diff --git a/lib/setuplib.php b/lib/setuplib.php
index 3532c7bf69f..7f6191ae576 100644
--- a/lib/setuplib.php
+++ b/lib/setuplib.php
@@ -51,27 +51,6 @@ define('MEMORY_EXTRA', -3);
 /** Extremely large memory limit - not recommended for standard scripts */
 define('MEMORY_HUGE', -4);
 
-
-/**
- * Simple class. It is usually used instead of stdClass because it looks
- * more familiar to Java developers ;-) Do not use for type checking of
- * function parameters. Please use stdClass instead.
- *
- * @package    core
- * @subpackage lib
- * @copyright  2009 Petr Skoda  {@link http://skodak.org}
- * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- * @deprecated since 2.0
- */
-class object extends stdClass {
-    /**
-     * Constructor.
-     */
-    public function __construct() {
-        debugging("'object' class has been deprecated, please use stdClass instead.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
-    }
-};
-
 /**
  * Base Moodle Exception class
  *
diff --git a/lib/tests/setuplib_test.php b/lib/tests/setuplib_test.php
index 357a6d7bae8..e801a14fc7d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/setuplib_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/setuplib_test.php
@@ -469,12 +469,6 @@ class core_setuplib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         }
     }
 
-    public function test_object() {
-        $obj = new object();
-        $this->assertDebuggingCalled("'object' class has been deprecated, please use stdClass instead.");
-        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $obj);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Data provider for test_get_real_size().
      *