diff --git a/include/cantera/base/ctexceptions.h b/include/cantera/base/ctexceptions.h
index 1d60f3823..602d0cb82 100644
--- a/include/cantera/base/ctexceptions.h
+++ b/include/cantera/base/ctexceptions.h
@@ -178,32 +178,6 @@ private:
     size_t m_, mmax_;
 };
 
-
-//! Print a warning when a deprecated method is called.
-/*!
- * These methods are slated to go away in future releases of Cantera.
- * The developer should work towards eliminating the use of these
- * methods in the near future.
- *
- * @param classnm Class the method belongs to
- * @param oldnm Name of the deprecated method
- * @param newnm Name of the method users should use instead
- *
- * @ingroup errorhandling
- */
-void deprecatedMethod(std::string classnm, std::string oldnm, std::string newnm);
-
-//! Throw an error condition for a procedure that has been removed.
-/*!
- *
- * @param func String name for the function within which the error was
- *             generated.
- * @param version Version of Cantera that first removed this function.
- *
- * @ingroup errorhandling
- */
-void removeAtVersion(std::string func, std::string version);
-
 //! Provides a line number
 #define XSTR_TRACE_LINE(s) STR_TRACE_LINE(s)
 
diff --git a/include/cantera/kinetics/Kinetics.h b/include/cantera/kinetics/Kinetics.h
index bc7f1851e..2c42c9d5f 100644
--- a/include/cantera/kinetics/Kinetics.h
+++ b/include/cantera/kinetics/Kinetics.h
@@ -320,19 +320,6 @@ public:
         return n;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the starting index of the species in the nth phase
-     * associated with the reaction mechanism.
-     *
-     * @param n Return the index of first species in the nth phase
-     *          associated with the reaction mechanism.
-     */
-    size_t start(size_t n) {
-        deprecatedMethod("Kinetics","start","kineticsSpeciesIndex(0,n)");
-        return m_start[n];
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * The location of species k of phase n in species arrays.
      * Kinetics manager classes return species production rates in
diff --git a/src/base/ctexceptions.cpp b/src/base/ctexceptions.cpp
index c84d3beab..9cf66bcc2 100644
--- a/src/base/ctexceptions.cpp
+++ b/src/base/ctexceptions.cpp
@@ -75,22 +75,4 @@ std::string IndexError::getMessage() const
     return ss.str();
 }
 
-// *** Warnings ***
-
-void deprecatedMethod(std::string classnm, std::string oldnm, std::string newnm)
-{
-    writelog(">>>> WARNING: method "+oldnm+" of class "+classnm
-             +" is deprecated.\n");
-    writelog("         Use method "+newnm+" instead.\n");
-    writelog("         (If you want to rescue this method from deprecated\n");
-    writelog("         status, see http://www.cantera.org/deprecated.html)");
-}
-
-void removeAtVersion(std::string func, std::string version)
-{
-    writelog("Removed procedure: "+func+"\n");
-    writelog("Removed in version: "+version+"\n");
-    throw CanteraError("removeAtVersion: "+ func,"procedure has been removed.");
-}
-
 } // namespace Cantera
diff --git a/src/fortran/fct.cpp b/src/fortran/fct.cpp
index 341d0f7b6..0969527b3 100644
--- a/src/fortran/fct.cpp
+++ b/src/fortran/fct.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ extern "C" {
     integer kin_start_(const integer* n, integer* p)
     {
         try {
-            return _fkin(n)->start(*p)+1;
+            return _fkin(n)->kineticsSpeciesIndex(0, *p)+1;
         } catch (...) {
             return handleAllExceptions(-1, ERR);
         }