diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e6bd20ba2b7..f40f60c6294 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8286,8 +8286,8 @@ in {
   };
 
   # These used to be here but were moved to all-packages, but I'll leave them around for a while.
-  pants = stdenv.lib.warn "Please refer to pants from the top level rather than from pythonPackages. This attribute will disappear by 2017-08-22." pkgs.pants;
-  pants13-pre = stdenv.lib.warn "Please refer to pants13-pre from  the top level rather than from pythonPackages. This attribute will disappear by 2017-08-22." pkgs.pants13-pre;
+  pants = pkgs.pants;
+  pants13-pre = pkgs.pants13-pre;
 
   paperwork-backend = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "paperwork-backend-${version}";