diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/theme.php b/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
index 2c602d2b46..44a1f629e9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
@@ -208,39 +208,6 @@ function _get_template_edit_filename($fullpath, $containingfolder) {
 	return str_replace(dirname(dirname( $containingfolder )) , '', $fullpath);
 }
 
-/**
- * Check the current theme for reliance on deprecated theme compatibility
- *
- * Check to see if the current theme has all the required templates available
- * from itself or its parent
-
- * @since 3.0
- * @access private
- * @return nothing
- */
-function _check_theme_deprecated_files() {
-	$files = array( );
-
-	if ( ! locate_template( array( 'header.php' ) ) )
-		$files[] = 'header.php';
-	if ( ! locate_template( array( 'footer.php' ) ) )
-		$files[] = 'footer.php';
-	if ( ! locate_template( array( 'sidebar.php' ) ) )
-		$files[] = 'sidebar.php';
-
-	// Only notify if both are missing as you can use one or the other
-	if ( ! locate_template( array( 'comments.php' ) ) && ! locate_template( array( 'comments-popup.php' ) ) ) {
-		$files[] = 'comments.php';
-		$files[] = 'comments-popup.php';
-	}
-
-	if ( ! empty( $files ) ) : ?>
-		<div id="deprecated-files-message" class="error"><p>
-			<?php echo sprintf( __('The current theme is incomplete as it is missing %1$s. Please update your theme to include these files as you are currently relying on deprecated behaviour.'), implode( $files, ', ') ); ?>
-		</p></div>
-	<?php endif;
-}
-
 /**
  * Check if there is an update for a theme available.
  *
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index 75b9f75f4d..3830dd724b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ if ( is_multisite() && current_user_can('edit_themes') ) {
 <div id="message3" class="updated"><p><?php _e('Theme deleted.') ?></p></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php
-_check_theme_deprecated_files();
 $themes = get_allowed_themes();
 $ct = current_theme_info();
 unset($themes[$ct->name]);