diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/1p.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/1p.hh
index 9f2306d4e22ab00725697b33b7229504438d2f37..512b661b16fd07981329b2efb5b9d76f2f28d2ed 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/1p.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/1p.hh
@@ -27,21 +27,8 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <cassert>
 
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/liquidphase.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/gasphase.hh>
-
 #include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
-
 #include "base.hh"
-#include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/n2.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh>
-#endif
 
 namespace Dumux {
 namespace FluidSystems {
@@ -51,8 +38,9 @@ namespace FluidSystems {
  *
  * \brief A fluid system for single phase models.
  *
- * The fluid is defined as a template parameter. For existing
- * components the FluidSystems::LiquidPhase<Component> and
+ * \tparam Scalar the scalar type
+ * \tparam Fluid The fluid is defined as a template parameter. For existing
+ * fluids the FluidSystems::LiquidPhase<Component> and
  * FluidSystems::GasPhase<Component> may be used.
  */
 template <class Scalar, class Fluid>
@@ -414,28 +402,7 @@ public:
 
 };
 
-} // end namespace
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-namespace Properties
-{
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Fluid);
-}
-
-/*!
- * \brief A pure single-phase fluid system.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use TwoPImmiscible<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux and all template parameters
- * are usually defined in the property system anyhow.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::OneP directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-OnePFluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::OneP<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                            typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Fluid)>
-{};
-#endif
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace Properties
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh
index 42ea175aa365d2293f2b97ece66e2e70ecfb9d80..313f3de3e11f70565c2bf82fc58f404e0cd552a9 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pimmiscible.hh
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <cassert>
 
+#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
+
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/liquidphase.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/gasphase.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/fluidstates/immiscible.hh>
 
-#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
-
 #include "base.hh"
 
 namespace Dumux {
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pliquidvapor.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pliquidvapor.hh
index 261c7f2f6a889aada6b6040d79658cd8c13b8556..45b963bce9bb03dfa652c19c20e4f08deaa94b36 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pliquidvapor.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/2pliquidvapor.hh
@@ -28,39 +28,25 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
+
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/liquidphase.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/gasphase.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/fluidstates/compositional.hh>
 
-#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
-
 #include "base.hh"
 
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
-
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
  *
  * \brief A two-phase fluid system with only one component.
- *
- *
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace Dumux::FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using Dumux::FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
  */
 template <class Scalar, class ComponentType>
 class TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem
     : public BaseFluidSystem<Scalar, TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem<Scalar, ComponentType> >
 {
-    // do not try to instantiate this class, it has only static members!
-    TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem()
-    {}
-
     typedef TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem<Scalar, ComponentType> ThisType;
     typedef BaseFluidSystem<Scalar, ThisType> Base;
     typedef ComponentType Component;
@@ -548,32 +534,11 @@ public:
             return Component::gasHeatCapacity(fluidState.temperature(phaseIdx),
                                            fluidState.pressure(phaseIdx));//2.029e3;
         }
-        else DUNE_THROW(Dune::NotImplemented,
-                   "wrong index");
+        else DUNE_THROW(Dune::NotImplemented, "wrong index");
     }
 };
 
 } // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-// forward definitions of the property tags
-namespace Properties {
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Components);
-}
-/*!
- * \brief A two-phase fluid system with only one component.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use Dumux::TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem
-: public FluidSystems::TwoPLiquidVaporFluidsystem<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                             typename GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, Components)::Component>
-{};
-#endif
-
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 43b27a7c2bebc65d416487c4803425dba1cc8f82..8280d62b894919c9e7a3874aea007924e6b675b4 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ install(FILES
   base.hh
   brineair.hh
   brineco2.hh
-  defaultcomponents.hh
   gasphase.hh
   h2oair.hh
   h2oairmesitylene.hh
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh
index 6018bf3ad3acc4b94e7e63b5ee0b205ebedc344a..28876066addd20544f7073b1ffd1a73ec6c8b4ff 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineair.hh
@@ -39,14 +39,8 @@
 #include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#endif
-
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
  *
@@ -55,29 +49,6 @@ namespace FluidSystems
  *
  *  This fluidsystem is applied by default with the tabulated version of
  *  water of the IAPWS-formulation.
- *
- *  To change the component formulation (i.e. to use nontabulated or
- *  incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- *  specify the water formulation via template arguments
- *
- * \code{.cpp}
- * // Select fluid system
- * SET_PROP(TheSpecificProblemTypeTag, FluidSystem)
- * {
- *     // e.g. to use a simple version of H2O
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *     typedef FluidSystems::H2OAir<Scalar, SimpleH2O<Scalar> > type;
- * };
- * \endcode
- *
- *   Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- *   is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- *
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
  */
 template <class Scalar,
           class H2Otype = TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O<Scalar>>,
@@ -87,7 +58,6 @@ class BrineAir
 {
     typedef BrineAir<Scalar, H2Otype, useComplexRelations> ThisType;
     typedef BaseFluidSystem <Scalar, ThisType> Base;
-
     typedef Dumux::IdealGas<Scalar> IdealGas;
 
