diff --git a/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex b/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex
index 10cff84..1f87632 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex
@@ -525,14 +525,6 @@
 ordering are identical to the \method{print_callers()} method.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
-\begin{methoddesc}[Stats]{ignore}{}
-\deprecated{1.5.1}{This is not needed in modern versions of
-Python.\footnote{
-  This was once necessary, when Python would print any unused expression
-  result that was not \code{None}.  The method is still defined for
-  backward compatibility.}}
-\end{methoddesc}
-
 
 \section{Limitations \label{profile-limits}}
 
diff --git a/Lib/pstats.py b/Lib/pstats.py
index 5979a61..98f351f 100644
--- a/Lib/pstats.py
+++ b/Lib/pstats.py
@@ -416,10 +416,6 @@
             print f8(ct/cc),
         print func_std_string(func)
 
-    def ignore(self):
-        # Deprecated since 1.5.1 -- see the docs.
-        pass # has no return value, so use at end of line :-)
-
 class TupleComp:
     """This class provides a generic function for comparing any two tuples.
     Each instance records a list of tuple-indices (from most significant
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 63c89d2..707429b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- the pstats module no longer uses the deprecated ignore() method.
+
 - the filecmp module no longer uses the deprecated use_statcache argument.
 
 - unittest.TestCase.run() and unittest.TestSuite.run() can now be successfully