diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/YamlTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/YamlTest.php
index b1a9ba08c1f6..633978d63bd5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/YamlTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/YamlTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 class YamlTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-
     public function testParseAndDump()
     {
         $data = array('lorem' => 'ipsum', 'dolor' => 'sit');
@@ -29,13 +28,4 @@ public function testParseAndDump()
         $parsedByContents = Yaml::parse($contents);
         $this->assertEquals($parsedByFilename, $parsedByContents);
     }
-
-    public function testEmbededPhp()
-    {
-        $filename = __DIR__.'/Fixtures/embededPhp.yml';
-        Yaml::enablePhpParsing();
-        $parsed = Yaml::parse($filename);
-        $this->assertEquals(array('value' => 6), $parsed);
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
index adc99c471e4d..438eb57fbaf8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
@@ -22,53 +22,6 @@
  */
 class Yaml
 {
-    /**
-     * Be warned that PHP support will be removed in Symfony 2.3.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.0, to be removed in 2.3.
-     */
-    public static $enablePhpParsing = false;
-
-    /**
-     * Enables PHP support when parsing YAML files.
-     *
-     * Be warned that PHP support will be removed in Symfony 2.3.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.0, to be removed in 2.3.
-     */
-    public static function enablePhpParsing()
-    {
-        self::$enablePhpParsing = true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the PHP support flag when parsing YAML files.
-     *
-     * Be warned that PHP support will be removed in Symfony 2.3.
-     *
-     * @param Boolean $boolean true if PHP parsing support is enabled, false otherwise
-     *
-     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.0, to be removed in 2.3.
-     */
-    public static function setPhpParsing($boolean)
-    {
-        self::$enablePhpParsing = (Boolean) $boolean;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if PHP support is enabled when parsing YAML files.
-     *
-     * Be warned that PHP support will be removed in Symfony 2.3.
-     *
-     * @return Boolean true if PHP parsing support is enabled, false otherwise
-     *
-     * @deprecated Deprecated since version 2.0, to be removed in 2.3.
-     */
-    public static function supportsPhpParsing()
-    {
-        return self::$enablePhpParsing;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Parses YAML into a PHP array.
      *
@@ -103,21 +56,7 @@ public static function parse($input, $exceptionOnInvalidType = false, $objectSup
             }
 
             $file = $input;
-            if (self::$enablePhpParsing) {
-                ob_start();
-                $retval = include($file);
-                $content = ob_get_clean();
-
-                // if an array is returned by the config file assume it's in plain php form else in YAML
-                $input = is_array($retval) ? $retval : $content;
-
-                // if an array is returned by the config file assume it's in plain php form else in YAML
-                if (is_array($input)) {
-                    return $input;
-                }
-            } else {
-                $input = file_get_contents($file);
-            }
+            $input = file_get_contents($file);
         }
 
         $yaml = new Parser();