 public:
@@ -700,7 +670,6 @@ private:
 };
 
 } // end namespace FluidSystems
-
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineco2.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineco2.hh
index 6fc00ba906d869cc755e8937886775741c9da6d0..70016617cc597098fe632f0faf5be02e54c32afe 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineco2.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/brineco2.hh
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@
 #define DUMUX_BRINE_CO2_SYSTEM_HH
 
 #include <dumux/material/idealgas.hh>
-
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
 
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/co2.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/co2tablereader.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
@@ -38,24 +35,15 @@
 
 namespace Dumux
 {
+// include the default tables for CO2
 #include <dumux/material/components/co2tables.inc>
 
-namespace FluidSystems{
+namespace FluidSystems
+{
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
  * \brief A compositional fluid with brine and carbon as
  *        components in both, the liquid and the gas (supercritical) phase.
- *
- * This class provides acess to the Brine CO2 fluid system when no property system is used.
- * For Dumux users, using BrineCO2FluidSystem<TypeTag> and the documentation therein is
- * recommended.
- *
- *  The user can provide their own material table for co2 properties.
- *  This fluidsystem is initialized as default with the tabulated version of
- *  water of the IAPWS-formulation, and the tabularized adapter to transfer
- *  this into brine.
- *  In the non-TypeTagged version, salinity information has to be provided with
- *  the init() methods.
  */
 template<class Scalar,
          class CO2Table,
@@ -690,88 +678,8 @@ private:
         return h_ls;
     }
 };
-} // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-// forward definitions of the property tags
-namespace Properties
-{
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
-NEW_PROP_TAG(CO2Table);
-// Set Co2 tables
-SET_TYPE_PROP(ModelProperties, CO2Table, CO2Tables);
-}
 
