diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 6aafb65..e5b5284 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-"""A collection of string operations (most are no longer used).
-
-Warning: most of the code you see here isn't normally used nowadays.
-Beginning with Python 1.6, many of these functions are implemented as
-methods on the standard string object. They used to be implemented by
-a built-in module called strop, but strop is now obsolete itself.
+"""A collection of string constants.
 
 Public module variables:
 
@@ -202,327 +197,12 @@
         return self.pattern.sub(convert, self.template)
 
 
-
-####################################################################
-# NOTE: Everything below here is deprecated.  Use string methods instead.
-# This stuff will go away in Python 3.0.
-
-# Backward compatible names for exceptions
-index_error = ValueError
-atoi_error = ValueError
-atof_error = ValueError
-atol_error = ValueError
-
-# convert UPPER CASE letters to lower case
-def lower(s):
-    """lower(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s converted to lowercase.
-
-    """
-    return s.lower()
-
-# Convert lower case letters to UPPER CASE
-def upper(s):
-    """upper(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s converted to uppercase.
-
-    """
-    return s.upper()
-
-# Swap lower case letters and UPPER CASE
-def swapcase(s):
-    """swapcase(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with upper case characters
-    converted to lowercase and vice versa.
-
-    """
-    return s.swapcase()
-
-# Strip leading and trailing tabs and spaces
-def strip(s, chars=None):
-    """strip(s [,chars]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with leading and trailing
-    whitespace removed.
-    If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.
-    If chars is unicode, S will be converted to unicode before stripping.
-
-    """
-    return s.strip(chars)
-
-# Strip leading tabs and spaces
-def lstrip(s, chars=None):
-    """lstrip(s [,chars]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with leading whitespace removed.
-    If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.
-
-    """
-    return s.lstrip(chars)
-
-# Strip trailing tabs and spaces
-def rstrip(s, chars=None):
-    """rstrip(s [,chars]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with trailing whitespace removed.
-    If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.
-
-    """
-    return s.rstrip(chars)
-
-
-# Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
-def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
-    """split(s [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
-
-    Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
-    delimiter string.  If maxsplit is given, splits at no more than
-    maxsplit places (resulting in at most maxsplit+1 words).  If sep
-    is not specified or is None, any whitespace string is a separator.
-
-    (split and splitfields are synonymous)
-
-    """
-    return s.split(sep, maxsplit)
-splitfields = split
-
-# Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
-def rsplit(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
-    """rsplit(s [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
-
-    Return a list of the words in the string s, using sep as the
-    delimiter string, starting at the end of the string and working
-    to the front.  If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are
-    done. If sep is not specified or is None, any whitespace string
-    is a separator.
-    """
-    return s.rsplit(sep, maxsplit)
-
-# Join fields with optional separator
-def join(words, sep = ' '):
-    """join(list [,sep]) -> string
-
-    Return a string composed of the words in list, with
-    intervening occurrences of sep.  The default separator is a
-    single space.
-
-    (joinfields and join are synonymous)
-
-    """
-    return sep.join(words)
-joinfields = join
-
-# Find substring, raise exception if not found
-def index(s, *args):
-    """index(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
-
-    Like find but raises ValueError when the substring is not found.
-
-    """
-    return s.index(*args)
-
-# Find last substring, raise exception if not found
-def rindex(s, *args):
-    """rindex(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
-
-    Like rfind but raises ValueError when the substring is not found.
-
-    """
-    return s.rindex(*args)
-
-# Count non-overlapping occurrences of substring
-def count(s, *args):
-    """count(s, sub[, start[,end]]) -> int
-
-    Return the number of occurrences of substring sub in string
-    s[start:end].  Optional arguments start and end are
-    interpreted as in slice notation.
-
-    """
-    return s.count(*args)
-
-# Find substring, return -1 if not found
-def find(s, *args):
-    """find(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> in
-
-    Return the lowest index in s where substring sub is found,
-    such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
-    arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
-
-    Return -1 on failure.
-
-    """
-    return s.find(*args)
-
-# Find last substring, return -1 if not found
-def rfind(s, *args):
-    """rfind(s, sub [,start [,end]]) -> int
-
-    Return the highest index in s where substring sub is found,
