diff --git a/sphinx/templates/latex/latex.tex_t b/sphinx/templates/latex/latex.tex_t
index 55f60437e4..6c57939aad 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/latex/latex.tex_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/latex/latex.tex_t
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@
 \usepackage<%= sphinxpkgoptions %>{sphinx}
 <%= sphinxsetup %>
 <%= geometry %>
-\usepackage{multirow}
-\let\originalmutirow\multirow\protected\def\multirow{%
-  \sphinxdeprecationwarning{\multirow}{1.6}{1.7}
-  {Sphinx does not use package multirow. Its loading will be removed at 1.7.}%
-  \originalmultirow}%
-\usepackage{eqparbox}
-\let\originaleqparbox\eqparbox\protected\def\eqparbox{%
-  \sphinxdeprecationwarning{\eqparbox}{1.6}{1.7}
-  {Sphinx does not use package eqparbox. Its loading will be removed at 1.7.}%
-  \originaleqparbox}%
 <%= usepackages %>
 <%= hyperref %>
 <%= contentsname %>
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index 6317485cf7..b069b712ff 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -1159,14 +1159,6 @@
   \begin{sphinx#1}{#2}}
   % in end part, need to go around a LaTeX's "feature"
  {\edef\spx@temp{\noexpand\end{sphinx\spx@noticetype}}\spx@temp}
-% use of ``notice'' is for backwards compatibility and will be removed in
-% Sphinx 1.7.
-\newenvironment{notice}
-  {\sphinxdeprecationwarning {notice}{1.6}{1.7}{%
-  This document was probably built with a Sphinx extension using ``notice''^^J
-  environment. At Sphinx 1.7, ``notice'' environment will be removed. Please^^J
-  report to extension author to use ``sphinxadmonition'' instead.^^J%
-  ****}\begin{sphinxadmonition}}{\end{sphinxadmonition}}
 
 
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