diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 01ba33500..917fd7242 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.12 2003/07/16 21:19:22 scolebourne Exp $
+$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.13 2003/07/16 21:23:50 scolebourne Exp $
 
                         Commons Lang Package
                             Version 2.0
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ lang:
         isNotEmpty() changed return true for null.
         chomp() changed to be more like Perl.
         Various methods changed in the handling of null (less exceptions).
-        Thirty-one new methods.
-        Eight methods deprecated.
+        Thirty new methods.
+        Seven methods deprecated.
     SystemUtils:
         isJavaVersionAtLeast(int) added. getJavaVersion() deprecated.
         host of new constants.
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils
 >     public static java.lang.String sliceRemainder(java.lang.String, java.lang.String);
 >     public static java.lang.String sliceFirstRemainder(java.lang.String, java.lang.String);
 >     public static java.lang.String sliceFirst(java.lang.String, java.lang.String);
->     public static java.lang.String unescape(java.lang.String);
 >     public static java.lang.String rightPad(java.lang.String, int, char);
 >     public static java.lang.String leftPad(java.lang.String, int, char);
 >     public static java.lang.String uncapitaliseAllWords(java.lang.String);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.java
index 1e0cb95d3..2cb09d988 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
  * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
  * @author <a href="mailto:ggregory@seagullsw.com">Gary Gregory</a>
  * @since 1.0
- * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.58 2003/07/16 21:19:22 scolebourne Exp $
+ * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.59 2003/07/16 21:23:50 scolebourne Exp $
  */
 public class StringUtils {
 
@@ -1494,23 +1494,6 @@ public static String escape(String str) {
         return StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava(str);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * <p>Unescapes any Java literals found in the String. For example,
-     * it will turn a sequence of <code>'\'</code> and <code>'n'</code>
-     * into a newline character, unless the <code>'\'</code> is preceded
-     * by another <code>'\'</code>.</p>
-     *
-     * <p>As of Lang 2.0, this calls {@link StringEscapeUtils#unescapeJava(java.lang.String)}
-     * behind the scenes.</p>
-     *
-     * @see StringEscapeUtils#unescapeJava(java.lang.String)
-     * @deprecated Use {@link StringEscapeUtils#unescapeJava(java.lang.String)}
-     *             This method will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0
-     */
-    public static String unescape(String str) {
-        return StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJava(str);
-    }
-
     // Padding
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java
index b5060febf..33ebec3e0 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com>Fredrik Westermarck</a>
  * @author Holger Krauth
  * @author <a href="hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
- * @version $Id: StringUtilsTest.java,v 1.22 2003/07/15 23:41:54 scolebourne Exp $
+ * @version $Id: StringUtilsTest.java,v 1.23 2003/07/16 21:23:50 scolebourne Exp $
  */
 public class StringUtilsTest extends TestCase {
 
@@ -478,16 +478,6 @@ public void testEscapeFunctions() {
                      "\\u0234", StringUtils.escape("\u0234") );
         assertEquals("escape(String) failed",
                      "\\u00FD", StringUtils.escape("\u00fd") );
-        assertEquals("unescape(String) failed",
-                     "", StringUtils.unescape("") );
-        assertEquals("unescape(String) failed",
-                     "test", StringUtils.unescape("test") );
-        assertEquals("unescape(String) failed",
-                     "\ntest\b", StringUtils.unescape("\\ntest\\b") );
-        assertEquals("unescape(String) failed",
-                     "\u123425foo\ntest\b", StringUtils.unescape("\\u123425foo\\ntest\\b") );
-        assertEquals("unescape(String) failed with unicode as final char",
-                     "\u1234", StringUtils.unescape("\\u1234") );
     }
 
     public void testGetLevenshteinDistance() {