diff --git a/spacy/deprecated.py b/spacy/deprecated.py
index 65c6c6c69..d4409dbf0 100644
--- a/spacy/deprecated.py
+++ b/spacy/deprecated.py
@@ -1,92 +1,14 @@
 # coding: utf8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from pathlib import Path
-
 from . import about
-from . import util
 from .util import prints
-from .compat import path2str
-from .cli import download, link
+from .cli import download
 
 
-def fix_glove_vectors_loading(overrides):
-    """
-    Special-case hack for loading the GloVe vectors, to support deprecated
-    <1.0 stuff. Phase this out once the data is fixed.
-    """
-    if 'data_dir' in overrides and 'path' not in overrides:
-        raise ValueError("The argument 'data_dir' has been renamed to 'path'")
-    if overrides.get('path') is False:
-        return overrides
-    if overrides.get('path') in (None, True):
-        data_path = util.get_data_path()
-    else:
-        path = util.ensure_path(overrides['path'])
-        data_path = path.parent
-    vec_path = None
-    if 'add_vectors' not in overrides:
-        if 'vectors' in overrides:
-            vec_path = match_best_version(overrides['vectors'], None, data_path)
-            if vec_path is None:
-                return overrides
-        else:
-            vec_path = match_best_version('en_glove_cc_300_1m_vectors', None, data_path)
-        if vec_path is not None:
-            vec_path = vec_path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin'
-    if vec_path is not None:
-        overrides['add_vectors'] = lambda vocab: vocab.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(vec_path)
-    return overrides
-
-
-def match_best_version(target_name, target_version, path):
-    def split_data_name(name):
-        return name.split('-', 1) if '-' in name else (name, '')
 PRON_LEMMA = "-PRON-"
 DET_LEMMA = "-DET-"
 
-    path = util.ensure_path(path)
-    if path is None or not path.exists():
-        return None
-    matches = []
-    for data_name in path.iterdir():
-        name, version = split_data_name(data_name.parts[-1])
-        if name == target_name:
-            matches.append((tuple(float(v) for v in version.split('.')), data_name))
-    if matches:
-        return Path(max(matches)[1])
-    else:
-        return None
-
-
-def resolve_model_name(name):
-    """
-    If spaCy is loaded with 'de', check if symlink already exists. If
-    not, user may have upgraded from older version and have old models installed.
-    Check if old model directory exists and if so, return that instead and create
-    shortcut link. If English model is found and no shortcut exists, raise error
-    and tell user to install new model.
-    """
-    if name == 'en' or name == 'de':
-        versions = ['1.0.0', '1.1.0']
-        data_path = util.get_data_path()
-        model_path = data_path / name
-        v_model_paths = [data_path / '%s-%s' % (name, v) for v in versions]
-
-        if not model_path.exists(): # no shortcut found
-            for v_path in v_model_paths:
-                if v_path.exists(): # versioned model directory found
-                    if name == 'de':
-                        link(v_path, name)
-                        return name
-                    else:
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            "Found English model at %s. This model is not "
-                            "compatible with the current version. See "
-                            "https://spacy.io/docs/usage/models to download the "
-                            "new model." % path2str(v_path))
-    return name
-
 
 def depr_model_download(lang):
     """