diff --git a/IPython/html.py b/IPython/html.py
index 9c4b8cb..67565c7 100644
--- a/IPython/html.py
+++ b/IPython/html.py
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ import sys
 from warnings import warn
 
 warn("The `IPython.html` package has been deprecated. "
-     "You should import from `jupyter_notebook` instead.")
+     "You should import from `jupyter_notebook` instead. "
+     "`IPython.html.widgets` has moved to `ipython_widgets`.")
 
 from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimModule
 
 sys.modules['IPython.html'] = ShimModule(
     src='IPython.html', mirror='jupyter_notebook')
 
+sys.modules['IPython.html.widgets'] = ShimModule(
+    src='IPython.html.widgets', mirror='ipython_widgets')
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from jupyter_notebook import notebookapp as app
     app.launch_new_instance()
diff --git a/IPython/html/__init__.py b/IPython/html/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/IPython/html/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/IPython/html/widgets.py b/IPython/html/widgets.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2896186..0000000
--- a/IPython/html/widgets.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Shim to maintain backwards compatibility with old IPython.html.widgets imports.
-"""
-# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
-# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-
-import sys
-from warnings import warn
-
-warn("The `IPython.html.widgets` package has been deprecated. "
-     "You should import from `ipython_widgets` instead.")
-
-from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimModule
-
-sys.modules['IPython.html.widgets'] = ShimModule(
-    src='IPython.html.widgets', mirror='ipython_widgets')