-    such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional
-    arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
-
-    Return -1 on failure.
-
-    """
-    return s.rfind(*args)
-
-# for a bit of speed
-_float = float
-_int = int
-_long = int
-
-# Convert string to float
-def atof(s):
-    """atof(s) -> float
-
-    Return the floating point number represented by the string s.
-
-    """
-    return _float(s)
-
-
-# Convert string to integer
-def atoi(s , base=10):
-    """atoi(s [,base]) -> int
-
-    Return the integer represented by the string s in the given
-    base, which defaults to 10.  The string s must consist of one
-    or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign.  If base is 0, it
-    is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for octal, 0x or
-    0X for hexadecimal.  If base is 16, a preceding 0x or 0X is
-    accepted.
-
-    """
-    return _int(s, base)
-
-
-# Convert string to long integer
-def atol(s, base=10):
-    """atol(s [,base]) -> long
-
-    Return the long integer represented by the string s in the
-    given base, which defaults to 10.  The string s must consist
-    of one or more digits, possibly preceded by a sign.  If base
-    is 0, it is chosen from the leading characters of s, 0 for
-    octal, 0x or 0X for hexadecimal.  If base is 16, a preceding
-    0x or 0X is accepted.  A trailing L or l is not accepted,
-    unless base is 0.
-
-    """
-    return _long(s, base)
-
-
-# Left-justify a string
-def ljust(s, width, *args):
-    """ljust(s, width[, fillchar]) -> string
-
-    Return a left-justified version of s, in a field of the
-    specified width, padded with spaces as needed.  The string is
-    never truncated.  If specified the fillchar is used instead of spaces.
-
-    """
-    return s.ljust(width, *args)
-
-# Right-justify a string
-def rjust(s, width, *args):
-    """rjust(s, width[, fillchar]) -> string
-
-    Return a right-justified version of s, in a field of the
-    specified width, padded with spaces as needed.  The string is
-    never truncated.  If specified the fillchar is used instead of spaces.
-
-    """
-    return s.rjust(width, *args)
-
-# Center a string
-def center(s, width, *args):
-    """center(s, width[, fillchar]) -> string
-
-    Return a center version of s, in a field of the specified
-    width. padded with spaces as needed.  The string is never
-    truncated.  If specified the fillchar is used instead of spaces.
-
-    """
-    return s.center(width, *args)
-
-# Zero-fill a number, e.g., (12, 3) --> '012' and (-3, 3) --> '-03'
-# Decadent feature: the argument may be a string or a number
-# (Use of this is deprecated; it should be a string as with ljust c.s.)
-def zfill(x, width):
-    """zfill(x, width) -> string
-
-    Pad a numeric string x with zeros on the left, to fill a field
-    of the specified width.  The string x is never truncated.
-
-    """
-    if not isinstance(x, basestring):
-        x = repr(x)
-    return x.zfill(width)
-
-# Expand tabs in a string.
-# Doesn't take non-printing chars into account, but does understand \n.
-def expandtabs(s, tabsize=8):
-    """expandtabs(s [,tabsize]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with all tab characters replaced
-    by the appropriate number of spaces, depending on the current
-    column, and the tabsize (default 8).
-
-    """
-    return s.expandtabs(tabsize)
-
-# Character translation through look-up table.
-def translate(s, table, deletions=""):
-    """translate(s,table [,deletions]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s, where all characters occurring
-    in the optional argument deletions are removed, and the
-    remaining characters have been mapped through the given
-    translation table, which must be a string of length 256.  The
-    deletions argument is not allowed for Unicode strings.
-
-    """
-    if deletions:
-        return s.translate(table, deletions)
-    else:
-        # Add s[:0] so that if s is Unicode and table is an 8-bit string,
-        # table is converted to Unicode.  This means that table *cannot*
-        # be a dictionary -- for that feature, use u.translate() directly.
-        return s.translate(table + s[:0])
-
-# Capitalize a string, e.g. "aBc  dEf" -> "Abc  def".
-def capitalize(s):
-    """capitalize(s) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of the string s with only its first character
-    capitalized.
-
-    """
-    return s.capitalize()
-
-# Substring replacement (global)
-def replace(s, old, new, maxsplit=-1):
-    """replace (str, old, new[, maxsplit]) -> string
-
-    Return a copy of string str with all occurrences of substring
-    old replaced by new. If the optional argument maxsplit is
-    given, only the first maxsplit occurrences are replaced.
-
-    """
-    return s.replace(old, new, maxsplit)
-
-
 # Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,
 # it redefines some string operations that are 100-1000 times faster.
 # It also defines values for whitespace, lowercase and uppercase
 # that match <ctype.h>'s definitions.
 
 try:
-    from strop import maketrans, lowercase, uppercase, whitespace
-    letters = lowercase + uppercase
+    from strop import maketrans
 except ImportError:
     pass                                          # Use the original versions