diff --git a/pkg/symlink/deprecated.go b/pkg/symlink/deprecated.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c4f12ef218..0000000000
--- a/pkg/symlink/deprecated.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package symlink // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/symlink"
-
-import "github.com/moby/sys/symlink"
-
-var (
-	// EvalSymlinks is deprecated and moved to github.com/moby/sys/symlink
-	// Deprecated: use github.com/moby/sys/symlink.EvalSymlinks instead
-	EvalSymlinks = symlink.EvalSymlinks
-	// FollowSymlinkInScope is deprecated and moved to github.com/moby/sys/symlink
-	// Deprecated: use github.com/moby/sys/symlink.FollowSymlinkInScope instead
-	FollowSymlinkInScope = symlink.FollowSymlinkInScope
-)