diff --git a/IPython/html.py b/IPython/html.py
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--- a/IPython/html.py
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-"""
-Shim to maintain backwards compatibility with old IPython.html imports.
-"""
-# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
-# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-
-import sys
-from warnings import warn
-
-from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimModule, ShimWarning
-
-warn("The `IPython.html` package has been deprecated since IPython 4.0. "
-     "You should import from `notebook` instead. "
-     "`IPython.html.widgets` has moved to `ipywidgets`.", ShimWarning)
-
-_widgets = sys.modules['IPython.html.widgets'] = ShimModule(
-    src='IPython.html.widgets', mirror='ipywidgets')
-
-_html = ShimModule(
-    src='IPython.html', mirror='notebook')
-
-# hook up widgets
-_html.widgets = _widgets
-sys.modules['IPython.html'] = _html
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    from notebook import notebookapp as app
-    app.launch_new_instance()