diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
index 97d8a857a..ba3a2f6cf 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
@@ -625,23 +625,6 @@ public class Configuration
         return mHeaderLinesRegexp;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This method is being kept for API backwards compatibility with
-     * Checkstyle version below <code>2.1</code>.
-     * @return the first line number to ignore in header
-     * @deprecated use isHeaderIgnoreLineNo(int) instead
-     **/
-    public int getHeaderIgnoreLineNo()
-    {
-        if (mHeaderIgnoreLineNo.isEmpty()) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        else {
-            Integer firstLine = (Integer) mHeaderIgnoreLineNo.first();
-            return firstLine.intValue();
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param aLineNo a line number
      * @return if <code>aLineNo</code> is one of the ignored header lines.
@@ -964,17 +947,6 @@ public class Configuration
         mHeaderLinesRegexp = aHeaderLinesRegexp;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This method is being kept for API backwards compatibility with
-     * Checkstyle version below <code>2.1</code>.
-     * @param aHeaderIgnoreLineNo line number to ignore in header
-     * @deprecated use setHeaderIgnoreLines(String) instead
-     */
-    public void setHeaderIgnoreLineNo(int aHeaderIgnoreLineNo)
-    {
-        setHeaderIgnoreLines(String.valueOf(aHeaderIgnoreLineNo));
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param aList comma separated list of line numbers to ignore in header.
      */
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
index 0fe18151e..dbf1fb450 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ public class ConfigurationTest
         final Configuration c = new Configuration(p, System.out);
         assertNotNull(c);
         assertEquals(66, c.getMaxLineLength());
-        assertEquals(-1, c.getHeaderIgnoreLineNo());
         assertEquals(true, c.isAllowTabs());
-        c.setHeaderIgnoreLineNo(666);
-        assertEquals(666, c.getHeaderIgnoreLineNo());
     }
 
     public void test2() throws Exception