diff --git a/beets/mediafile.py b/beets/mediafile.py
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index 8bde9274c..000000000
--- a/beets/mediafile.py
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@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of beets.
-# Copyright 2016, Adrian Sampson.
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-# the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-
-import warnings
-
-import mediafile
-
-warnings.warn(
-    "beets.mediafile is deprecated; use mediafile instead",
-    # Show the location of the `import mediafile` statement as the warning's
-    # source, rather than this file, such that the offending module can be
-    # identified easily.
-    stacklevel=2,
-)
-
-# Import everything from the mediafile module into this module.
-for key, value in mediafile.__dict__.items():
-    if key not in ["__name__"]:
-        globals()[key] = value
-
-# Cleanup namespace.
-del key, value, warnings, mediafile