2 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index 7e071623b0..3b0b86230b 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ class Gem::Specification < Gem::BasicSpecification
 
   @@default_value = {
     :authors                   => [],
-    :autorequire               => nil,
     :bindir                    => 'bin',
     :cert_chain                => [],
     :date                      => nil,
@@ -707,13 +706,6 @@ class Gem::Specification < Gem::BasicSpecification
   alias :activated? :activated
 
   ##
-  # Autorequire was used by old RubyGems to automatically require a file.
-  #
-  # Deprecated: It is neither supported nor functional.
-
-  attr_accessor :autorequire # :nodoc:
-
-  ##
   # Sets the default executable for this gem.
   #
   # Deprecated: You must now specify the executable name to  Gem.bin_path.
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb
index 24c1145907..8413c87ea7 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb
@@ -369,9 +369,6 @@ http://spdx.org/licenses or '#{Gem::Licenses::NONSTANDARD}' for a nonstandard li
       warning "description and summary are identical"
     end
 
-    # TODO: raise at some given date
-    warning "deprecated autorequire specified" if autorequire
-
     executables.each do |executable|
       validate_shebang_line_in(executable)
     end