-/*!
- * \brief A compositional fluid with brine and carbon as
- *        components in both, the liquid and the gas (supercritical) phase.
- *
- *  This fluidsystem is initialized as default with the tabulated version of
- *  water of the IAPWS-formulation, and the tabularized adapter to transfer
- *  this into brine.
- *  To change the component formulation (e.g. change tabularization to avoid
- *  init routine), change the default components via the property "Components":
- *
- *
- * \code{.cpp}
- * // Select other components
- * SET_PROP(myApplicationProperty, Components) : public GET_PROP(TypeTag, DefaultComponents)
- * {
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *     // Do not use the defaults that are the following
- *     //    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O<Scalar> > H2O;
- *     //    typedef Brine<Scalar, H2O<Scalar> >  BrineRawComponent;
- *     //    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar,BrineRawComponent > Brine;
- *
- *     // Apply the following component classes:
- *     typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> H2O;
- *     typedef Brine<Scalar, H2O> BrineRawComponent;
- *     typedef typename BrineRawComponent Brine;// all components have to be redefined,
- *                                              // the applied H2O and Brine implemementations.
- * };
- * \endcode
- * Also remember to initialize all tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- * is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- *
- * The desired material tables for CO2 can be defined via
- * \code{.cpp}
- *      SET_TYPE_PROP(myApplicationProperty, CO2Table, myCO2Tables);
- * \endcode
- *   or use the default tables. Do not forget to include the tables.
- *   Salinity is specified via the appropriate property.
- */
-
-template <class TypeTag, bool verbose=true>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::BrineCO2 directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-BrineCO2FluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::BrineCO2<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                                typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, CO2Table),
-                                typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::H2O,
-                                typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::BrineRawComponent,
-                                typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::Brine>
-{
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
-    typedef typename FluidSystems::BrineCO2<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-            typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, CO2Table),
-            typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::H2O,
-            typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::BrineRawComponent,
-            typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::Brine> ParentType;
-
-public:
-    static void init()
-    {
-        ParentType::init(getParamFromGroup<Scalar>(GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, ModelParameterGroup), "Problem.Salinity", 1e-3));
-    }
-    static void init(Scalar startTemp, Scalar endTemp, int tempSteps,
-                     Scalar startPressure, Scalar endPressure, int pressureSteps)
-    {
-        ParentType::init(startTemp, endTemp, tempSteps,
-                         startPressure, endPressure, pressureSteps,
-                         getParamFromGroup<Scalar>(GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, ModelParameterGroup), "Problem.Salinity", 1e-3));
-    }
-};
-#endif
+} // end namespace FluidSystems
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index eae15ebbb73edd05cb54840c5c9baed91bfbcbfa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-// -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
-// vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
-/*****************************************************************************
- *   See the file COPYING for full copying permissions.                      *
- *                                                                           *
- *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    *
- *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or       *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                     *
- *                                                                           *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          *
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the            *
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.                            *
- *                                                                           *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       *
- *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   *
- *****************************************************************************/
-/*!
- * \file
- * \ingroup Fluidsystems
- *
- * \brief Provides defaults for the members of a fluidsystem.
- */
-#ifndef DUMUX_DEFAULT_COMPONENTS_HH
-#define DUMUX_DEFAULT_COMPONENTS_HH
-
-#warning "DefaultComponents is deprecated. Specify fluid system via template parameters and not using the property system!"
-
-#include <dumux/common/properties/model.hh>
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-
-#include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/n2.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/o2.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/h2.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/ch4.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/simpleco2.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/brine.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
-
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace Properties
-{
-//! Defines the components which are being used by the fluid system by
-//! default and how they are initialized
-NEW_PROP_TAG(DefaultComponents);
-
-//! Defines, if a detailed description for members of the fluidsystem is used
-NEW_PROP_TAG(EnableComplicatedFluidSystem);
-
-//! Defines the components which are actually being used by the fluidsystem
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Components);
-
-//! Specifies default component names and initializes the H2O fluid properties
-SET_PROP(ModelProperties, DefaultComponents)
-{
-private:
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
-    typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> H2O_IAPWS;
-
-public:
-    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O_IAPWS> H2O;
-    typedef Dumux::N2<Scalar> N2;
-    typedef Dumux::O2<Scalar> O2;
-    typedef Dumux::H2<Scalar> H2;
-    typedef Dumux::CH4<Scalar> CH4;
-    typedef Dumux::SimpleCO2<Scalar> SimpleCO2;
-    typedef Dumux::SimpleH2O<Scalar> SimpleH2O;
-    typedef Dumux::Brine<Scalar, Dumux::H2O<Scalar> > BrineRawComponent;
-    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, BrineRawComponent > Brine;
-
-    static void init()
-    {
-        int nT = 100;
-        int nP = 200;
-        std::cout << "Initializing tables for the H2O fluid properties ("
-                  << nT*nP
-                  << " entries).\n";
-        H2O::init(273.15, 623.15, nT, -10, 20e6, nP);
-    }
-};
-
-//! Initialize the components with default behavior
-SET_PROP(ModelProperties, Components) : public GET_PROP(TypeTag, DefaultComponents) {};
-
-/*!
- * \brief Enables a detailed description of the fluidsystem
- *
- * Complicated but detailed members of fluidsystems (e.g. phase viscosity,
- * phase density) can be simplified for efficiency reasons with this property.
- * Typically, such high demands on accuracy are not needed, so this property
- * is set to "false" as the default.
- */
-SET_BOOL_PROP(ModelProperties, EnableComplicatedFluidSystem, false);
-
-} // namespace Properties
-} // namespace Dumux
-
-#endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh
index 6542f7670dd66e07efb5a336b622845b7e44ab82..25dd2235e58b9b1a743765166a591c0d601ec5f2 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oair.hh
@@ -28,24 +28,16 @@
 #include <cassert>
 
