diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFontFormatting.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFontFormatting.java
index da7a57e870..8e8a3d85c5 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFontFormatting.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFFontFormatting.java
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@ public class XSSFFontFormatting implements FontFormatting {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #getFontColor()}
-     */
-    public XSSFColor getXSSFColor(){
-        return getFontColor();
-    }
-
     /**
      * gets the height of the font in 1/20th point units
      *