diff --git a/compat/Documentation/Haddock.hs b/compat/Documentation/Haddock.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4130cfb9b47d987ac2e2f471159ce98b05ef43d3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/compat/Documentation/Haddock.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
-module Documentation.Haddock {-# DEPRECATED "Use @Documentation.Haddock@ from package <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/haddock-api haddock-api> instead!" #-} (
-  module Documentation.Haddock
-) where
-import "haddock-api" Documentation.Haddock
diff --git a/haddock.cabal b/haddock.cabal
index a31deb3a48ddf212d5a8cfb8aef97717cd01ec7f..eca656d600182af24bcbba0e25599856d30cd786 100644
--- a/haddock.cabal
+++ b/haddock.cabal
@@ -40,21 +40,6 @@ flag in-ghc-tree
   default: False
   manual: True
 
--- This package re-exports the haddock-api library for compatibility.
--- The library section will be removed in version 2.16.0.
-library
-  exposed: False
-  default-language: Haskell2010
-  hs-source-dirs: compat
-  ghc-options: -Wall
-  build-depends:
-      -- NOTE: Don't bump base dependency!  Remove library section instead!
-      base >= 4.3 && < 4.8
-    , haddock-api
-  exposed-modules: Documentation.Haddock
-  if flag(in-ghc-tree)
-    buildable: False
-
 executable haddock
   default-language:     Haskell2010
   main-is:              Main.hs