diff --git a/lmfdb/users/__init__.py b/lmfdb/users/__init__.py
index e485182c9c..bf5229cb16 100644
--- a/lmfdb/users/__init__.py
+++ b/lmfdb/users/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
-from .main import (login_page, login_manager, admin_required, knowl_reviewer_required,
-                  housekeeping, FLASK_LOGIN_VERSION, FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT)
+from .main import (
+    login_page,
+    login_manager,
+    admin_required,
+    knowl_reviewer_required,
+    housekeeping,
+)
+
 assert admin_required  # silence pyflakes
 assert knowl_reviewer_required  # silence pyflakes
 assert housekeeping  # silence pyflakes
 
 from lmfdb.app import app
 from lmfdb.logger import make_logger
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 
 
 login_manager.init_app(app)
@@ -17,12 +22,3 @@
 app.register_blueprint(login_page, url_prefix="/users")
 
 users_logger = make_logger("users", hl=True)
-
-if StrictVersion(FLASK_LOGIN_VERSION) < StrictVersion(FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT):
-    users_logger.warning(
-        "DEPRECATION-WARNING: "
-        "flask-login is older than version {version}. "
-        "Versions older than {version} have different functionality and may "
-        "stop working in the future. "
-        "Consider updating, perhaps through "
-        "`sage -pip install flask-login`.".format(version=FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT))
diff --git a/lmfdb/users/main.py b/lmfdb/users/main.py
index 4e7224b2a4..a8492b99b4 100644
--- a/lmfdb/users/main.py
+++ b/lmfdb/users/main.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 from lmfdb.app import app
 from lmfdb.logger import make_logger
 from flask import render_template, request, Blueprint, url_for, make_response
-from flask_login import login_required, login_user, current_user, logout_user, LoginManager, __version__ as FLASK_LOGIN_VERSION
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+from flask_login import login_required, login_user, current_user, logout_user, LoginManager
 from lmfdb.utils import flash_error
 from markupsafe import Markup
 
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@
 
 login_manager = LoginManager()
 
-# We log a warning if the version of flask-login is less than FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT
-FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT = '0.3.0'
 from .pwdmanager import userdb, LmfdbUser, LmfdbAnonymousUser
 
 base_url = "http://beta.lmfdb.org"
@@ -64,10 +61,7 @@ def ctx_proc_userdata():
         userdata['userid'] = 'anon' if current_user.is_anonymous() else current_user._uid
         userdata['username'] = 'Anonymous' if current_user.is_anonymous() else current_user.name
 
-        if StrictVersion(FLASK_LOGIN_VERSION) > StrictVersion(FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT):
-            userdata['user_is_authenticated'] = current_user.is_authenticated
-        else:
-            userdata['user_is_authenticated'] = current_user.is_authenticated()
+        userdata['user_is_authenticated'] = current_user.is_authenticated
 
         userdata['user_is_admin'] = current_user.is_admin()
         userdata['user_can_review_knowls'] = current_user.is_knowl_reviewer()
diff --git a/lmfdb/users/pwdmanager.py b/lmfdb/users/pwdmanager.py
index 3b21a6a368..5b09e2acb1 100755
--- a/lmfdb/users/pwdmanager.py
+++ b/lmfdb/users/pwdmanager.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 from psycopg2.sql import SQL, Identifier, Placeholder
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from .main import logger, FLASK_LOGIN_VERSION, FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+from .main import logger
 
 # Read about flask-login if you are unfamiliar with this UserMixin/Login
 from flask_login import UserMixin, AnonymousUserMixin
@@ -301,8 +300,6 @@ def id(self):
 
     def is_anonymous(self):
         """required by flask-login user class"""
-        if StrictVersion(FLASK_LOGIN_VERSION) < StrictVersion(FLASK_LOGIN_LIMIT):
-            return not self.is_authenticated()
         return not self.is_authenticated
 
     def is_admin(self):