diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
index 297a9e70d..3ee4568be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
@@ -2763,20 +2763,6 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     return list;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Deprecated - this does nothing now, we always try to read test configuration.
-   * <p>
-   * Load settings from test-ebean.properties and do nothing if the properties is not found.
-   * <p>
-   * This is typically used when test-ebean.properties is put into the test class path and used
-   * to configure Ebean for running tests.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void loadTestProperties() {
-    // do nothing now ... as we always try to read test configuration and that should only
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return the properties that we used for configuration and were set via a call to loadFromProperties().
    */