diff --git a/IPython/core/usage.py b/IPython/core/usage.py
index 881635b..e96579b 100644
--- a/IPython/core/usage.py
+++ b/IPython/core/usage.py
@@ -339,10 +339,3 @@ default_banner_parts = ["Python %s\n"%sys.version.split("\n")[0],
 ]
 
 default_banner = ''.join(default_banner_parts)
-
-# deprecated GUI banner
-
-default_gui_banner = '\n'.join([
-    'DEPRECATED: IPython.core.usage.default_gui_banner is deprecated and will be removed',
-    default_banner,
-])