diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/AbstractTimeoutHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/AbstractTimeoutHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f6fe59840..000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/AbstractTimeoutHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.bitcoinj.net;
-
-import java.time.Duration;
-
-/**
- * A base class which provides basic support for socket timeouts. It is used instead of integrating timeouts into the
- * NIO select thread both for simplicity and to keep code shared between NIO and blocking sockets as much as possible.
- * <p>
- * @deprecated Don't extend this class, implement {@link TimeoutHandler} using {@link SocketTimeoutTask} instead
- */
-@Deprecated
-public abstract class AbstractTimeoutHandler implements TimeoutHandler {
-    private final SocketTimeoutTask timeoutTask;
-
-    public AbstractTimeoutHandler() {
-        timeoutTask = new SocketTimeoutTask(this::timeoutOccurred);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * <p>Enables or disables the timeout entirely. This may be useful if you want to store the timeout value but wish
-     * to temporarily disable/enable timeouts.</p>
-     *
-     * <p>The default is for timeoutEnabled to be true but timeout to be set to {@link Duration#ZERO} (ie disabled).</p>
-     *
-     * <p>This call will reset the current progress towards the timeout.</p>
-     */
-    @Override
-    public synchronized final void setTimeoutEnabled(boolean timeoutEnabled) {
-        timeoutTask.setTimeoutEnabled(timeoutEnabled);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * <p>Sets the receive timeout, automatically killing the connection if no
-     * messages are received for this long</p>
-     *
-     * <p>A timeout of 0{@link Duration#ZERO} is interpreted as no timeout.</p>
-     *
-     * <p>The default is for timeoutEnabled to be true but timeout to be set to {@link Duration#ZERO} (ie disabled).</p>
-     *
-     * <p>This call will reset the current progress towards the timeout.</p>
-     */
-    @Override
-    public synchronized final void setSocketTimeout(Duration timeout) {
-        timeoutTask.setSocketTimeout(timeout);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Resets the current progress towards timeout to 0.
-     */
-    protected synchronized void resetTimeout() {
-        timeoutTask.resetTimeout();
-    }
-
-    protected abstract void timeoutOccurred();
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/SocketTimeoutTask.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/SocketTimeoutTask.java
index 42dd8f91a..2ef09a2f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/SocketTimeoutTask.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/net/SocketTimeoutTask.java
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ public class SocketTimeoutTask implements TimeoutHandler {
 
     /**
      * Resets the current progress towards timeout to 0.
-     * @deprecated This will be made private once {@link AbstractTimeoutHandler} is removed.
      */
-    @Deprecated
-    synchronized void resetTimeout() {
+    private synchronized void resetTimeout() {
         if (timeoutTask != null)
             timeoutTask.cancel();
         if (timeout.isZero() || !timeoutEnabled)