diff --git a/src/tabs/tabs.js b/src/tabs/tabs.js
index cb68c8df39..81d792bdbd 100644
--- a/src/tabs/tabs.js
+++ b/src/tabs/tabs.js
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tabs', [])
 .directive('uibTabHeadingTransclude', function() {
   return {
     restrict: 'A',
-    require: ['?^uibTab', '?^tab'], // TODO: change to '^uibTab' after deprecation removal
+    require: '^uibTab',
     link: function(scope, elm) {
       scope.$watch('headingElement', function updateHeadingElement(heading) {
         if (heading) {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tabs', [])
 .directive('uibTabContentTransclude', function() {
   return {
     restrict: 'A',
-    require: ['?^uibTabset', '?^tabset'], // TODO: change to '^uibTabset' after deprecation removal
+    require: '^uibTabset',
     link: function(scope, elm, attrs) {
       var tab = scope.$eval(attrs.uibTabContentTransclude);
 
@@ -274,166 +274,12 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tabs', [])
 
   function isTabHeading(node) {
     return node.tagName && (
-      node.hasAttribute('tab-heading') || // TODO: remove after deprecation removal
-      node.hasAttribute('data-tab-heading') || // TODO: remove after deprecation removal
-      node.hasAttribute('x-tab-heading') || // TODO: remove after deprecation removal
       node.hasAttribute('uib-tab-heading') ||
       node.hasAttribute('data-uib-tab-heading') ||
       node.hasAttribute('x-uib-tab-heading') ||
-      node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'tab-heading' || // TODO: remove after deprecation removal
-      node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'data-tab-heading' || // TODO: remove after deprecation removal
-      node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'x-tab-heading' || // TODO: remove after deprecation removal
       node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'uib-tab-heading' ||
       node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'data-uib-tab-heading' ||
       node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'x-uib-tab-heading'
     );
   }
 });
-
-/* deprecated tabs below */
-
-angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tabs')
-
-  .value('$tabsSuppressWarning', false)
-
-  .controller('TabsetController', ['$scope', '$controller', '$log', '$tabsSuppressWarning', function($scope, $controller, $log, $tabsSuppressWarning) {
-    if (!$tabsSuppressWarning) {
-      $log.warn('TabsetController is now deprecated. Use UibTabsetController instead.');
-    }
-
-    angular.extend(this, $controller('UibTabsetController', {
-      $scope: $scope
-    }));
-  }])
-
-  .directive('tabset', ['$log', '$tabsSuppressWarning', function($log, $tabsSuppressWarning) {
-    return {
-      restrict: 'EA',
-      transclude: true,
-      replace: true,
-      scope: {
-        type: '@'
-      },
-      controller: 'TabsetController',
-      templateUrl: 'template/tabs/tabset.html',
-      link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
-
-        if (!$tabsSuppressWarning) {
-          $log.warn('tabset is now deprecated. Use uib-tabset instead.');
-        }
-        scope.vertical = angular.isDefined(attrs.vertical) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.vertical) : false;
-        scope.justified = angular.isDefined(attrs.justified) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.justified) : false;
-      }
-    };
-  }])
-
-  .directive('tab', ['$parse', '$log', '$tabsSuppressWarning', function($parse, $log, $tabsSuppressWarning) {
-    return {
-      require: '^tabset',
-      restrict: 'EA',
-      replace: true,
-      templateUrl: 'template/tabs/tab.html',
-      transclude: true,
-      scope: {
-        active: '=?',
-        heading: '@',
-        onSelect: '&select', //This callback is called in contentHeadingTransclude
-        //once it inserts the tab's content into the dom
-        onDeselect: '&deselect'
-      },
-      controller: function() {
-        //Empty controller so other directives can require being 'under' a tab
-      },
-      link: function(scope, elm, attrs, tabsetCtrl, transclude) {
-        if (!$tabsSuppressWarning) {
-          $log.warn('tab is now deprecated. Use uib-tab instead.');
-        }
-
-        scope.$watch('active', function(active) {
-          if (active) {
-            tabsetCtrl.select(scope);
-          }
-        });
-
-        scope.disabled = false;
-        if (attrs.disable) {
-          scope.$parent.$watch($parse(attrs.disable), function(value) {
-            scope.disabled = !!value;
-          });
-        }
-
-        scope.select = function() {
-          if (!scope.disabled) {
-            scope.active = true;
-          }
-        };
-
-        tabsetCtrl.addTab(scope);
-        scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
-          tabsetCtrl.removeTab(scope);
-        });
-
-        //We need to transclude later, once the content container is ready.
-        //when this link happens, we're inside a tab heading.
