diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 35b5678ef9..af8523e02d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -491,11 +491,6 @@ Deprecated Functionality
 - The ``bro_is_terminating`` and ``bro_version`` function are deprecated and
   replaced by functions named ``zeek_is_terminating`` and ``zeek_version``.
 
-- The ``rotate_file``, ``rotate_file_by_name`` and ``calc_next_rotate`` functions
-  were marked as deprecated. These functions were used with the old pre-2.0 logging
-  framework and are no longer used. They also were marked as deprecated in their
-  documentation, however the functions themselves did not carry the deprecation marker.
-
 Bro 2.6
 =======
 
diff --git a/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek b/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
index 1910dd82fb..23bb5897ef 100644
--- a/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/init-bare.zeek
@@ -775,8 +775,6 @@ type IPAddrAnonymizationClass: enum {
 	OTHER_ADDR,
 };
 
-## Deprecated.
-##
 ## .. zeek:see:: rotate_file rotate_file_by_name
 type rotate_info: record {
 	old_name: string;	##< Original filename.
@@ -4622,7 +4620,7 @@ module GLOBAL;
 ## BPF filter the user has set via the -f command line options. Empty if none.
 const cmd_line_bpf_filter = "" &redef;
 
-## Deprecated.
+## Base time of log rotations in 24-hour time format (``%H:%M``), e.g. "12:00".
 const log_rotate_base_time = "0:00" &redef;
 
 ## Write profiling info into this file in regular intervals. The easiest way to
diff --git a/src/zeek.bif b/src/zeek.bif
index 3e2eac3740..be6224d6b7 100644
--- a/src/zeek.bif
+++ b/src/zeek.bif
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@ function get_file_name%(f: file%): string
 ##          after the rotation, and the time when *f* was opened/closed.
 ##
 ## .. zeek:see:: rotate_file_by_name calc_next_rotate
-function rotate_file%(f: file%): rotate_info &deprecated
+function rotate_file%(f: file%): rotate_info
 	%{
 	RecordVal* info = f->Rotate();
 	if ( info )
@@ -4645,7 +4645,7 @@ function rotate_file%(f: file%): rotate_info &deprecated
 ##          after the rotation, and the time when *f* was opened/closed.
 ##
 ## .. zeek:see:: rotate_file calc_next_rotate
-function rotate_file_by_name%(f: string%): rotate_info &deprecated
+function rotate_file_by_name%(f: string%): rotate_info
 	%{
 	RecordVal* info = new RecordVal(rotate_info);
 
@@ -4699,7 +4699,7 @@ function rotate_file_by_name%(f: string%): rotate_info &deprecated
 ## Returns: The duration until the next file rotation time.
 ##
 ## .. zeek:see:: rotate_file rotate_file_by_name
-function calc_next_rotate%(i: interval%) : interval &deprecated
+function calc_next_rotate%(i: interval%) : interval
 	%{
 	const char* base_time = log_rotate_base_time ?
 		log_rotate_base_time->AsString()->CheckString() : 0;
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors
index a13c8849a1..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-mode-errors/errors
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-warning in /Users/johanna/bro/master/scripts/policy/misc/trim-trace-file.zeek, line 25: deprecated (rotate_file_by_name)
-warning in /Users/johanna/bro/master/scripts/policy/misc/trim-trace-file.zeek, line 25: deprecated (rotate_file_by_name)
-warning in /Users/johanna/bro/master/scripts/policy/misc/trim-trace-file.zeek, line 25: deprecated (rotate_file_by_name)
-warning in /Users/johanna/bro/master/testing/btest/../../scripts//policy/misc/trim-trace-file.zeek, line 25: deprecated (rotate_file_by_name)