diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
index 559838b4f18..4ca31da400e 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
@@ -1375,18 +1375,7 @@ public final class SolrCore implements SolrInfoMBean {
 
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #execute(SolrRequestHandler, SolrQueryRequest, SolrQueryResponse)} instead. 
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void execute(SolrQueryRequest req, SolrQueryResponse rsp) {
-    SolrRequestHandler handler = getRequestHandler(req.getQueryType());
-    if (handler==null) {
-      log.warn(logid+"Unknown Request Handler '" + req.getQueryType() +"' :" + req);
-      throw new SolrException( SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST,"Unknown Request Handler '" + req.getQueryType() + "'", true);
-    }
-    execute(handler, req, rsp);
-  }
+
   
   public static void setResponseHeaderValues(SolrRequestHandler handler, SolrQueryRequest req, SolrQueryResponse rsp) {
     // TODO should check that responseHeader has not been replaced by handler
diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequest.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequest.java
index a7dbae45ced..25c2a5a9aa2 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequest.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequest.java
@@ -63,50 +63,6 @@ public interface SolrQueryRequest {
    */
   public void close();
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the input parameter value for the specified name
-   * @return the value, or the first value if the parameter was
-   * specified more then once; may be null.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getParam(String name);
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the input parameter values for the specified name
-   * @return the values; may be null or empty depending on implementation
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String[] getParams(String name);
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the primary query string parameter of the request
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#Q} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getQueryString();
-
-  /**
-   * Signifies the syntax and the handler that should be used
-   * to execute this query.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#QT} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getQueryType();
-
-  /** starting position in matches to return to client
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#START} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public int getStart();
-
-  /** number of matching documents to return
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#ROWS} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public int getLimit();
-
   /** The start time of this request in milliseconds */
   public long getStartTime();
 
@@ -124,11 +80,6 @@ public interface SolrQueryRequest {
    * Suitable for logging.
    */
   public String getParamString();
-
-  /******
-  // Get the current elapsed time in milliseconds
-  public long getElapsedTime();
-  ******/
 }
 
 
diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequestBase.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequestBase.java
index 4dcaafea614..6177a292412 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequestBase.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/request/SolrQueryRequestBase.java
@@ -43,32 +43,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
  * @version $Id$
  */
 public abstract class SolrQueryRequestBase implements SolrQueryRequest {
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static final String QUERY_NAME="q";
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static final String START_NAME="start";
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static final String ROWS_NAME="rows";
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static final String XSL_NAME="xsl";
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static final String QUERYTYPE_NAME="qt";
-
   protected final SolrCore core;
   protected final SolrParams origParams;
   protected SolrParams params;
@@ -98,99 +72,6 @@ public abstract class SolrQueryRequestBase implements SolrQueryRequest {
     this.params = params;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getParam(String name) {
-    return params.get(name);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String[] getParams(String name) {
-    return params.getParams(name);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use getParams().required().getInt( name ) instead
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public int getIntParam(String name) {
-    String s = getParam(name);
-    if (s==null) {
-      throw new SolrException( SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR,"Missing required parameter '"+name+"' from " + this);
-    }
-    return Integer.parseInt(s);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use getParams().required().getInt( name ) instead
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public int getIntParam(String name, int defval) {
-    String s = getParam(name);
-    return s==null ? defval : Integer.parseInt(s);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use getParams().required().getParam( name ) instead
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getStrParam(String name) {
-    String s = getParam(name);
-    if (s==null) {
-      throw new SolrException( SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR,"Missing required parameter '"+name+"' from " + this);
-    }
-    return s;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use getParams().required().getParam( name ) instead
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getStrParam(String name, String defval) {
-    String s = getParam(name);
-    return s==null ? defval : s;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#Q} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getQueryString() {
-    return params.get(CommonParams.Q);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#QT} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getQueryType() {
-    return params.get(CommonParams.QT);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * starting position in matches to return to client
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#START} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public int getStart() {
-    return params.getInt(CommonParams.START, 0);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * number of matching documents to return
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getParams()} and {@link CommonParams#ROWS} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public int getLimit() {
-    return params.getInt(CommonParams.ROWS, 10);
-  }
-
-
   protected final long startTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
   // Get the start time of this request in milliseconds
   public long getStartTime() {
diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrPluginUtils.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrPluginUtils.java
index 52173a6c3d1..bef1eb6b6f7 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrPluginUtils.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrPluginUtils.java
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
  * default parameter settings.
  */
 public class SolrPluginUtils {
-  final static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( SolrPluginUtils.class );
-
-  /**
-   * Set defaults on a SolrQueryRequest.
-   *
-   * RequestHandlers can use this method to ensure their defaults are
-   * visible to other components such as the response writer
-   */
-  public static void setDefaults(SolrQueryRequest req, SolrParams defaults) {
-    setDefaults(req, defaults, null, null);
-  }
 
   /**
    * Set default-ish params on a SolrQueryRequest.
@@ -104,13 +93,6 @@ public class SolrPluginUtils {
   }
 
 
-  /**
-   * standard param for field list
-   *
-   * @deprecated Use org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams.FL.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static String FL = CommonParams.FL;
 
   /**
    * SolrIndexSearch.numDocs(Query,Query) freaks out if the filtering
@@ -123,59 +105,10 @@ public class SolrPluginUtils {
 
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the param, or the default if it's empty or not specified.
-   * @deprecated use SolrParam.get(String,String)
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static String getParam(SolrQueryRequest req,
-                                String param, String def) {
 
-    String v = req.getParam(param);
-    // Note: parameters passed but given only white-space value are
-    // considered equivalent to passing nothing for that parameter.
-    if (null == v || "".equals(v.trim())) {
-      return def;
-    }
-    return v;
-  }
 
