diff --git a/doc/fluidsynth-v11-devdoc.txt b/doc/fluidsynth-v11-devdoc.txt
index 406510d1..381c91dc 100644
--- a/doc/fluidsynth-v11-devdoc.txt
+++ b/doc/fluidsynth-v11-devdoc.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Changes in FluidSynth 2.0.0 concerning developers:
 - remove deprecated fluid_synth_set_midi_router()
 - remove deprecated fluid_get_hinstance() and fluid_set_hinstance() (dsound driver now uses the desktop window)
 - remove deprecated fluid_synth_create_key_tuning(), use fluid_synth_activate_key_tuning(synth, bank, prog, name, pitch, FALSE) instead
+- remove deprecated fluid_synth_create_octave_tuning(), use fluid_synth_activate_octave_tuning(synth, bank, prog, name, pitch, FALSE) instead
 - remove deprecated FLUID_HINT_INTEGER
 - remove misspelled FLUID_SEQ_PITCHWHHELSENS macro
 - remove obsolete "audio.[out|in]put-channels" settings
diff --git a/include/fluidsynth/synth.h b/include/fluidsynth/synth.h
index bdfdd634..64a9fc56 100644
--- a/include/fluidsynth/synth.h
+++ b/include/fluidsynth/synth.h
@@ -228,10 +228,6 @@ FLUIDSYNTH_API float fluid_synth_get_gen(fluid_synth_t* synth, int chan, int par
 FLUIDSYNTH_API
 int fluid_synth_activate_key_tuning(fluid_synth_t* synth, int bank, int prog,
                                     const char* name, const double* pitch, int apply);
-FLUIDSYNTH_API 
-FLUID_DEPRECATED 
-int fluid_synth_create_octave_tuning(fluid_synth_t* synth, int bank, int prog,
-                                     const char* name, const double* pitch);
 FLUIDSYNTH_API
 int fluid_synth_activate_octave_tuning(fluid_synth_t* synth, int bank, int prog,
                                        const char* name, const double* pitch, int apply);
diff --git a/src/synth/fluid_synth.c b/src/synth/fluid_synth.c
index a27db271..86a72dd0 100644
--- a/src/synth/fluid_synth.c
+++ b/src/synth/fluid_synth.c
@@ -4540,30 +4540,6 @@ fluid_synth_activate_key_tuning(fluid_synth_t* synth, int bank, int prog,
   FLUID_API_RETURN(retval);
 }
 
-/**
- * Apply an octave tuning to every octave in the MIDI note scale.
- * @param synth FluidSynth instance
- * @param bank Tuning bank number (0-127), not related to MIDI instrument bank
- * @param prog Tuning preset number (0-127), not related to MIDI instrument program
- * @param name Label name for this tuning
- * @param pitch Array of pitch values (length of 12 for each note of an octave
- *   starting at note C, values are number of offset cents to add to the normal
- *   tuning amount)
- * @return FLUID_OK on success, FLUID_FAILED otherwise
- *
- * @note Tuning is not applied in realtime to existing notes of the replaced
- * tuning (if any), use fluid_synth_activate_octave_tuning() instead to specify
- * this behavior.
- * 
- * @deprecated Use fluid_synth_activate_octave_tuning(synth, bank, prog, name, pitch, FALSE) instead.
- */
-int
-fluid_synth_create_octave_tuning(fluid_synth_t* synth, int bank, int prog,
-                                 const char* name, const double* pitch)
-{
-  return fluid_synth_activate_octave_tuning (synth, bank, prog, name, pitch, FALSE);
-}
-
 /**
  * Activate an octave tuning on every octave in the MIDI note scale.
  * @param synth FluidSynth instance