diff --git a/spacy/errors.py b/spacy/errors.py
index e20deb9bf..f0d583fb7 100644
--- a/spacy/errors.py
+++ b/spacy/errors.py
@@ -962,14 +962,6 @@ class Errors(metaclass=ErrorsWithCodes):
              "reference and predicted docs.")
     E4004 = ("Backprop is not supported when is_train is not set.")
 
-# Deprecated model shortcuts, only used in errors and warnings
-OLD_MODEL_SHORTCUTS = {
-    "en": "en_core_web_sm", "de": "de_core_news_sm", "es": "es_core_news_sm",
-    "pt": "pt_core_news_sm", "fr": "fr_core_news_sm", "it": "it_core_news_sm",
-    "nl": "nl_core_news_sm", "el": "el_core_news_sm", "nb": "nb_core_news_sm",
-    "lt": "lt_core_news_sm", "xx": "xx_ent_wiki_sm"
-}
-
 RENAMED_LANGUAGE_CODES = {"xx": "mul", "is": "isl"}
 
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