diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index bf2215a51..76ad66aa4 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -739,13 +739,6 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
                 footnode.walkabout(self)
             self.pending_footnotes = []
 
-    @property
-    def footnotestack(self):
-        # type: () -> List[Dict[unicode, List[Union[collected_footnote, bool]]]]
-        warnings.warn('LaTeXWriter.footnotestack is deprecated.',
-                      RemovedInSphinx30Warning)
-        return []
-
     def format_docclass(self, docclass):
         # type: (unicode) -> unicode
         """ prepends prefix to sphinx document classes
@@ -2566,6 +2559,13 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
 
     # --------- METHODS FOR COMPATIBILITY --------------------------------------
 
+    @property
+    def footnotestack(self):
+        # type: () -> List[Dict[unicode, List[Union[collected_footnote, bool]]]]
+        warnings.warn('LaTeXWriter.footnotestack is deprecated.',
+                      RemovedInSphinx30Warning)
+        return []
+
     @property
     def bibitems(self):
         # type: () -> List[List[unicode]]