diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex b/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex
index f40b66f..11801fe 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libbz2.tex
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@
 is an approximate bound on the total number of bytes in the lines returned.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
-\begin{methoddesc}[BZ2File]{xreadlines}{}
-For backward compatibility. \class{BZ2File} objects now include the
-performance optimizations previously implemented in the
-\module{xreadlines} module.
-\deprecated{2.3}{This exists only for compatibility with the method by
-                 this name on \class{file} objects, which is
-                 deprecated.  Use \code{for line in file} instead.}
-\end{methoddesc}
-
 \begin{methoddesc}[BZ2File]{seek}{offset\optional{, whence}}
 Move to new file position. Argument \var{offset} is a byte count. Optional
 argument \var{whence} defaults to \code{0} (offset from start of file,
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index 5d15375..d2a0425 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -1583,12 +1583,6 @@
   implemented, or cannot be implemented efficiently.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
-\begin{methoddesc}[file]{xreadlines}{}
-  This method returns the same thing as \code{iter(f)}.
-  \versionadded{2.1}
-  \deprecated{2.3}{Use \samp{for \var{line} in \var{file}} instead.}
-\end{methoddesc}
-
 \begin{methoddesc}[file]{seek}{offset\optional{, whence}}
   Set the file's current position, like \code{stdio}'s \cfunction{fseek()}.
   The \var{whence} argument is optional and defaults to \code{0}
diff --git a/Doc/tools/undoc_symbols.py b/Doc/tools/undoc_symbols.py
index 3d776fa..782ab6c 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/undoc_symbols.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/undoc_symbols.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 def findnames(file, prefixes=()):
     names = {}
-    for line in file.xreadlines():
+    for line in file:
         if line[0] == '!':
             continue
         fields = line.split()
diff --git a/Lib/rexec.py b/Lib/rexec.py
index 89ff509..ed01d24 100644
--- a/Lib/rexec.py
+++ b/Lib/rexec.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class FileBase:
 
     ok_file_methods = ('fileno', 'flush', 'isatty', 'read', 'readline',
-            'readlines', 'seek', 'tell', 'write', 'writelines', 'xreadlines',
+            'readlines', 'seek', 'tell', 'write', 'writelines', 
             '__iter__')
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
index 504a6d7..356c2e3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bz2.py
@@ -110,14 +110,6 @@
         self.assertEqual(list(iter(bz2f)), sio.readlines())
         bz2f.close()
 
-    def testXReadLines(self):
-        # "Test BZ2File.xreadlines()"
-        self.createTempFile()
-        bz2f = BZ2File(self.filename)
-        sio = StringIO(self.TEXT)
-        self.assertEqual(list(bz2f.xreadlines()), sio.readlines())
-        bz2f.close()
-
     def testUniversalNewlinesLF(self):
         # "Test BZ2File.read() with universal newlines (\\n)"
         self.createTempFile()
@@ -256,7 +248,7 @@
         bz2f.close()
         self.assertEqual(lines, ['Test'])
         bz2f = BZ2File(self.filename)
-        xlines = list(bz2f.xreadlines())
+        xlines = list(bz2f.readlines())
         bz2f.close()
         self.assertEqual(lines, ['Test'])
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 34f034b..7d0addf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         if skip_expected:
             raise TestSkipped
             return
-        for line in open(file).xreadlines():
+        for line in open(file):
             line = line.replace('\r\n', '').replace('\n', '')
             #print line
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_file.py
index efb06f4..fd5670a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_file.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
 methods = ['fileno', 'flush', 'isatty', 'next', 'read', 'readinto',
            'readline', 'readlines', 'seek', 'tell', 'truncate', 'write',
-           'xreadlines', '__iter__']
+           '__iter__']
 if sys.platform.startswith('atheos'):
     methods.remove('truncate')
 
diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index 705f7bc..42f0123 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 .B \-u
 Force stdin, stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered.  On systems
 where it matters, also put stdin, stdout and stderr in binary mode.
-Note that there is internal buffering in xreadlines(), readlines() and
+Note that there is internal buffering in readlines() and
 file-object iterators ("for line in sys.stdin") which is not
 influenced by this option.  To work around this, you will want to use
 "sys.stdin.readline()" inside a "while 1:" loop.
diff --git a/Modules/bz2module.c b/Modules/bz2module.c
index ed329b8..9576895 100644
--- a/Modules/bz2module.c
+++ b/Modules/bz2module.c
@@ -778,13 +778,6 @@
 	return list;
 }
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(BZ2File_xreadlines__doc__,
-"xreadlines() -> self\n\
-\n\
-For backward compatibility. BZ2File objects now include the performance\n\
-optimizations previously implemented in the xreadlines module.\n\
-");
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(BZ2File_write__doc__,
 "write(data) -> None\n\
 \n\
@@ -1183,7 +1176,6 @@
 	{"read", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_read, METH_VARARGS, BZ2File_read__doc__},
 	{"readline", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_readline, METH_VARARGS, BZ2File_readline__doc__},
 	{"readlines", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_readlines, METH_VARARGS, BZ2File_readlines__doc__},
-	{"xreadlines", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_getiter, METH_VARARGS, BZ2File_xreadlines__doc__},
 	{"write", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_write, METH_VARARGS, BZ2File_write__doc__},
 	{"writelines", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_writelines, METH_O, BZ2File_writelines__doc__},
 	{"seek", (PyCFunction)BZ2File_seek, METH_VARARGS, BZ2File_seek__doc__},
diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index 57a9e9d..f96ee7b 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -1675,12 +1675,6 @@
 "The optional size argument, if given, is an approximate bound on the\n"
 "total number of bytes in the lines returned.");
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(xreadlines_doc,
-"xreadlines() -> returns self.\n"
-"\n"
-"For backward compatibility. File objects now include the performance\n"
-"optimizations previously implemented in the xreadlines module.");
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(writelines_doc,
 "writelines(sequence_of_strings) -> None.  Write the strings to the file.\n"
 "\n"
@@ -1719,7 +1713,6 @@
 	{"tell",      (PyCFunction)file_tell,     METH_NOARGS,  tell_doc},
 	{"readinto",  (PyCFunction)file_readinto, METH_VARARGS, readinto_doc},
 	{"readlines", (PyCFunction)file_readlines,METH_VARARGS, readlines_doc},
-	{"xreadlines",(PyCFunction)file_self,     METH_NOARGS, xreadlines_doc},
 	{"writelines",(PyCFunction)file_writelines, METH_O,    writelines_doc},
 	{"flush",     (PyCFunction)file_flush,    METH_NOARGS,  flush_doc},
 	{"close",     (PyCFunction)file_close,    METH_NOARGS,  close_doc},
diff --git a/README b/README
index 70cb26d..919af4c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@
 
 	     _codecs, _locale, _socket, _symtable, _testcapi, _weakref
 	     array, binascii, cmath, cPickle, crypt, cStringIO, dbm
-	     errno, fcntl, grp, math, md5, operator, parser, pcre, pwd
-	     regex, rotor, select, struct, strop, syslog, termios
-	     time, timing, xreadlines
+	     errno, fcntl, grp, math, md5, operator, parser, pwd
+	     rotor, select, struct, strop, syslog, termios,
+	     time, timing
 
 	4) Once the python executable and library have been built, make
 	   will execute setup.py, which will attempt to build remaining