diff --git a/ckan/controllers/package.py b/ckan/controllers/package.py
index 473eba5aa31..40dcd152456 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/package.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/package.py
@@ -533,14 +533,6 @@ def new(self, data=None, errors=None, error_summary=None):
                                        package_type=package_type)
 
         new_template = self._new_template(package_type)
-        c.form = ckan.lib.render.deprecated_lazy_render(
-            new_template,
-            form_snippet,
-            lambda: render(form_snippet, extra_vars=form_vars),
-            'use of c.form is deprecated. please see '
-            'ckan/templates/package/base_form_page.html for an example '
-            'of the new way to include the form snippet'
-            )
         return render(new_template,
                       extra_vars={'form_vars': form_vars,
                                   'form_snippet': form_snippet,
@@ -799,14 +791,6 @@ def edit(self, id, data=None, errors=None, error_summary=None):
             form_vars['stage'] = ['active', 'complete']
 
         edit_template = self._edit_template(package_type)
-        c.form = ckan.lib.render.deprecated_lazy_render(
-            edit_template,
-            form_snippet,
-            lambda: render(form_snippet, extra_vars=form_vars),
-            'use of c.form is deprecated. please see '
-            'ckan/templates/package/edit.html for an example '
-            'of the new way to include the form snippet'
-            )
         return render(edit_template,
                       extra_vars={'form_vars': form_vars,
                                   'form_snippet': form_snippet,
diff --git a/ckan/lib/render.py b/ckan/lib/render.py
index c14905b6bba..f671a82c5e3 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/render.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/render.py
@@ -61,45 +61,3 @@ def template_info(template_name):
                   'template_type' : t_type,}
         _template_info_cache[template_name] = t_data
     return template_path, t_type
-
-
-def deprecated_lazy_render(target_template, snippet_template, render,
-        message):
-    '''
-    If either target_template is a genshi template this function renders
-    immediately and returns a string, otherwise an object that will lazily
-    render when {{ the_object | safe }} is used in the jinja template
-    is returned.
-
-    :param target_template: name of jinja or genshi template
-        that may include the object returned
-    :param snippet_template: name of jinja or genshi template
-        that will be rendered
-    :param render: function to call to render the template snippet
-    :param message: message to log.warn() if render is called
-    '''
-    lazy = DeprecatedLazyRenderer(render, message)
-    t_path, t_type = template_info(target_template)
-    if t_type.startswith('genshi'):
-        return lazy.__html__()
-    return lazy
-
-class DeprecatedLazyRenderer(object):
-    '''
-    An object that will defer rendering until absolutely necessary to
-    pass to a template that might do {{ the_object | safe }}.
-
-    Used maintain backwards compatibility with templates that used to
-    expect a pre-rendered HTML snippet but have been updated to use
-    a normal {% snippet %} tag.
-    '''
-    def __init__(self, render, message):
-        self._html = None
-        self._render = render
-        self._message = message
-
-    def __html__(self):
-        if not self._html:
-            log.warn(self._message)
-            self._html = self._render()
-        return self._html