diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
index 1822428..e6e1e62 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
@@ -569,11 +569,6 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_javascript", type);
IPython.keyboard_manager.register_events(toinsert);
element.append(toinsert);
- // FIXME TODO : remove `container element for 3.0`
- //backward compat, js should be eval'ed in a context where `container` is defined.
- var container = element;
- container.show = function(){console.log('Warning "container.show()" is deprecated.')};
- // end backward compat
// Fix for ipython/issues/5293, make sure `element` is the area which
// output can be inserted into at the time of JS execution.