 #include <dumux/material/idealgas.hh>
-
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_air.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/air.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#endif
-
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
@@ -57,35 +49,6 @@ namespace FluidSystems
  * \f$(\mathrm{H_2O})\f$) and air (Pseudo component composed of \f$\mathrm{79\%\;N_2}\f$,
  * \f$\mathrm{20\%\;O_2}\f$ and \f$\mathrm{1\%\;Ar}\f$) as components. It is applied by
  * default with the tabulated version of water of the IAPWS-formulation.
- *
- * To change the component formulation (i.e. to use nontabulated or
- * incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- * specify the \p H2O formulation via template arguments or via the property
- * system, as described in the TypeTag Adapter at the end of the file.
- *
- * \code{.cpp}
- * // Select fluid system
- * SET_PROP(TheSpecificProblemTypeTag, FluidSystem)
- * {
- *     // e.g. to use a simple version of H2O
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *     typedef FluidSystems::H2OAir<Scalar, SimpleH2O<Scalar> > type;
- * };
- * \endcode
- *
- * Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- * is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- *
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
- *
- * \note The template argument \p useComplexRelations can be used to switch from a complex
- * relation, in which compositional effects are considered for the gas phase and the
- * density of the liquid phase, to a non-complex formulation in which compositional
- * effects are not considered.
  */
 template <class Scalar,
           class H2Otype = TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O<Scalar> >,
@@ -95,7 +58,6 @@ class H2OAir
 {
     typedef H2OAir<Scalar,H2Otype, useComplexRelations > ThisType;
     typedef BaseFluidSystem <Scalar, ThisType> Base;
-
     typedef Dumux::IdealGas<Scalar> IdealGas;
 
 public:
@@ -809,51 +771,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 } // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-// forward definitions of the property tags
-namespace Properties {
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Components);
-}
-
-/*!
- * \brief A two-phase fluid system with water and air as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use H2OAirFluidSystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- *  This fluidsystem is applied by default with the tabulated version of
- *  water of the IAPWS-formulation.
- *
- *  To change the component formulation (ie to use nontabulated or
- *  incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- *  use the property system and the property "Components":
- *
- *  \code{.cpp}
- * // Select desired version of the component
- * SET_PROP(TheSpecificProblemTypeTag, Components) : public GET_PROP(TypeTag, DefaultComponents)
- * {
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *
- *     // Do not use the defaults !
- *     // typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O<Scalar> > H2O;
- *
- *     // Apply e.g. untabulated water:
- *     typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> H2O;
- * };
- * \endcode
- * Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- * is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::H2OAir directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-H2OAirFluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::H2OAir<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                              typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::H2O,
-                             GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, EnableComplicatedFluidSystem)>
-{};
-#endif
-
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh
index 322760c32256f31273d054e6c0c9e9f392f7d264..8c7e5526602ce674793966e072cb80a078c389d9 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairmesitylene.hh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <dumux/material/components/air.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/mesitylene.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
 
@@ -38,10 +37,8 @@
 
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
 
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
@@ -594,52 +591,8 @@ private:
     }
 
 };
-} // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-// forward definitions of the property tags
-namespace Properties {
-    NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
-    NEW_PROP_TAG(Components);
-}
-
-/*!
- * \brief A threephase fluid system with water, air and mesitylene as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use H2OAirMesityleneFluidSystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- *  This fluidsystem is applied by default with the tabulated version of
- *  water of the IAPWS-formulation.
- *
- *  To change the component formulation (ie to use nontabulated or
- *  incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- *  use the property system and the property "Components":
- *
- * \code{.cpp}
- * // Select desired version of the component
- * SET_PROP(TheSpecificProblemTypeTag, Components) : public GET_PROP(TypeTag, DefaultComponents)
- * {
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *
- *     // Do not use the defaults !
- *     // typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O<Scalar> > H2O;
- *
- *     // Apply e.g. untabulated water:
- *     typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> H2O;
- * };
- * \endcode
- *
- *   Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- *   is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::H2OAirMesitylene directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-H2OAirMesityleneFluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::H2OAirMesitylene<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                                        typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::H2O>
-{};
-#endif
 
+} // end namespace FluidSystems
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh
index c2e98498e9b646480376cd89bf6a1e0cd63c8ef3..c92e849a701635f4bf60adf5c07eb36889e79cd7 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oairxylene.hh
@@ -585,52 +585,8 @@ private:
     }
 
 };
-} // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-// forward definitions of the property tags
-namespace Properties {
-    NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
-    NEW_PROP_TAG(Components);
-}
-
-/*!
- * \brief A threephase fluid system with water, air and xylene as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use H2OAirXyleneFluidSystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- *  This fluidsystem is applied by default with the tabulated version of
- *  water of the IAPWS-formulation.
- *
- *  To change the component formulation (ie to use nontabulated or
- *  incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- *  use the property system and the property "Components":
- *
- * \code{.cpp}
- * // Select desired version of the component
- * SET_PROP(TheSpecificProblemTypeTag, Components) : public GET_PROP(TypeTag, DefaultComponents)
- * {
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *
- *     // Do not use the defaults !
- *     // typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, H2O<Scalar> > H2O;
- *
- *     // Apply e.g. untabulated water:
- *     typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> H2O;
- * };
- * \endcode
- *
- *   Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- *   is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::H2OAirXylene directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-H2OAirXyleneFluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::H2OAirXylene<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                                    typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::H2O>
-{};
-#endif
 
