diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java
index e7a5972dc27..127a444b910 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/IdsQueryBuilder.java
@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ public class IdsQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<IdsQueryBuilder> {
         // nothing to do
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new IdsQueryBuilder by providing the types of the documents to look for
-     * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #types(String...)}
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public IdsQueryBuilder(String... types) {
-        types(types);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Read from a stream.
      */