Issue #16893: finish deprecation.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index afa79f0..549886a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@
         self.dlg = None
         self.parent = None
 
-helpDialog = HelpDialog()  # singleton instance
-def _help_dialog(parent):  # wrapper for htest
-    helpDialog.show_dialog(parent)
+helpDialog = HelpDialog()  # singleton instance, no longer used
 
 
 class EditorWindow(object):