diff --git a/doc/api_break.dox b/doc/api_break.dox
index e505b663ca8..00270262141 100644
--- a/doc/api_break.dox
+++ b/doc/api_break.dox
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ This page tries to maintain a list with incompatible changes that happened in pr
 <tr><td>QgsVectorLayer<td>editorWidgetV2Type<td>editorWidgetType
 <tr><td>QgsVectorLayer<td>deleteVertexV2<td>deleteVertex
 <tr><td>QgsVectorLayer<td>rendererV2<td>renderer
+<tr><td>QgsVectorLayerEditUtils<td>deleteVertexV2<td>deleteVertex
 </table>
 
 \subsection qgis_api_break_3_0_removed_classes Removed Classes
diff --git a/python/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.sip b/python/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.sip
index c5bbd7c097e..295bc35dcdc 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.sip
@@ -28,18 +28,12 @@ class QgsVectorLayerEditUtils
      */
     bool moveVertex( const QgsPointV2& p, QgsFeatureId atFeatureId, int atVertex ) /PyName=moveVertexV2/;
 
-    /** Deletes a vertex from a feature
-     * @deprecated use deleteVertexV2() instead
-     */
-    bool deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId atFeatureId, int atVertex ) /Deprecated/;
-
     /** Deletes a vertex from a feature.
      * @param featureId ID of feature to remove vertex from
      * @param vertex index of vertex to delete
      * @note added in QGIS 2.14
      */
-    //TODO QGIS 3.0 - rename to deleteVertex
-    QgsVectorLayer::EditResult deleteVertexV2( QgsFeatureId featureId, int vertex );
+    QgsVectorLayer::EditResult deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId featureId, int vertex );
 
     /** Adds a ring to polygon/multipolygon features
      * @param ring ring to add
diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorlayer.cpp b/src/core/qgsvectorlayer.cpp
index 0f44cc7bb11..553d44e61d4 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectorlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectorlayer.cpp
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ QgsVectorLayer::EditResult QgsVectorLayer::deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId featureId,
     return QgsVectorLayer::InvalidLayer;
 
   QgsVectorLayerEditUtils utils( this );
-  EditResult result = utils.deleteVertexV2( featureId, vertex );
+  EditResult result = utils.deleteVertex( featureId, vertex );
 
   if ( result == Success )
     updateExtents();
diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.cpp
index fd12c420799..9362c78bfd5 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.cpp
@@ -85,13 +85,7 @@ bool QgsVectorLayerEditUtils::moveVertex( const QgsPointV2& p, QgsFeatureId atFe
 }
 
 
-bool QgsVectorLayerEditUtils::deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId atFeatureId, int atVertex )
-{
-  QgsVectorLayer::EditResult res = deleteVertexV2( atFeatureId, atVertex );
-  return res == QgsVectorLayer::Success || res == QgsVectorLayer::EmptyGeometry;
-}
-
-QgsVectorLayer::EditResult QgsVectorLayerEditUtils::deleteVertexV2( QgsFeatureId featureId, int vertex )
+QgsVectorLayer::EditResult QgsVectorLayerEditUtils::deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId featureId, int vertex )
 {
   if ( !L->hasGeometryType() )
     return QgsVectorLayer::InvalidLayer;
diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.h b/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.h
index 8005b6f8e45..ed96ae97af3 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectorlayereditutils.h
@@ -53,18 +53,12 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorLayerEditUtils
      */
     bool moveVertex( const QgsPointV2& p, QgsFeatureId atFeatureId, int atVertex );
 
-    /** Deletes a vertex from a feature
-     * @deprecated use deleteVertexV2() instead
-     */
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED bool deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId atFeatureId, int atVertex );
-
     /** Deletes a vertex from a feature.
      * @param featureId ID of feature to remove vertex from
      * @param vertex index of vertex to delete
      * @note added in QGIS 2.14
      */
-    //TODO QGIS 3.0 - rename to deleteVertex
-    QgsVectorLayer::EditResult deleteVertexV2( QgsFeatureId featureId, int vertex );
+    QgsVectorLayer::EditResult deleteVertex( QgsFeatureId featureId, int vertex );
 
     /** Adds a ring to polygon/multipolygon features
      * @param ring ring to add