diff --git a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_2_0.asciidoc b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_2_0.asciidoc
index 2bd71e7ebeb..94bad93c046 100644
--- a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_2_0.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_2_0.asciidoc
@@ -88,3 +88,18 @@ with values in a single array.
   ]
 }
 ---------------
+
+=== Java API
+
+Some query builders have been removed or renamed:
+
+* `commonTerms(...)` renamed with `commonTermsQuery(...)`
+* `queryString(...)` renamed with `queryStringQuery(...)`
+* `simpleQueryString(...)` renamed with `simpleQueryStringQuery(...)`
+* `textPhrase(...)` removed
+* `textPhrasePrefix(...)` removed
+* `textPhrasePrefixQuery(...)` removed
+* `filtered(...)` removed. Use `filteredQuery(...)` instead.
+* `inQuery(...)` removed.
+
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryBuilders.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryBuilders.java
index 46fdc559f0a..d48831f4437 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryBuilders.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryBuilders.java
@@ -50,15 +50,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new MatchQueryBuilder(name, text).type(MatchQueryBuilder.Type.BOOLEAN);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated by commonTermsQuery(String, Object)
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static CommonTermsQueryBuilder commonTerms(String name, Object text) {
-        return commonTermsQuery(name, text);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a common query for the provided field name and text.
      *
@@ -79,29 +70,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new MultiMatchQueryBuilder(text, fieldNames); // BOOLEAN is the default
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a text query with type "PHRASE" for the provided field name and text.
-     *
-     * @param name The field name.
-     * @param text The query text (to be analyzed).
-     * @deprecated use {@link #textPhraseQuery(String, Object)} instead
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static MatchQueryBuilder textPhrase(String name, Object text) {
-        return textPhraseQuery(name, text);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a text query with type "PHRASE" for the provided field name and text.
-     *
-     * @param name The field name.
-     * @param text The query text (to be analyzed).
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #matchPhraseQuery(String, Object)}
-     */
-    public static MatchQueryBuilder textPhraseQuery(String name, Object text) {
-        return new MatchQueryBuilder(name, text).type(MatchQueryBuilder.Type.PHRASE);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a text query with type "PHRASE" for the provided field name and text.
      *
@@ -112,30 +80,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new MatchQueryBuilder(name, text).type(MatchQueryBuilder.Type.PHRASE);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a text query with type "PHRASE_PREFIX" for the provided field name and text.
-     *
-     * @param name The field name.
-     * @param text The query text (to be analyzed).
-     * @deprecated use {@link #textPhrasePrefixQuery(String, Object)} instead
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static MatchQueryBuilder textPhrasePrefix(String name, Object text) {
-        return textPhrasePrefixQuery(name, text);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a text query with type "PHRASE_PREFIX" for the provided field name and text.
-     *
-     * @param name The field name.
-     * @param text The query text (to be analyzed).
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #matchPhrasePrefixQuery(String, Object)}
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static MatchQueryBuilder textPhrasePrefixQuery(String name, Object text) {
-        return new MatchQueryBuilder(name, text).type(MatchQueryBuilder.Type.PHRASE_PREFIX);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a match query with type "PHRASE_PREFIX" for the provided field name and text.
      *
@@ -299,14 +243,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new RegexpQueryBuilder(name, regexp);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated by queryStringQuery(String)
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static QueryStringQueryBuilder queryString(String queryString) {
-        return queryStringQuery(queryString);
-    }
-
     /**
      * A query that parses a query string and runs it. There are two modes that this operates. The first,
      * when no field is added (using {@link QueryStringQueryBuilder#field(String)}, will run the query once and non prefixed fields
@@ -320,14 +256,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new QueryStringQueryBuilder(queryString);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated by simpleQueryStringQuery(String)
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static SimpleQueryStringBuilder simpleQueryString(String queryString) {
-        return simpleQueryStringQuery(queryString);
-    }
-
     /**
      * A query that acts similar to a query_string query, but won't throw
      * exceptions for any weird string syntax. See
@@ -408,18 +336,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new FieldMaskingSpanQueryBuilder(query, field);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * A query that applies a filter to the results of another query.
-     *
-     * @param queryBuilder  The query to apply the filter to
-     * @param filterBuilder The filter to apply on the query
-     * @deprecated Use filteredQuery instead (rename)
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static FilteredQueryBuilder filtered(QueryBuilder queryBuilder, @Nullable FilterBuilder filterBuilder) {
-        return new FilteredQueryBuilder(queryBuilder, filterBuilder);
-    }
-
     /**
      * A query that applies a filter to the results of another query.
      *
@@ -658,90 +574,6 @@ public abstract class QueryBuilders {
         return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, String... values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, int... values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, long... values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, float... values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, double... values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, Object... values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A filer for a field based on several terms matching on any of them.
-     *
-     * @param name   The field name
-     * @param values The terms
-     * @deprecated not used
-     * Will be removed in elasticsearch 2.0.0
-     */
-    public static TermsQueryBuilder inQuery(String name, Collection<?> values) {
-        return new TermsQueryBuilder(name, values);
-    }
-
     /**
      * A query that will execute the wrapped query only for the specified indices, and "match_all" when
      * it does not match those indices.