diff --git a/contrib/xml2/xpath.c b/contrib/xml2/xpath.c
index ac28996867..28445be369 100644
--- a/contrib/xml2/xpath.c
+++ b/contrib/xml2/xpath.c
@@ -81,51 +81,6 @@ pgxml_parser_init(PgXmlStrictness strictness)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * Returns true if document is well-formed
- *
- * Note: this has been superseded by a core function.  We still have to
- * have it in the contrib module so that existing SQL-level references
- * to the function won't fail; but in normal usage with up-to-date SQL
- * definitions for the contrib module, this won't be called.
- */
-
-PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(xml_is_well_formed);
-
-Datum
-xml_is_well_formed(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	text	   *t = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(0);		/* document buffer */
-	bool		result = false;
-	int32		docsize = VARSIZE(t) - VARHDRSZ;
-	xmlDocPtr	doctree;
-	PgXmlErrorContext *xmlerrcxt;
-
-	xmlerrcxt = pgxml_parser_init(PG_XML_STRICTNESS_LEGACY);
-
-	PG_TRY();
-	{
-		doctree = xmlParseMemory((char *) VARDATA(t), docsize);
-
-		result = (doctree != NULL);
-
-		if (doctree != NULL)
-			xmlFreeDoc(doctree);
-	}
-	PG_CATCH();
-	{
-		pg_xml_done(xmlerrcxt, true);
-
-		PG_RE_THROW();
-	}
-	PG_END_TRY();
-
-	pg_xml_done(xmlerrcxt, false);
-
-	PG_RETURN_BOOL(result);
-}
-
-
 /* Encodes special characters (<, >, &, " and \r) as XML entities */
 
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(xml_encode_special_chars);
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xml2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xml2.sgml
index a40172c36d..9bbc9e75d7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/xml2.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/xml2.sgml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
      <row>
       <entry>
        <function>
-        xml_is_well_formed(document)
+        xml_valid(document)
        </function>
       </entry>
       <entry>
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
       <entry>
        <para>
         This parses the document text in its parameter and returns true if the
-        document is well-formed XML.  (Note: before PostgreSQL 8.2, this
-        function was called <function>xml_valid()</>.  That is the wrong name
-        since validity and well-formedness have different meanings in XML.
-        The old name is still available, but is deprecated.)
+        document is well-formed XML.  (Note: this is an alias for the standard
+        PostgreSQL function <function>xml_is_well_formed()</>.  The
+        name <function>xml_valid()</> is technically incorrect since validity
+        and well-formedness have different meanings in XML.)
        </para>
       </entry>
      </row>