diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/ExpressionList.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/ExpressionList.java
index 29040fcbae..ec1e36c316 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/ExpressionList.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/ExpressionList.java
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   OrderBy<T> orderBy();
 
-  /**
-   * Deprecated migrate to {@link #orderBy(String)}
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  Query<T> setOrderBy(String orderBy);
-
   /**
    * Apply the path properties to the query replacing the select and fetch clauses.
    */
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java
index 3a015e0faf..fffa19d096 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/DefaultExpressionList.java
@@ -312,11 +312,6 @@ public ExpressionList<T> orderBy(String orderBy) {
     return this;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public Query<T> setOrderBy(String orderBy) {
-    return query.order(orderBy);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public Query<T> orderById(boolean orderById) {
     return query.orderById(orderById);
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java
index 87d6ae3310..05268588b1 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/JunctionExpression.java
@@ -980,11 +980,6 @@ public ExpressionList<T> setMaxRows(int maxRows) {
     return exprList.setMaxRows(maxRows);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public Query<T> setOrderBy(String orderBy) {
-    return exprList.setOrderBy(orderBy);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public Query<T> setUseCache(boolean useCache) {
     return exprList.setUseCache(useCache);