diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event.c b/src/event/ngx_event.c
index 5ca6e82..4610acb 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event.c
@@ -126,13 +126,6 @@
       0,
       NULL },
 
-    { ngx_string("connections"),
-      NGX_EVENT_CONF|NGX_CONF_TAKE1,
-      ngx_event_connections,
-      0,
-      0,
-      NULL },
-
     { ngx_string("use"),
       NGX_EVENT_CONF|NGX_CONF_TAKE1,
       ngx_event_use,
@@ -956,12 +949,6 @@
         return "is duplicate";
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strcmp(cmd->name.data, "connections") == 0) {
-        ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_WARN, cf, 0,
-                           "the \"connections\" directive is deprecated, "
-                           "use the \"worker_connections\" directive instead");
-    }
-
     value = cf->args->elts;
     ecf->connections = ngx_atoi(value[1].data, value[1].len);
     if (ecf->connections == (ngx_uint_t) NGX_ERROR) {