diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php b/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
index ff87729a98..d5302d5290 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
@@ -1135,53 +1135,18 @@ function the_attachment_links( $id = false ) {
 	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.7' );
 }
 
-/**
+/**#@+
  * Displays a screen icon.
  *
  * @uses get_screen_icon()
  * @since 2.7.0
+ * @since 3.8.0 Screen icons are no longer used in WordPress. This function no longer produces output.
  * @deprecated 3.8.0
- *
- * @param string|WP_Screen $screen Optional. Accepts a screen object (and defaults to the current screen object)
- * 	which it uses to determine an icon HTML ID. Or, if a string is provided, it is used to form the icon HTML ID.
  */
-function screen_icon( $screen = '' ) {
-	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.8' );
-	echo get_screen_icon( $screen );
+function screen_icon() {
+	echo get_screen_icon();
 }
-
-/**
- * Gets a screen icon.
- *
- * @since 3.2.0
- * @deprecated 3.8.0
- *
- * @global $post_ID
- * @param string|WP_Screen $screen Optional. Accepts a screen object (and defaults to the current screen object)
- * 	which it uses to determine an icon HTML ID. Or, if a string is provided, it is used to form the icon HTML ID.
- * @return string HTML for the screen icon.
- */
-function get_screen_icon( $screen = '' ) {
-	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.8' );
-	if ( empty( $screen ) )
-		$screen = get_current_screen();
-	elseif ( is_string( $screen ) )
-		$icon_id = $screen;
-
-	$class = 'icon32';
-
-	if ( empty( $icon_id ) ) {
-		if ( ! empty( $screen->parent_base ) )
-			$icon_id = $screen->parent_base;
-		else
-			$icon_id = $screen->base;
-
-		if ( 'page' == $screen->post_type )
-			$icon_id = 'edit-pages';
-
-		if ( $screen->post_type )
-			$class .= ' ' . sanitize_html_class( 'icon32-posts-' . $screen->post_type );
-	}
-
-	return '<div id="icon-' . esc_attr( $icon_id ) . '" class="' . $class . '"><br /></div>';
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+function get_screen_icon() {
+	return '<!-- Screen icons are no longer used as of WordPress 3.8. -->';
+}
+/**#@-*/