-        scope.$transcludeFn = transclude;
-      }
-    };
-  }])
-
-  .directive('tabHeadingTransclude', ['$log', '$tabsSuppressWarning', function($log, $tabsSuppressWarning) {
-    return {
-      restrict: 'A',
-      require: '^tab',
-      link: function(scope, elm) {
-        if (!$tabsSuppressWarning) {
-          $log.warn('tab-heading-transclude is now deprecated. Use uib-tab-heading-transclude instead.');
-        }
-
-        scope.$watch('headingElement', function updateHeadingElement(heading) {
-          if (heading) {
-            elm.html('');
-            elm.append(heading);
-          }
-        });
-      }
-    };
-  }])
-
-  .directive('tabContentTransclude', ['$log', '$tabsSuppressWarning', function($log, $tabsSuppressWarning) {
-    return {
-      restrict: 'A',
-      require: '^tabset',
-      link: function(scope, elm, attrs) {
-        if (!$tabsSuppressWarning) {
-          $log.warn('tab-content-transclude is now deprecated. Use uib-tab-content-transclude instead.');
-        }
-
-        var tab = scope.$eval(attrs.tabContentTransclude);
-
-        //Now our tab is ready to be transcluded: both the tab heading area
-        //and the tab content area are loaded.  Transclude 'em both.
-        tab.$transcludeFn(tab.$parent, function(contents) {
-          angular.forEach(contents, function(node) {
-            if (isTabHeading(node)) {
-              //Let tabHeadingTransclude know.
-              tab.headingElement = node;
-            }
-            else {
-              elm.append(node);
-            }
-          });
-        });
-      }
-    };
-
-    function isTabHeading(node) {
-      return node.tagName && (
-          node.hasAttribute('tab-heading') ||
-          node.hasAttribute('data-tab-heading') ||
-          node.hasAttribute('x-tab-heading') ||
-          node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'tab-heading' ||
-          node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'data-tab-heading' ||
-          node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'x-tab-heading'
-        );
-    }
-  }]);
diff --git a/src/tabs/test/tabs.spec.js b/src/tabs/test/tabs.spec.js
index 1de3c25e33..cbcd9acf54 100644
--- a/src/tabs/test/tabs.spec.js
+++ b/src/tabs/test/tabs.spec.js
@@ -853,71 +853,3 @@ describe('tabs', function() {
     }));
   });
 });
-
-/* deprecation tests below */
-
-describe('tab deprecation', function() {
-  beforeEach(module('ui.bootstrap.tabs'));
-  beforeEach(module('template/tabs/tabset.html'));
-  beforeEach(module('template/tabs/tab.html'));
-
-  it('should suppress warning', function() {
-    module(function($provide) {
-      $provide.value('$tabsSuppressWarning', true);
-    });
-
-    inject(function($compile, $log, $rootScope) {
-      spyOn($log, 'warn');
-
-      var element =
-        '<tabset>' +
-          '<tab>' +
-            '<tab-heading>Tab Heading One</tab-heading>' +
-            '<div>Tab One Contents</div>' +
-          '</tab>' +
-          '<tab heading="Tab Heading Two">' +
-            '<div>Tab Two Contents</div>' +
-          '</tab>' +
-        '</tabset>';
-      $compile(element)($rootScope);
-      $rootScope.$digest();
-      expect($log.warn.calls.count()).toBe(0);
-    });
-  });
-
-  it('should give warning by default', inject(function($templateCache, $compile, $log, $rootScope) {
-    spyOn($log, 'warn');
-
-    var tabSetTemplate =
-     '<div>' +
-       '<ul class="nav nav-{{type || \'tabs\'}}" ng-class="{\'nav-stacked\': vertical, \'nav-justified\': justified}" ng-transclude></ul>' +
-       '<div class="tab-content">' +
-         '<div class="tab-pane" ng-repeat="tab in tabs" ng-class="{active: tab.active}" tab-content-transclude="tab"></div>' +
-       '</div>' +
-     '</div>';
-    $templateCache.put('template/tabs/tabset.html', tabSetTemplate);
-
-    var tabTemplate =
-      '<li ng-class="{active: active, disabled: disabled}">' +
-      '<a href ng-click="select()" tab-heading-transclude>{{heading}}</a>' +
-      '</li>';
-    $templateCache.put('template/tabs/tab.html', tabTemplate);
-
-    var element =
-      '<tabset>' +
-        '<tab>' +
-          '<tab-heading>Tab Heading One</tab-heading>' +
-          '<div>Tab One Contents</div>' +
-        '</tab>' +
-      '</tabset>';
-    $compile(element)($rootScope);
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-
-    expect($log.warn.calls.count()).toBe(5);
-    expect($log.warn.calls.argsFor(0)).toEqual(['TabsetController is now deprecated. Use UibTabsetController instead.']);
-    expect($log.warn.calls.argsFor(1)).toEqual(['tab-heading-transclude is now deprecated. Use uib-tab-heading-transclude instead.']);
-    expect($log.warn.calls.argsFor(2)).toEqual(['tab is now deprecated. Use uib-tab instead.']);
-    expect($log.warn.calls.argsFor(3)).toEqual(['tabset is now deprecated. Use uib-tabset instead.']);
-    expect($log.warn.calls.argsFor(4)).toEqual(['tab-content-transclude is now deprecated. Use uib-tab-content-transclude instead.']);
-  }));
-});