diff --git a/wp-includes/deprecated.php b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index db2a7d7e5c..8315702bab 100644
--- a/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -3758,3 +3758,17 @@ function wp_embed_handler_googlevideo( $matches, $attr, $url, $rawattr ) {
 
 	return '';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve path of paged template in current or parent template.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5.0
+ * @deprecated 4.7.0 The paged.php template is no longer part of the theme template heirarchy.
+ *
+ * @return string Full path to paged template file.
+ */
+function get_paged_template() {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.7.0' );
+
+	return get_query_template( 'paged' );
+}
diff --git a/wp-includes/template-loader.php b/wp-includes/template-loader.php
index 025f1a8479..1ee7c222c1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-loader.php
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ if ( defined('WP_USE_THEMES') && WP_USE_THEMES ) :
 	elseif ( is_author()         && $template = get_author_template()         ) :
 	elseif ( is_date()           && $template = get_date_template()           ) :
 	elseif ( is_archive()        && $template = get_archive_template()        ) :
-	elseif ( is_paged()          && $template = get_paged_template()          ) :
 	else :
 		$template = get_index_template();
 	endif;
diff --git a/wp-includes/template.php b/wp-includes/template.php
index 946732fac6..2a03a99e71 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template.php
@@ -381,22 +381,6 @@ function get_page_template() {
 	return get_query_template( 'page', $templates );
 }
 
-/**
- * Retrieve path of paged template in current or parent template.
- *
- * The template hierarchy is filterable via the {@see 'paged_template_hierarchy'} hook.
- * The template path is filterable via the {@see 'paged_template'} hook.
- *
- * @since 1.5.0
- *
- * @see get_query_template()
- *
- * @return string Full path to paged template file.
- */
-function get_paged_template() {
-	return get_query_template('paged');
-}
-
 /**
  * Retrieve path of search template in current or parent template.
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 15407c8b9b..ca81ee381f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.7-alpha-38754';
+$wp_version = '4.7-alpha-38755';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.