diff --git a/lisp/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
index 2a7875caa67..91cb4c0cd32 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
@@ -600,8 +600,6 @@ If FILE is not registered, this function always returns nil."
 ;; Backward compatibility.
 (define-obsolete-function-alias
   'vc-workfile-version 'vc-working-revision "23.1")
-(define-obsolete-function-alias
-  'vc-previous-version 'vc-previous-revision "23.1")
 (defun vc-default-working-revision (backend file)
   (message
    "`working-revision' not found: using the old `workfile-version' instead")