diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsmodel.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsmodel.hh
index e2acd601abad5a5d3e511f2e39fcffd99103d08d..ff71be4f6f4650369cc860b576874639e0c697ec 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsmodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsmodel.hh
@@ -120,17 +120,6 @@ class RichardsModel : public GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, BaseModel)
     enum { dim = GridView::dimension };
 
 public:
-    /*!
-     * \copydoc Dumux::BoxModel::primaryVarWeight
-     */
-    DUNE_DEPRECATED
-    Scalar primaryVarWeight(const int vertIdx, const int pvIdx) const
-    {
-        if (Indices::pwIdx == pvIdx)
-            return 1e-6;
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     /*!
      * \brief All relevant primary and secondary of a given
      *        solution to an ouput writer.
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsproperties.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsproperties.hh
index 34f0aacbc171a4be44133211af859ebb29d14269..b03636dd63a9d38bff4ce59afe571bc2362f4905 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsproperties.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardsproperties.hh
@@ -50,21 +50,16 @@ NEW_TYPE_TAG(BoxRichards, INHERITS_FROM(BoxModel));
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 NEW_PROP_TAG(NumPhases);   //!< Number of fluid phases in the system
-NEW_PROP_TAG(RichardsIndices); //!< DEPRECATED Enumerations used by the Richards models
 NEW_PROP_TAG(Indices); //!< Enumerations used by the model
 NEW_PROP_TAG(SpatialParams); //!< The type of the spatial parameters
-NEW_PROP_TAG(SpatialParameters); //!< DEPRECATED The type of the spatial parameters
 NEW_PROP_TAG(MaterialLaw);   //!< The material law which ought to be used (by default extracted from the spatial parameters)
 NEW_PROP_TAG(MaterialLawParams); //!< The type of the parameter object for the material law (by default extracted from the spatial parameters)
 NEW_PROP_TAG(FluidSystem); //!< The fluid system to be used for the Richards model
 NEW_PROP_TAG(WettingPhase); //!< Fluid which represents the wetting phase
 NEW_PROP_TAG(NonwettingPhase); //!< Fluid which represents the non-wetting phase
 NEW_PROP_TAG(ProblemEnableGravity); //!< Returns whether gravity is considered in the problem
-NEW_PROP_TAG(EnableGravity); //!< DEPRECATED Returns whether gravity is considered in the problem
 NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitMassUpwindWeight); //!< The value of the weight of the upwind direction in the mass conservation equations
-NEW_PROP_TAG(MassUpwindWeight); //!< DEPRECATED The value of the weight of the upwind direction in the mass conservation equations
 NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitMobilityUpwindWeight); //!< The value of the weight for the upwind mobility in the velocity calculation
-NEW_PROP_TAG(MobilityUpwindWeight); //!< DEPRECATED The value of the weight for the upwind mobility in the velocity calculation
 
 // \}
 }
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardspropertydefaults.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardspropertydefaults.hh
index 1b8b6213f3aa5e4ad77b6bb1dcd3080a5edf8c5f..58b35bcf94b84736a4544f4fb384e8176bcd4879 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardspropertydefaults.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/richards/richardspropertydefaults.hh
@@ -71,21 +71,17 @@ SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, FluxVariables, BoxDarcyFluxVariables<TypeTag>);
 SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, NewtonController, RichardsNewtonController<TypeTag>);
 
 //! The upwind weight for the mass conservation equations
-SET_SCALAR_PROP(BoxRichards, ImplicitMassUpwindWeight, GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, MassUpwindWeight));
-SET_SCALAR_PROP(BoxRichards, MassUpwindWeight, 1.0);// DEPRECATED
+SET_SCALAR_PROP(BoxRichards, ImplicitMassUpwindWeight, 1.0);
 
 //! weight for the upwind mobility in the velocity calculation
-SET_SCALAR_PROP(BoxRichards, ImplicitMobilityUpwindWeight, GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, MobilityUpwindWeight));
-SET_SCALAR_PROP(BoxRichards, MobilityUpwindWeight, 1.0);// DEPRECATED
+SET_SCALAR_PROP(BoxRichards, ImplicitMobilityUpwindWeight, 1.0);
 
 //! The class with all index definitions for the model
-SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, Indices, typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, RichardsIndices));
-SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, RichardsIndices, RichardsIndices<TypeTag>);//DEPRECATED
+SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, Indices, RichardsIndices<TypeTag>);
 
 //! The spatial parameters to be employed. 
 //! Use BoxSpatialParams by default.
-SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, SpatialParams, typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, SpatialParameters));
-SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, SpatialParameters, BoxSpatialParams<TypeTag>);//DEPRECATED
+SET_TYPE_PROP(BoxRichards, SpatialParams, BoxSpatialParams<TypeTag>);
 
 /*!
  * \brief Set type of the parameter objects for the material law
@@ -155,8 +151,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 // enable gravity by default
-SET_BOOL_PROP(BoxRichards, ProblemEnableGravity, GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, EnableGravity));
-SET_BOOL_PROP(BoxRichards, EnableGravity, true);//DEPRECATED
+SET_BOOL_PROP(BoxRichards, ProblemEnableGravity, true);
 
 // \}
 }