diff --git a/globals.c b/globals.c
index 045d530f..8523d4ec 100644
--- a/globals.c
+++ b/globals.c
@@ -912,37 +912,6 @@ xmlGetLocalRngState(void) {
     return(xmlGetThreadLocalStorage(0)->localRngState);
 }
 
-/* For backward compatibility */
-
-const char *const *
-__xmlParserVersion(void) {
-    return &xmlParserVersion;
-}
-
-const int *
-__xmlParserDebugEntities(void) {
-    return &xmlParserDebugEntities;
-}
-
-const xmlSAXLocator *
-__xmlDefaultSAXLocator(void) {
-    return &xmlDefaultSAXLocator;
-}
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED
-const xmlSAXHandlerV1 *
-__xmlDefaultSAXHandler(void) {
-    return &xmlDefaultSAXHandler;
-}
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED
-const xmlSAXHandlerV1 *
-__htmlDefaultSAXHandler(void) {
-    return &htmlDefaultSAXHandler;
-}
-#endif /* LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED */
-#endif /* LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED */
-
 #endif /* LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED */
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/libxml/HTMLparser.h b/include/libxml/HTMLparser.h
index 2383c227..4ac13587 100644
--- a/include/libxml/HTMLparser.h
+++ b/include/libxml/HTMLparser.h
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ struct _htmlEntityDesc {
 XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBVAR const xmlSAXHandlerV1 htmlDefaultSAXHandler;
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
-XML_DEPRECATED
-XMLPUBFUN const xmlSAXHandlerV1 *__htmlDefaultSAXHandler(void);
-#endif
-
 #endif /* LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/libxml/parser.h b/include/libxml/parser.h
index cbaf2bc2..575cd894 100644
--- a/include/libxml/parser.h
+++ b/include/libxml/parser.h
@@ -980,19 +980,6 @@ XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBVAR const xmlSAXHandlerV1 xmlDefaultSAXHandler;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
-/* backward compatibility */
-XMLPUBFUN const char *const *__xmlParserVersion(void);
-XML_DEPRECATED
-XMLPUBFUN const int *__xmlParserDebugEntities(void);
-XML_DEPRECATED
-XMLPUBFUN const xmlSAXLocator *__xmlDefaultSAXLocator(void);
-#ifdef LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED
-XML_DEPRECATED
-XMLPUBFUN const xmlSAXHandlerV1 *__xmlDefaultSAXHandler(void);
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /** DOC_DISABLE */
 #define XML_GLOBALS_PARSER_CORE \
   XML_OP(xmlDoValidityCheckingDefaultValue, int, XML_DEPRECATED) \
diff --git a/include/libxml/tree.h b/include/libxml/tree.h
index 489ad031..dae09435 100644
--- a/include/libxml/tree.h
+++ b/include/libxml/tree.h
@@ -683,14 +683,6 @@ XMLPUBVAR const xmlBufferAllocationScheme xmlBufferAllocScheme;
 XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBVAR const int xmlDefaultBufferSize;
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
-/* backward compatibility */
-XML_DEPRECATED
-XMLPUBFUN const xmlBufferAllocationScheme *__xmlBufferAllocScheme(void);
-XML_DEPRECATED
-XMLPUBFUN const int *__xmlDefaultBufferSize(void);
-#endif
-
 /** DOC_DISABLE */
 #define XML_GLOBALS_TREE \
   XML_OP(xmlRegisterNodeDefaultValue, xmlRegisterNodeFunc, XML_DEPRECATED) \