diff --git a/IPython/utils/process.py b/IPython/utils/process.py
index a274f43..bdcf8ef 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/process.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/process.py
@@ -37,9 +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'))
+        import sys
+        argv = [sys.executable, '-m', 'IPython']
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -52,41 +51,6 @@ def find_cmd(cmd):
     return path
 
 
-def is_cmd_found(cmd):
-    """Check whether executable `cmd` exists or not and return a bool."""
-    try:
-        find_cmd(cmd)
-        return True
-    except FindCmdError:
-        return False
-
-
-def pycmd2argv(cmd):
-    r"""Take the path of a python command and return a list (argv-style).
-
-    This only works on Python based command line programs and will find the
-    location of the ``python`` executable using ``sys.executable`` to make
-    sure the right version is used.
-
-    For a given path ``cmd``, this returns [cmd] if cmd's extension is .exe,
-    .com or .bat, and [, cmd] otherwise.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    cmd : string
-      The path of the command.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    argv-style list.
-    """
-    ext = os.path.splitext(cmd)[1]
-    if ext in ['.exe', '.com', '.bat']:
-        return [cmd]
-    else:
-        return [sys.executable, cmd]
-
-
 def abbrev_cwd():
     """ Return abbreviated version of cwd, e.g. d:mydir """
     cwd = py3compat.getcwd().replace('\\','/')
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..06476a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-funcs-removed.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Functions Removed in 6.x Development cycle
+------------------------------------------
+
+The following functions have been removed in the 
+development cycle marked for Milestone 6.0.
+
+* IPython/utils/process.py - is_cmd_found
+* IPython/utils/process.py - pycmd2argv