diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php
index d6455cb820bb21e1c6bd165fe7a03fa870519037..d3ef7e471524d264737f55e3d9162573441641b6 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php
@@ -536,20 +536,6 @@ class SimpleSAML_Session {
 	}
 
 
-	/**
-	 * Retrieve the attributes associated with this session.
-	 *
-	 * @return array|NULL  The attributes.
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */
-	public function getAttributes() {
-		if (!isset($this->authData[$this->authority]['Attributes'])) {
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		return $this->authData[$this->authority]['Attributes'];
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Calculates the size of the session object after serialization
 	 *