diff --git a/includes/ingest.form.inc b/includes/ingest.form.inc
index c83b140c1..dc9064f10 100644
--- a/includes/ingest.form.inc
+++ b/includes/ingest.form.inc
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ function islandora_ingest_form(array $form, array &$form_state, array $configura
  */
 function islandora_ingest_form_init_form_state_storage(array &$form_state, array $configuration) {
   if (empty($form_state['islandora'])) {
-    $objects = isset($configuration['objects']) ? $configuration['objects'] : array();
-    if (empty($objects)) {
-      $objects[] = islandora_ingest_form_prepare_new_object($configuration);
-    }
     $configuration['models'] = isset($configuration['models']) ? $configuration['models'] : array();
     // Make sure the models actually exist.
     foreach ($configuration['models'] as $key => $model) {
@@ -91,15 +87,15 @@ function islandora_ingest_form_init_form_state_storage(array &$form_state, array
         unset($configuration['models'][$key]);
       }
     }
-    // No need to persist the 'objects' within the configuration.
-    unset($configuration['objects']);
     // Required for step hooks.
     $form_state['islandora'] = array(
       'step_id' => NULL,
-      'objects' => $objects,
+      'objects' => $configuration['objects'],
       'shared_storage' => $configuration,
       'step_storage' => array(),
     );
+    // No need to persist the 'objects' within the configuration.
+    unset($configuration['objects']);
     // Must be called after $form_state['islandora'] is initialized, otherwise,
     // the values in 'islandora' would not be availible to the step hooks.
     $form_state['islandora']['step_id'] = islandora_ingest_form_get_first_step_id($form_state);
@@ -136,33 +132,6 @@ function islandora_ingest_form_get_last_step_id(array &$form_state) {
   return array_pop($keys);
 }
 
-/**
- * Prepares a new object based on the given configuration.
- *
- * @param array $configuration
- *   The list of key/value pairs of configuration.
- *
- * @return NewFedoraObject
- *   The new object.
- */
-function islandora_ingest_form_prepare_new_object(array $configuration) {
-  module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/utilities');
-  if (empty($configuration['object'])) {
-    $message = islandora_deprecated('7.x-1.2', t('Please use "objects" as the default ingest form configuration property.'));
-    trigger_error(filter_xss($message), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-    // ID is more specific than namespace so it will take precedence.
-    $id = isset($configuration['namespace']) ? $configuration['namespace'] : 'islandora';
-    $id = isset($configuration['id']) ? $configuration['id'] : $id;
-    $label = isset($configuration['label']) ? $configuration['label'] : 'New Object';
-    $relationship_map = function($o) {
-      return array('relationship' => 'isMemberOfCollection', 'pid' => $o);
-    };
-    $relationships = empty($configuration['collections']) ? array() : array_map($relationship_map, $configuration['collections']);
-    return islandora_prepare_new_object($id, $label, array(), array(), $relationships);
-  }
-  return $configuration['object'];
-}
-
 /**
  * Gets the given/current step.
  *
diff --git a/includes/utilities.inc b/includes/utilities.inc
index 4786e362a..8682a4bcd 100644
--- a/includes/utilities.inc
+++ b/includes/utilities.inc
@@ -661,53 +661,6 @@ function islandora_system_settings_form_default_value($name, $default_value, arr
   return isset($form_state['values'][$name]) ? $form_state['values'][$name] : variable_get($name, $default_value);
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks that the given/current account has all the given permissions.
- *
- * @param array $perms
- *   The permissions to check.
- * @param mixed $account
- *   (optional) The account to check, if not given use currently logged in user.
- *
- * @return bool
- *   TRUE if the account has all the given permissions, FALSE otherwise.
- */
-function islandora_user_access_all(array $perms, $account = NULL) {
-  $message = islandora_deprecated('7.x-1.2', 'Roll your own code or use islandora_user_access().');
-  trigger_error(filter_xss($message), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-
-  foreach ($perms as $perm) {
-    if (!user_access($perm, $account)) {
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-  }
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-/**
- * Checks that the given/current account has at one of the given permissions.
- *
- * @param array $perms
- *   The permissions to check.
- * @param mixed $account
- *   (optional) The account to check, if not given use currently logged in user.
- *
- * @return bool
- *   TRUE if the account has at least one of the given permissions, FALSE
- *   otherwise.
- */
-function islandora_user_access_any(array $perms, $account = NULL) {
-  $message = islandora_deprecated('7.x-1.2', 'Roll your own code or use islandora_user_access().');
-  trigger_error(filter_xss($message), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-
-  foreach ($perms as $perm) {
-    if (user_access($perm, $account)) {
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-  }
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 /**
  * Gets the list of allowed namespaces as defined by 'islandora_pids_allowed'.
  *
diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index fba7206a2..7d53ac3c7 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -840,34 +840,6 @@ function islandora_object_access_callback($perm, $object = NULL) {
   return islandora_object_access($perm, $object);
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks whether the user can access the given object and datastream.
- *
- * Checks for object existance, accessiblitly, namespace permissions,
- * and user permissions
- *
- * @param string $perm
- *   The user permission to test for.
- * @param AbstractObject $object
- *   The object to test, if NULL given the object doesn't exist or is
- *   inaccessible.
- * @param AbstractDatastream $datastream
- *   The datastream to test, if NULL given the datastream doesn't exist
- *   or is inaccessible.
- * @param StdObject $account
- *   The account to test permissions as or NULL for current user.
- *
- * @return bool
- *   TRUE if the user is allowed to access this object, FALSE otherwise.
- */
-function islandora_object_datastream_access_callback($perm, $object = NULL, $datastream = NULL, $account = NULL) {
-  module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/utilities');
-  $message = islandora_deprecated('7.x-1.2', 'Use islandora_datastream_access().');
-  trigger_error(filter_xss($message), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-
-  return islandora_datastream_access($perm, $datastream, $account);
-}
-
 /**
  * Checks whether the user can access the given object and datastream.
  *