diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 4ab8cb5d..d21da7ba 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ var Connection = require(__dirname + '/connection');
 var CopyFromStream = require(__dirname + '/copystream').CopyFromStream;
 var CopyToStream = require(__dirname + '/copystream').CopyToStream;
 
-var deprecate = require('deprecate');
-
 var Client = function(config) {
   EventEmitter.call(this);
 
diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults.js
index 9f3cbb98..738908ee 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults.js
@@ -33,12 +33,3 @@ module.exports = {
   //pool log function / boolean
   poolLog: false
 };
-
-var deprecate = require('deprecate');
-//getter/setter to disable deprecation warnings
-module.exports.__defineGetter__("hideDeprecationWarnings", function() {
-  return deprecate.silent;
-});
-module.exports.__defineSetter__("hideDeprecationWarnings", function(val) {
-  deprecate.silence = val;
-});
diff --git a/lib/deprecate.js b/lib/deprecate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c5876231..00000000
--- a/lib/deprecate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-var os = require('os');
-var defaults = require(__dirname + '/defaults');
-
-var hits = {
-};
-var deprecate = module.exports = function(methodName, message) {
-  if(defaults.hideDeprecationWarnings) return;
-  if(hits[deprecate.caller]) return;
-  hits[deprecate.caller] = true;
-  process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-  process.stderr.write('\x1b[31;1m');
-  process.stderr.write('WARNING!!');
-  process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-  process.stderr.write(methodName);
-  process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-  for(var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
-    process.stderr.write(arguments[i]);
-    process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-  }
-  process.stderr.write('\x1b[0m');
-  process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-  process.stderr.write("You can silence these warnings with `require('pg').defaults.hideDeprecationWarnings = true`");
-  process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-  process.stderr.write(os.EOL);
-};
diff --git a/lib/pool.js b/lib/pool.js
index 1600ba7c..9cf9aabf 100644
--- a/lib/pool.js
+++ b/lib/pool.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var defaults = require(__dirname + '/defaults');
 var genericPool = require('generic-pool');
 
-var deprecate = require('deprecate');
-
 var pools = {
   //dictionary of all key:pool pairs
   all: {},
diff --git a/lib/types/binaryParsers.js b/lib/types/binaryParsers.js
index b1bfdd3a..7f0a89c6 100644
--- a/lib/types/binaryParsers.js
+++ b/lib/types/binaryParsers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-var deprecate = require('deprecate');
-
 var parseBits = function(data, bits, offset, invert, callback) {
   offset = offset || 0;
   invert = invert || false;
@@ -47,12 +45,6 @@ var parseBits = function(data, bits, offset, invert, callback) {
 };
 
 var parseFloatFromBits = function(data, precisionBits, exponentBits) {
-  deprecate('parsing and returning floats from PostgreSQL server is deprecated',
-           'JavaScript has a hard time with floats and there is precision loss which can cause',
-           'unexpected, hard to trace, potentially bad bugs in your program',
-           'for more information see the following:',
-           'https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/pull/271',
-           'in node-postgres v1.0.0 all floats & decimals will be returned as strings');
   var bias = Math.pow(2, exponentBits - 1) - 1;
   var sign = parseBits(data, 1);
   var exponent = parseBits(data, exponentBits, 1);
diff --git a/lib/types/textParsers.js b/lib/types/textParsers.js
index c7525e82..61008b57 100644
--- a/lib/types/textParsers.js
+++ b/lib/types/textParsers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-var deprecate = require('deprecate');
-
 var arrayParser = require(__dirname + "/arrayParser.js");
 
 //parses PostgreSQL server formatted date strings into javascript date objects