diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Bits/bitSet/bitSet.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Bits/bitSet/bitSet.H
index 59429e7d701218e58bf4d4ba699e8c2b2427ebc5..00d943059686761e69f56e7efc65f14de9bbdea6 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Bits/bitSet/bitSet.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Bits/bitSet/bitSet.H
@@ -551,14 +551,6 @@ public:
         {
             return *this;
         }
-
-
-    // Housekeeping
-
-        //- Deprecated(2018-04) compatibility name for PackedBoolList
-        //  \deprecated(2018-04) - use toc() method
-        inline labelList used() const { return toc(); }
-
 };