diff --git a/IPython/config.py b/IPython/config.py
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index 964f46f..0000000
--- a/IPython/config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Shim to maintain backwards compatibility with old IPython.config imports.
-"""
-# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
-# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-
-import sys
-from warnings import warn
-
-from .utils.shimmodule import ShimModule, ShimWarning
-
-warn("The `IPython.config` package has been deprecated since IPython 4.0. "
-     "You should import from traitlets.config instead.", ShimWarning)
-
-
-# Unconditionally insert the shim into sys.modules so that further import calls
-# trigger the custom attribute access above
-
-sys.modules['IPython.config'] = ShimModule(src='IPython.config', mirror='traitlets.config')
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py
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index 30f2ffa..0000000
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-import sys
-
-from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimWarning
-
-
-def test_shim_warning():
-    sys.modules.pop('IPython.config', None)
-    with pytest.warns(ShimWarning):
-        import IPython.config
-
-    import traitlets.config
-
-    assert IPython.config.Config is traitlets.config.Config