diff --git a/embed.fnc b/embed.fnc
index d8c500e9caf9..719fd6f82962 100644
--- a/embed.fnc
+++ b/embed.fnc
@@ -2807,7 +2807,6 @@ ApR	|void*	|ptr_table_fetch|NN PTR_TBL_t *const tbl|NULLOK const void *const sv
 Ap	|void	|ptr_table_store|NN PTR_TBL_t *const tbl|NULLOK const void *const oldsv \
 				|NN void *const newsv
 Ap	|void	|ptr_table_split|NN PTR_TBL_t *const tbl
-ApD	|void	|ptr_table_clear|NULLOK PTR_TBL_t *const tbl
 Ap	|void	|ptr_table_free|NULLOK PTR_TBL_t *const tbl
 #if defined(HAVE_INTERP_INTERN)
 Ap	|void	|sys_intern_clear
diff --git a/embed.h b/embed.h
index 8fab47508ee1..449489c32d45 100644
--- a/embed.h
+++ b/embed.h
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@
 #define pregfree(a)		Perl_pregfree(aTHX_ a)
 #define pregfree2(a)		Perl_pregfree2(aTHX_ a)
 #define prescan_version(a,b,c,d,e,f,g)	Perl_prescan_version(aTHX_ a,b,c,d,e,f,g)
-#define ptr_table_clear(a)	Perl_ptr_table_clear(aTHX_ a)
 #define ptr_table_fetch(a,b)	Perl_ptr_table_fetch(aTHX_ a,b)
 #define ptr_table_free(a)	Perl_ptr_table_free(aTHX_ a)
 #define ptr_table_new()		Perl_ptr_table_new(aTHX)
diff --git a/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.pm b/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.pm
index 14e898046a4d..334d7ebf3793 100644
--- a/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.pm
+++ b/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Carp;
 
-our $VERSION = '1.18';
+our $VERSION = '1.19';
 
 require XSLoader;
 
diff --git a/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.xs b/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.xs
index 565309daa2db..6d25c5c0f25e 100644
--- a/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.xs
+++ b/ext/XS-APItest/APItest.xs
@@ -2129,10 +2129,6 @@ void
 ptr_table_split(table)
 XS::APItest::PtrTable table
 
-void
-ptr_table_clear(table)
-XS::APItest::PtrTable table
-
 MODULE = XS::APItest::AutoLoader        PACKAGE = XS::APItest::AutoLoader
 
 SV *
diff --git a/ext/XS-APItest/t/ptr_table.t b/ext/XS-APItest/t/ptr_table.t
index c7e9a57cf152..b7609e9da4ba 100644
--- a/ext/XS-APItest/t/ptr_table.t
+++ b/ext/XS-APItest/t/ptr_table.t
@@ -36,10 +36,4 @@ cmp_ok($t1->fetch($a), '==', $h, 'Found');
 is($t1->fetch($h), 0, 'Not found');
 is($t1->fetch($c), 0, 'Not found');
 
-$t1->clear();
-
-is($t1->fetch($a), 0, 'Not found');
-is($t1->fetch($h), 0, 'Not found');
-is($t1->fetch($c), 0, 'Not found');
-
 done_testing();
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 579378f86281..5c336fc79bc2 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ well.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+C<Perl_ptr_table_clear> has been deleted. This has been marked as deprecated
+since v5.14.0 (released in 2011), and is not used by any code on CPAN.
 
 =back
 
diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index 164f6be67035..28d9cbf02054 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -2824,10 +2824,6 @@ PERL_CALLCONV void	Perl_pregfree2(pTHX_ REGEXP *rx);
 PERL_CALLCONV const char*	Perl_prescan_version(pTHX_ const char *s, bool strict, const char** errstr, bool *sqv, int *ssaw_decimal, int *swidth, bool *salpha);
 #define PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_PRESCAN_VERSION	\
 	assert(s)
-PERL_CALLCONV void	Perl_ptr_table_clear(pTHX_ PTR_TBL_t *const tbl)
-			__attribute__deprecated__;
-#define PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_PTR_TABLE_CLEAR
-
 PERL_CALLCONV void*	Perl_ptr_table_fetch(pTHX_ PTR_TBL_t *const tbl, const void *const sv)
 			__attribute__warn_unused_result__;
 #define PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_PTR_TABLE_FETCH	\
diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index e305c1e77cdf..3b1141b3776c 100644
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -13976,32 +13976,6 @@ Perl_ptr_table_split(pTHX_ PTR_TBL_t *const tbl)
     }
 }
 
-/* remove all the entries from a ptr table */
-/* Deprecated - will be removed post 5.14 */
-
-void
-Perl_ptr_table_clear(pTHX_ PTR_TBL_t *const tbl)
-{
-    PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT;
-    if (tbl && tbl->tbl_items) {
-        struct ptr_tbl_arena *arena = tbl->tbl_arena;
-
-        Zero(tbl->tbl_ary, tbl->tbl_max + 1, struct ptr_tbl_ent *);
-
-        while (arena) {
-            struct ptr_tbl_arena *next = arena->next;
-
-            Safefree(arena);
-            arena = next;
-        };
-
-        tbl->tbl_items = 0;
-        tbl->tbl_arena = NULL;
-        tbl->tbl_arena_next = NULL;
-        tbl->tbl_arena_end = NULL;
-    }
-}
-
 /* clear and free a ptr table */
 
 void