_minutiae( 'xytq' ) instead" )
-    def get_minutiaeXYTQ( self, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_minutiae( "xytq", idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_latent( 'RAW', idc ) function instead" )
-    def get_RAW( self, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_latent( "RAW", idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_latent( 'PIL', idc ) function instead" )
-    def get_PIL( self, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_latent( "PIL", idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the get_latent( format, idc ) function instead" )
-    def get_image( self, format = 'RAW', idc = -1 ):
-        return self.get_latent( format, idc )
-    
-    @deprecated( "use the set_latent( data, idc ) function instead" )
-    def set_image( self, data, idc = -1 ):
-        return self.set_latent( data, idc )