diff --git a/Lib/commands.py b/Lib/commands.py
index d19aa1a..ee4db85 100644
--- a/Lib/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/commands.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  [Note:  it would be nice to add functions to interpret the exit status.]
 """
 
-__all__ = ["getstatusoutput","getoutput","getstatus"]
+__all__ = ["getstatusoutput", "getoutput"]
 
 # Module 'commands'
 #
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@
 # NB This only works (and is only relevant) for UNIX.
 
 
-# Get 'ls -l' status for an object into a string
-#
-def getstatus(file):
-    """Return output of "ls -ld <file>" in a string."""
-    import warnings
-    warnings.warn("commands.getstatus() is deprecated", DeprecationWarning)
-    return getoutput('ls -ld' + mkarg(file))
-
-
 # Get the output from a shell command into a string.
 # The exit status is ignored; a trailing newline is stripped.
 # Assume the command will work with '{ ... ; } 2>&1' around it..