Removed utils.module_loading.import_by_path() per deprecation timeline; refs #21674.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/django/utils/module_loading.py b/django/utils/module_loading.py
index cd0c8bc5cc..a4e255842d 100644
--- a/django/utils/module_loading.py
+++ b/django/utils/module_loading.py
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ import copy
 from importlib import import_module
 import os
 import sys
-import warnings
 
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils import six
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango19Warning
 
 
 def import_string(dotted_path):
@@ -32,24 +29,6 @@ def import_string(dotted_path):
         six.reraise(ImportError, ImportError(msg), sys.exc_info()[2])
 
 
-def import_by_path(dotted_path, error_prefix=''):
-    """
-    Import a dotted module path and return the attribute/class designated by the
-    last name in the path. Raise ImproperlyConfigured if something goes wrong.
-    """
-    warnings.warn(
-        'import_by_path() has been deprecated. Use import_string() instead.',
-        RemovedInDjango19Warning, stacklevel=2)
-    try:
-        attr = import_string(dotted_path)
-    except ImportError as e:
-        msg = '%sError importing module %s: "%s"' % (
-            error_prefix, dotted_path, e)
-        six.reraise(ImproperlyConfigured, ImproperlyConfigured(msg),
-                    sys.exc_info()[2])
-    return attr
-
-
 def autodiscover_modules(*args, **kwargs):
     """
     Auto-discover INSTALLED_APPS modules and fail silently when