+} // end namespace FluidSystems
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoilfluidsystem.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoilfluidsystem.hh
index 49bde68954b0b4688659fd705ea7b3012838ba3c..7f875072289533b7ce6e628c89d0b6b16f2be0de 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoilfluidsystem.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2oheavyoilfluidsystem.hh
@@ -30,17 +30,14 @@
 #include <dumux/material/idealgas.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/heavyoil.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_heavyoil.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
 
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 
 /*!
  * \brief A compositional fluid with water and heavy oil
@@ -441,50 +438,8 @@ public:
 private:
 
 };
-} // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-// forward definitions of the property tags
-namespace Properties {
-    NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
-    NEW_PROP_TAG(Components);
-}
-
-/*!
- * \brief A threephase fluid system with water, heavyoil as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use Dumux::H2OheavyoilFluidSystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- *  This fluidsystem is applied by default with the tabulated version of
- *  water of the IAPWS-formulation.
- *
- *  To change the component formulation (ie to use nontabulated or
- *  incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- *  use the property system and the property "Components":
- *
- *        // Select desired version of the component
- *        SET_PROP(myApplicationProperty, Components) : public GET_PROP(TypeTag, DefaultComponents)
- *        {
- *            typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *
- *        // Do not use the defaults !
- *        //    typedef Dumux::TabulatedComponent<Scalar, Dumux::H2O<Scalar> > H2O;
- *
- *        // Apply e.g. untabulated water:
- *        typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> H2O;
- *        };
- *
- *   Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- *   is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::H2OHeavyOil directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-H2OHeavyOilFluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::H2OHeavyOil<TypeTag, typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                                        typename GET_PROP(TypeTag, Components)::H2O>
-{};
-#endif
 
+} // end namespace FluidSystems
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh
index 9a90ef23a4b3df114e9de2d87d1f643ee01565fc..0c7edf1cae23d9d1a036f5023acd81a8fe641e86 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2.hh
@@ -26,24 +26,18 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 
+#include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
+#include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
+
 #include <dumux/material/idealgas.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/material/components/n2.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_n2.hh>
 
-#include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
-#include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
-
 #include "base.hh"
 
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh>
-#endif
-
 namespace Dumux
 {
 namespace FluidSystems
@@ -54,12 +48,6 @@ namespace FluidSystems
  *
  * \brief A two-phase fluid system with two components water \f$(\mathrm{H_2O})\f$
  *        Nitrogen \f$(\mathrm{N_2})\f$ for non-equilibrium models.
- *
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
  */
 template <class Scalar, bool useComplexRelations = true>
 class H2ON2
@@ -69,10 +57,9 @@ class H2ON2
     typedef BaseFluidSystem<Scalar, ThisType> Base;
 
     // convenience typedefs
-    typedef Dumux::IdealGas<Scalar> IdealGas;
-    typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> IapwsH2O;
-    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, IapwsH2O > TabulatedH2O;
-    typedef Dumux::N2<Scalar> SimpleN2;
+    using IdealGas = Dumux::IdealGas<Scalar>;
+    using TabulatedH2O = TabulatedComponent<Scalar, Dumux::H2O<Scalar> >;
+    using SimpleN2 = Dumux::N2<Scalar>;
 
 public:
     /****************************************
@@ -183,12 +170,10 @@ public:
     static constexpr int N2Idx = nCompIdx;
 
     //! The components for pure water
-    typedef TabulatedH2O H2O;
-    //typedef SimpleH2O H2O;
-    //typedef IapwsH2O H2O;
+    using H2O = TabulatedH2O;
 
     //! The components for pure nitrogen
-    typedef SimpleN2 N2;
+    using N2 = SimpleN2;
 
     /*!
      * \brief Return the human readable name of a component
@@ -752,21 +737,6 @@ public:
 
