diff --git a/IPython/utils/process.py b/IPython/utils/process.py
index 905d56a..05dd7a6 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/process.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/process.py
@@ -37,12 +37,8 @@ def find_cmd(cmd):
     is a risk you will find the wrong one.  Instead find those using the
     following code and looking for the application itself::
 
-        from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_module_path
-        from IPython.utils.process import pycmd2argv
-        argv = pycmd2argv(get_ipython_module_path('IPython.terminal.ipapp'))
-
-    Note, The code for pycmd2argv has been removed now as it was not used
-    anywhere. get_ipython_module_path should give us that same result.
+        import sys
+        argv = [sys.executable, '-m', 'IPython.terminal']
 
     Parameters
     ----------
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-funcs-removed.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-funcs-removed.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee0b8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-funcs-removed.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Functions Removed in 6.x Development cycle
+------------------------------------------
+
+The following functions have been removed in the 
+development cycle marked for the development cycle
+marked for Milestone 6.0.
+
+* is_cmd_found
+* pycmd2argv