-  /**
-   * Treats the param value as a Number, returns the default if nothing is
-   * there or if it's not a number.
-   * @deprecated use SolrParam.getFloat(String,float)
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static Number getNumberParam(SolrQueryRequest req,
-                                      String param, Number def) {
 
-    Number r = def;
-    String v = req.getParam(param);
-    if (null == v || "".equals(v.trim())) {
-      return r;
-    }
-    try {
-      r = new Float(v);
-    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-      /* :NOOP" */
-    }
-    return r;
-  }
 
-  /**
-   * Treats parameter value as a boolean.  The string 'false' is false;
-   * any other non-empty string is true.
-   * @deprecated use SolrParam.getBool(String,boolean)
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static boolean getBooleanParam(SolrQueryRequest req,
-                                       String param, boolean def) {
-    String v = req.getParam(param);
-    if (null == v || "".equals(v.trim())) {
-      return def;
-    }
-    return !"false".equals(v.trim());
-  }
 
   private final static Pattern splitList=Pattern.compile(",| ");
 
@@ -451,23 +384,6 @@ public class SolrPluginUtils {
     return out;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Generates an list of Explanations for each item in a list of docs.
-   *
-   * @param query The Query you want explanations in the context of
-   * @param docs The Documents you want explained relative that query
-   * @deprecated this returns the explanations as Strings, instead it
-   *    is recommeded to use getExplanations and call toString()
-   *    yourself, or use explanationsToNamedLists
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static NamedList getExplainList(Query query, DocList docs,
-                                         SolrIndexSearcher searcher,
-                                         IndexSchema schema)
-    throws IOException {
-
-    return explanationsToStrings(getExplanations(query,docs,searcher,schema));
-  }
 
   /**
    * Executes a basic query
@@ -536,33 +452,6 @@ public class SolrPluginUtils {
     }
     return out;
   }
-  /**
-   * Given a string containing functions with optional boosts, returns
-   * an array of Queries representing those functions with the specified
-   * boosts.
-   * <p>
-   * NOTE: intra-function whitespace is not allowed.
-   * </p>
-   * @see #parseFieldBoosts
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static List<Query> parseFuncs(IndexSchema s, String in)
-    throws ParseException {
-
-    Map<String,Float> ff = parseFieldBoosts(in);
-    List<Query> funcs = new ArrayList<Query>(ff.keySet().size());
-    for (String f : ff.keySet()) {
-      Query fq = QueryParsing.parseFunction(f, s);
-      Float b = ff.get(f);
-      if (null != b) {
-        fq.setBoost(b);
-      }
-      funcs.add(fq);
-    }
-    return funcs;
-  }
-
 
   /**
    * Checks the number of optional clauses in the query, and compares it
@@ -885,15 +774,6 @@ public class SolrPluginUtils {
     return ss;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Builds a list of Query objects that should be used to filter results
-   * @see CommonParams#FQ
-   * @return null if no filter queries
-   */
-  public static List<Query> parseFilterQueries(SolrQueryRequest req) throws ParseException {
-    return parseQueryStrings(req, req.getParams().getParams(CommonParams.FQ));
-  }
-
   /** Turns an array of query strings into a List of Query objects.
    *
    * @return null if no queries are generated
@@ -984,27 +864,6 @@ public class SolrPluginUtils {
   }
 
 
-
-  /**
-   * Given a SolrQueryResponse replace the DocList if it is in the result.
-   * Otherwise add it to the response
-   *
-   * @since solr 1.4
-   */
-  public static void addOrReplaceResults(SolrQueryResponse rsp, SolrDocumentList docs)
-  {
-    NamedList vals = rsp.getValues();
-    int idx = vals.indexOf( "response", 0 );
-    if( idx >= 0 ) {
-      log.debug("Replacing DocList with SolrDocumentList " + docs.size());
-      vals.setVal( idx, docs );
-    }
-    else {
-      log.debug("Adding SolrDocumentList response" + docs.size());
-      vals.add( "response", docs );
-    }
-  }
-
   public static void invokeSetters(Object bean, NamedList initArgs) {
     if (initArgs == null) return;
     Class clazz = bean.getClass();
diff --git a/solr/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrServlet.java b/solr/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrServlet.java
index 14454f15489..759dfd3039f 100644
--- a/solr/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrServlet.java
+++ b/solr/src/webapp/src/org/apache/solr/servlet/SolrServlet.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 
+import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
 import org.apache.solr.request.SolrRequestInfo;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -78,11 +79,11 @@ public class SolrServlet extends HttpServlet {
     SolrServletRequest solrReq = new SolrServletRequest(core, request);;
     SolrQueryResponse solrRsp = new SolrQueryResponse();
     try {
-
-      SolrRequestHandler handler = core.getRequestHandler(solrReq.getQueryType());
+      String qt = solrReq.getParams().get(CommonParams.QT);
+      SolrRequestHandler handler = core.getRequestHandler(solrReq.getParams().get(CommonParams.QT));
       if (handler==null) {
-        log.warn("Unknown Request Handler '" + solrReq.getQueryType() +"' :" + solrReq);
-        throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST,"Unknown Request Handler '" + solrReq.getQueryType() + "'", true);
+        log.warn("Unknown Request Handler '" + qt +"' :" + solrReq);
+        throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST,"Unknown Request Handler '" + qt + "'", true);
       }
       SolrRequestInfo.setRequestInfo(new SolrRequestInfo(solrReq, solrRsp));
       core.execute(handler, solrReq, solrRsp );