diff --git a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.cpp b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.cpp
index 6146a882e..e094ce860 100644
--- a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.cpp
@@ -13397,20 +13397,6 @@ Node::fetch_existing(const std::string &path)
     }
 }
 
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-Node&
-Node::fetch_child(const std::string &path)
-{
-    return fetch_existing(path);
-}
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-const Node&
-Node::fetch_child(const std::string &path) const
-{
-    return fetch_existing(path);
-}
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 Node&
 Node::fetch(const std::string &path)
diff --git a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.hpp b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.hpp
index 733012c87..cddbf6b9f 100644
--- a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.hpp
+++ b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_node.hpp
@@ -3806,13 +3806,6 @@ class CONDUIT_API Node
     Node             &fetch_existing(const std::string &path);
     const Node       &fetch_existing(const std::string &path) const;
 
-    /// DEPRECATED: `fetch_child` is deprecated in favor of `fetch_existing`
-    ///
-    /// the `fetch_child' methods don't modify map structure, if a path
-    /// doesn't exist they will throw an exception
-    Node             &fetch_child(const std::string &path);
-    const Node       &fetch_child(const std::string &path) const;
-
     // add_child will not try to parse the name as a path. "foo/bar.png" is
     // a legal name.
     Node             &add_child(const std::string &name);
diff --git a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.cpp b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.cpp
index 952dfdcf0..cadc9eb97 100644
--- a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.cpp
@@ -515,44 +515,6 @@ Schema::to_string_default() const
     return to_string();
 }
 
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-// note: variants with detailed arg (which hasn't been used) are deprecated
-std::string
-Schema::to_json(bool /* detailed */, // unused
-                index_t indent,
-                index_t depth,
-                const std::string &pad,
-                const std::string &eoe) const
-{
-    return to_json(indent,depth,pad,eoe);
-}
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-// note: variants with detailed arg (which hasn't been used) are deprecated
-void
-Schema::to_json_stream(std::ostream &os,
-                       bool /* detailed */, // unused
-                       index_t indent,
-                       index_t depth,
-                       const std::string &pad,
-                       const std::string &eoe) const
-{
-    to_json_stream(os,indent,depth,pad,eoe);
-}
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-// note: variants with detailed arg (which hasn't been used) are deprecated
-void
-Schema::to_json_stream(const std::string &stream_path,
-                       bool /* detailed */, // unused
-                       index_t indent,
-                       index_t depth,
-                       const std::string &pad,
-                       const std::string &eoe) const
-{
-    to_json_stream(stream_path,indent,depth,pad,eoe);
-}
-
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 std::string
@@ -740,20 +702,6 @@ Schema::to_yaml_default() const
 //
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-// 
-// note: variants with detailed arg (which hasn't been used) are deprecated
-void
-Schema::save(const std::string &ofname,
-             bool  /* detailed*/, // unused
-             index_t indent,
-             index_t depth,
-             const std::string &pad,
-             const std::string &eoe) const
-{
-    save(ofname,indent,depth,pad,eoe);
-}
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 void
 Schema::save(const std::string &ofname,
@@ -1032,19 +980,6 @@ Schema::fetch_existing(const std::string &path) const
     }
 }
 
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-Schema&
-Schema::fetch_child(const std::string &path)
-{
-    return fetch_existing(path);
-}
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-const Schema &
-Schema::fetch_child(const std::string &path) const
-{
-    return fetch_existing(path);
-}
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 index_t
diff --git a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.hpp b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.hpp
index 590db7542..1d054f3a5 100644
--- a/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.hpp
+++ b/src/libs/conduit/conduit_schema.hpp
@@ -220,30 +220,6 @@ class CONDUIT_API Schema
                                    const std::string &pad=" ",
                                    const std::string &eoe="\n") const;
 
-    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    ///DEPRECATED: Schema::to_json variants with detailed (bool) arg are 
-    ///            deprecated. The detailed arg was never used. These methods 
-    ///            will be removed in a future release.
-    std::string     to_json(bool detailed,
-                            index_t indent=2,
-                            index_t depth=0,
-                            const std::string &pad=" ",
-                            const std::string &eoe="\n") const;
-
-    void            to_json_stream(std::ostream &os,
-                                   bool detailed,
-                                   index_t indent=2,
-                                   index_t depth=0,
-                                   const std::string &pad=" ",
-                                   const std::string &eoe="\n") const;
-
-    void            to_json_stream(const std::string &stream_path,
-                                   bool detailed,
-                                   index_t indent=2,
-                                   index_t depth=0,
-                                   const std::string &pad=" ",
-                                   const std::string &eoe="\n") const;
-
     // NOTE(JRC): The primary reason this function exists is to enable easier
     // compatibility with debugging tools (e.g. totalview, gdb) that have
     // difficulty allocating default string parameters.
@@ -287,16 +263,6 @@ class CONDUIT_API Schema
 //
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    ///DEPRECATED: Schema::save variant with detailed (bool) arg is 
-    ///            deprecated. The detailed arg was never used. This method
-    ///            will be removed in a future release.
-    void            save(const std::string &ofname,
-                         bool detailed,
-                         index_t indent=2,
-                         index_t depth=0,
-                         const std::string &pad=" ",
-                         const std::string &eoe="\n") const;
-
     void            save(const std::string &ofname,
                          index_t indent=2,
                          index_t depth=0,
@@ -339,13 +305,6 @@ class CONDUIT_API Schema
     Schema           &fetch_existing(const std::string &path);
     const Schema     &fetch_existing(const std::string &path) const;
 
-    /// DEPRECATED: `fetch_child` is deprecated in favor of `fetch_existing`
-    ///
-    /// the `fetch_child' methods don't modify map structure, if a path
-    /// doesn't exist they will throw an exception
-    Schema           &fetch_child(const std::string &path);
-    const Schema     &fetch_child(const std::string &path) const;
-
     // the 'child' methods also don't modify map structure. Additionally,
     // they do not search parent/child schemas, and thus allow getting children
     // whose names contain slashes.