diff --git a/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/InstanciationStrategy.java b/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/InstanciationStrategy.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b1ef4d..0000000
--- a/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/InstanciationStrategy.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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.
- */
-
-/**
- * Component instantiation strategy.
- *
- * @author Hervé Boutemy
- * @since 3.0
- */
-@Deprecated
-public enum InstanciationStrategy
-{
-    PER_LOOKUP( "per-lookup" ),
-    SINGLETON( "singleton" ),
-    KEEP_ALIVE( "keep-alive" ),
-    POOLABLE( "poolable" );
-
-    private final String id;
-
-    InstanciationStrategy( String id )
-    {
-        this.id = id;
-    }
-
-    public String id()
-    {
-        return this.id;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Mojo.java b/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Mojo.java
index e9d7f81..9f667e3 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Mojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Mojo.java
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ public @interface Mojo
      */
     InstantiationStrategy instantiationStrategy() default InstantiationStrategy.PER_LOOKUP;
 
-    /**
-     * The original spelling of the instantiationStrategy attribute.
-     * @see #instantiationStrategy()
-     * @return the instantiation strategy
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    InstanciationStrategy instanciationStrategy() default InstanciationStrategy.PER_LOOKUP;
-
     /**
      * execution strategy: <code>once-per-session</code> or <code>always</code>.
      * @return <code>once-per-session</code> or <code>always</code>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
index e92c85a..6cf6689 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
@@ -504,13 +504,7 @@ public class JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor
 
             mojoDescriptor.setInheritedByDefault( mojo.inheritByDefault() );
 
-            String instantiationStrategy = mojo.instantiationStrategy().id();
-            if ( instantiationStrategy == null )
-            {
-                /* Perhaps the original spelling is there. */
-                instantiationStrategy = mojo.instanciationStrategy().id();
-            }
-            mojoDescriptor.setInstantiationStrategy( instantiationStrategy );
+            mojoDescriptor.setInstantiationStrategy( mojo.instantiationStrategy().id() );
 
             mojoDescriptor.setAggregator( mojo.aggregator() );
             mojoDescriptor.setDependencyResolutionRequired( mojo.requiresDependencyResolution().id() );
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java
index b5b31bf..87018f3 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/datamodel/MojoAnnotationContent.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.annotations.datamodel;
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.InstantiationStrategy;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.InstanciationStrategy;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
@@ -103,24 +102,6 @@ public class MojoAnnotationContent
         return instantiationStrategy;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The original spelling of the instantiationStrategy attribute.
-     * This returns the value under the correct name, there's no separate
-     * field.
-     *
-     * @return the instantiation strategy
-     * @see #instantiationStrategy()
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
-    public InstanciationStrategy instanciationStrategy()
-    {
-        if ( instantiationStrategy == null )
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return InstanciationStrategy.valueOf( instanciationStrategy().name() );
-    }
-
     public void instantiationStrategy( String instantiationStrategy )
     {
         this.instantiationStrategy = InstantiationStrategy.valueOf( instantiationStrategy );