diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 17abb5b..a2c2792 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var PG = function(clientConstructor) {
 
 util.inherits(PG, EventEmitter);
 
-PG.prototype.end = util.deprecate(function() {
+PG.prototype.end = function() {
   var self = this;
   var keys = Object.keys(this._pools);
   var count = keys.length;
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ PG.prototype.end = util.deprecate(function() {
       });
     });
   }
-}, 'PG.end is deprecated - please see the upgrade guide at https://node-postgres.com/guides/upgrading');
+};
 
-PG.prototype.connect = util.deprecate(function(config, callback) {
+PG.prototype.connect = function(config, callback) {
   if(typeof config == "function") {
     callback = config;
     config = null;
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ PG.prototype.connect = util.deprecate(function(config, callback) {
     }.bind(this));
   }
   return pool.connect(callback);
-}, 'PG.connect is deprecated - please see the upgrade guide at https://node-postgres.com/guides/upgrading');
+};
 
 // cancel the query running on the given client
-PG.prototype.cancel = util.deprecate(function(config, client, query) {
+PG.prototype.cancel = function(config, client, query) {
   if(client.native) {
     return client.cancel(query);
   }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ PG.prototype.cancel = util.deprecate(function(config, client, query) {
   }
   var cancellingClient = new this.Client(c);
   cancellingClient.cancel(client, query);
-}, 'PG.cancel is deprecated - use client.cancel instead');
+};
 
 if(typeof process.env.NODE_PG_FORCE_NATIVE != 'undefined') {
   module.exports = new PG(require('./native'));
diff --git a/lib/native/query.js b/lib/native/query.js
index 88e19f5..214488f 100644
--- a/lib/native/query.js
+++ b/lib/native/query.js
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ NativeQuery.prototype._getPromise = function() {
   return this._promise;
 };
 
-NativeQuery.prototype.promise = util.deprecate(function() {
+NativeQuery.prototype.promise = function() {
   return this._getPromise();
-}, 'Query.promise() is deprecated - see the upgrade guide at https://node-postgres.com/guides/upgrading');
+};
 
 NativeQuery.prototype.handleError = function(err) {
   var self = this;
diff --git a/lib/query.js b/lib/query.js
index b8f6d77..e9c3d15 100644
--- a/lib/query.js
+++ b/lib/query.js
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ Query.prototype._getPromise = function () {
   return this._promise;
 };
 
-Query.prototype.promise = util.deprecate(function() {
+Query.prototype.promise = function() {
   return this._getPromise();
-}, 'Query.promise() is deprecated - see the upgrade guide at https://node-postgres.com/guides/upgrading');
+};
 
 Query.prototype.requiresPreparation = function() {
   //named queries must always be prepared
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 56a45cb..cd3ee2e 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ function normalizeQueryConfig (config, values, callback) {
   return config;
 }
 
-var queryEventEmitterOverloadDeprecationMessage = 'Using the automatically created return value from client.query as an event emitter is deprecated and will be removed in pg@7.0. Please see the upgrade guide at https://node-postgres.com/guides/upgrading';
 
 var deprecateEventEmitter = function(Emitter) {
   var Result = function () {
@@ -151,8 +150,8 @@ var deprecateEventEmitter = function(Emitter) {
   util.inherits(Result, Emitter);
   Result.prototype._on = Result.prototype.on;
   Result.prototype._once = Result.prototype.once;
-  Result.prototype.on = util.deprecate(Result.prototype.on, queryEventEmitterOverloadDeprecationMessage);
-  Result.prototype.once = util.deprecate(Result.prototype.once, queryEventEmitterOverloadDeprecationMessage);
+  Result.prototype.on = Result.prototype.on;
+  Result.prototype.once = Result.prototype.once;
   return Result;
 };