diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java
index 67de5fb3a21..70467f08aa0 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java
@@ -36,36 +36,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class HBaseConfiguration extends Configuration {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HBaseConfiguration.class);
 
-  /**
-   * Instantiating HBaseConfiguration() is deprecated. Please use
-   * HBaseConfiguration#create() to construct a plain Configuration
-   * @deprecated since 0.90.0. Please use {@link #create()} instead.
-   * @see #create()
-   * @see <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2036">HBASE-2036</a>
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public HBaseConfiguration() {
-    //TODO:replace with private constructor, HBaseConfiguration should not extend Configuration
-    super();
-    addHbaseResources(this);
-    LOG.warn("instantiating HBaseConfiguration() is deprecated. Please use"
-        + " HBaseConfiguration#create() to construct a plain Configuration");
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Instantiating HBaseConfiguration() is deprecated. Please use
-   * HBaseConfiguration#create(conf) to construct a plain Configuration
-   * @deprecated since 0.90.0. Please use {@link #create(Configuration)} instead.
-   * @see #create(Configuration)
-   * @see <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2036">HBASE-2036</a>
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public HBaseConfiguration(final Configuration c) {
-    //TODO:replace with private constructor
-    this();
-    merge(this, c);
-  }
-
   private static void checkDefaultsVersion(Configuration conf) {
     if (conf.getBoolean("hbase.defaults.for.version.skip", Boolean.FALSE)) return;
     String defaultsVersion = conf.get("hbase.defaults.for.version");