diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
index 3113f31490d718f9b85eef109adab505e4703a2f..4a5bb4d3302d9d748653d4b90739f217558484e7 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
@@ -187,17 +187,6 @@ class SimpleSAML_XHTML_Template {
 	}
 
 
-	/**
-	 * Earlier simpleSAMLphp had a separate directory for each language. This is
-	 * not the case anymore, therefore this function is deprecated.
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated
-	 */	
-	private function includeAtLanguageBase($file) {	
-		throw new Exception('Deprecated method call includeAtLanguageBase()');
-	}
-	
-	
 	/**
 	 * Include text in the current language.
 	 *