diff --git a/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.cpp b/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.cpp
index 56cf0ec9025..2274cfd2473 100644
--- a/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.cpp
+++ b/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.cpp
@@ -85,69 +85,3 @@ void link_to_library(
     }
   }
 }
-
-/// Complete missing function definitions using the \p library.
-/// \param symbol_table: symbol table that may contain symbols with missing
-///   function bodies
-/// \param goto_functions: goto functions that may contain function calls with
-///   missing function bodies
-/// \param message_handler: message handler to report library processing
-///   problems
-/// \param library: generator function that produces function definitions for a
-///   given set of symbol names that have no body.
-void link_to_library(
-  symbol_tablet &symbol_table,
-  goto_functionst &goto_functions,
-  message_handlert &message_handler,
-  const std::function<
-    void(const std::set<irep_idt> &, symbol_tablet &, message_handlert &)>
-    &library)
-{
-  // this needs a fixedpoint, as library functions
-  // may depend on other library functions
-
-  std::set<irep_idt> added_functions;
-
-  while(true)
-  {
-    std::unordered_set<irep_idt> called_functions =
-      compute_called_functions(goto_functions);
-
-    // eliminate those for which we already have a body
-
-    std::set<irep_idt> missing_functions;
-
-    for(const auto &id : called_functions)
-    {
-      goto_functionst::function_mapt::const_iterator
-        f_it=goto_functions.function_map.find(id);
-
-      if(f_it!=goto_functions.function_map.end() &&
-         f_it->second.body_available())
-      {
-        // it's overridden!
-      }
-      else if(added_functions.find(id)!=added_functions.end())
-      {
-        // already added
-      }
-      else
-        missing_functions.insert(id);
-    }
-
-    // done?
-    if(missing_functions.empty())
-      break;
-
-    library(missing_functions, symbol_table, message_handler);
-
-    // convert to CFG
-    for(const auto &id : missing_functions)
-    {
-      if(symbol_table.symbols.find(id)!=symbol_table.symbols.end())
-        goto_convert(id, symbol_table, goto_functions, message_handler);
-
-      added_functions.insert(id);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.h b/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.h
index 14c43a1b745..ac772a05cae 100644
--- a/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.h
+++ b/src/goto-programs/link_to_library.h
@@ -18,19 +18,10 @@ Author: Daniel Kroening, kroening@kroening.com
 #include <util/deprecate.h>
 #include <util/irep.h>
 
-class goto_functionst;
 class goto_modelt;
 class message_handlert;
 class symbol_tablet;
 
-DEPRECATED(SINCE(2019, 2, 28, "Use link_to_library(goto_model, ...) instead"))
-void link_to_library(
-  symbol_tablet &,
-  goto_functionst &,
-  message_handlert &,
-  const std::function<
-    void(const std::set<irep_idt> &, symbol_tablet &, message_handlert &)> &);
-
 void link_to_library(
   goto_modelt &,
   message_handlert &,