diff --git a/include/podio/ROOTFrameReader.h b/include/podio/ROOTFrameReader.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d3f8f30b1..000000000
--- a/include/podio/ROOTFrameReader.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef PODIO_ROOTFRAMEREADER_H
-#define PODIO_ROOTFRAMEREADER_H
-
-#include "podio/ROOTReader.h"
-
-namespace podio {
-using ROOTFrameReader [[deprecated("Will be removed in v1.0, switch to podio::ROOTReader")]] = podio::ROOTReader;
-}
-
-#endif // PODIO_ROOTFRAMEREADER_H
diff --git a/include/podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h b/include/podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c698a733..000000000
--- a/include/podio/ROOTFrameWriter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef PODIO_ROOTFRAMEWRITER_H
-#define PODIO_ROOTFRAMEWRITER_H
-
-#include "podio/ROOTWriter.h"
-
-namespace podio {
-using ROOTFrameWriter [[deprecated("Will be removed in v1.0, switch to podio::ROOTWriter")]] = podio::ROOTWriter;
-}
-
-#endif // PODIO_ROOTFRAMEWRITER_H
diff --git a/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h b/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h
deleted file mode 100644
index bde030048..000000000
--- a/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef PODIO_SIOFRAMEREADER_H
-#define PODIO_SIOFRAMEREADER_H
-
-#include "podio/SIOReader.h"
-
-namespace podio {
-using SIOFrameReader [[deprecated("Will be removed in v1.0, switch to podio::SIOReader")]] = podio::SIOReader;
-}
-
-#endif // PODIO_SIOFRAMEREADER_H
diff --git a/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h b/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8388f0a4d..000000000
--- a/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef PODIO_SIOFRAMEWRITER_H
-#define PODIO_SIOFRAMEWRITER_H
-
-#include "podio/SIOWriter.h"
-
-namespace podio {
-using SIOFrameWriter [[deprecated("Will be removed in v1.0, switch to podio::SIOWriter")]] = podio::SIOWriter;
-}
-
-#endif // PODIO_SIOFRAMEWRITER_H