 } // end namespace FluidSystems
 
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-/*!
- * \brief A two-phase fluid system with water and nitrogen as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use H2ON2FluidSystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::H2ON2 directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-H2ON2FluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::H2ON2<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                             GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, EnableComplicatedFluidSystem)>
-{};
-#endif
-
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh
index 4d059efe513eb7ff4d2eb2761682e4c48be7c765..ce4a524095089cfbae2eb758ba3cd2cf2fc58718 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/h2on2o2.hh
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 
+#include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
+#include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
+
+#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/idealgas.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/constants.hh>
 
@@ -39,16 +43,6 @@
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_o2.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/n2_o2.hh>
 
-#include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
-#include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
-
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh>
-#endif
-
 namespace Dumux
 {
 namespace FluidSystems
@@ -64,11 +58,6 @@ namespace FluidSystems
  *
  * Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
  * is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
  */
 template <class Scalar, bool useComplexRelations = true>
 class H2ON2O2
@@ -79,8 +68,7 @@ class H2ON2O2
 
     typedef Dumux::IdealGas<Scalar> IdealGas;
     typedef Dumux::Constants<Scalar> Constants;
-    typedef Dumux::H2O<Scalar> IapwsH2O;
-    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, IapwsH2O > TabulatedH2O;
+    typedef TabulatedComponent<Scalar, Dumux::H2O<Scalar> > TabulatedH2O;
     typedef Dumux::N2<Scalar> SimpleN2;
     typedef Dumux::O2<Scalar> O2;
 
@@ -843,23 +831,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 } // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-/*!
- * \brief A two-phase (water and air) fluid system
- *        with water, nitrogen and oxygen as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use H2ON2O2<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use FluidSystems::H2ON2O2 directly! Will be removed after release of dumux 3.0.")
-H2ON2O2FluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::H2ON2O2<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                             GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, EnableComplicatedFluidSystem)>
-{};
-#endif
-
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/purewatersimple.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/purewatersimple.hh
index 9a4a06190339b6f2ab31001e7b03736006fc1e2f..ef11bd911ab3909edcb772a1978484e19aa22a55 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/purewatersimple.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/purewatersimple.hh
@@ -28,38 +28,22 @@
 
 #include <dumux/material/idealgas.hh>
 
+#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/n2.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/h2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_n2.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/base.hh>
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/defaultcomponents.hh>
-#endif
-
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
  *
  * \brief A two-phase fluid system with water as sole component.
  *           Values are taken from Shi & Wang, A numerical investigation of transpiration cooling with liquid coolant phase change, Transport in Porous Media, 2011
- *
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
  */
 template <class Scalar, bool useComplexRelations = false>
 class PureWaterSimpleFluidSystem
@@ -557,21 +541,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 } // end namespace FluidSystems
-
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-/*!
- * \brief A two-phase fluid system with water and nitrogen as components.
- *
- * This is an adapter to use H2ON2FluidSystem<TypeTag>, as is
- * done with most other classes in Dumux.
- */
-template<class TypeTag>
-class PureWaterSimpleFluidSystem
-: public FluidSystems::PureWaterSimpleFluidSystem<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar),
-                             GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, EnableComplicatedFluidSystem)>
-{};
-#endif
-
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/simplesteamaircao2h2.hh b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/simplesteamaircao2h2.hh
index efc66fb2be3c8bde74ab6c0e6febff3bf09205dd..10b81237641cab7696c73ad30aa868692145ea2a 100644
--- a/dumux/material/fluidsystems/simplesteamaircao2h2.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/fluidsystems/simplesteamaircao2h2.hh
@@ -35,19 +35,11 @@
 #include <dumux/material/binarycoefficients/h2o_air.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/tabulatedcomponent.hh>
 
-// #include <dumux/material/fluidsystems/nullparametercache.hh>
-
 #include <dumux/common/valgrind.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/exceptions.hh>
 
-#ifdef DUMUX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
-#endif
-
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace FluidSystems
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace FluidSystems {
 /*!
  * \ingroup Fluidsystems
  *
@@ -57,35 +49,9 @@ namespace FluidSystems
  *
  *  This fluidsystem is applied by default to the simpleh2o, as the IAPWS-formulation has to be
  *  adapted to high temperatures and high pressures first.
- *
- *  To change the component formulation (i.e. to use (non)tabulated or
- *  incompressible water), or to switch on verbosity of tabulation,
- *  specify the water formulation via template arguments or via the property
- *  system, as described in the TypeTag Adapter at the end of the file.
- *
- * \code{.cpp}
- * // Select fluid system
- * SET_PROP(TheSpecificProblemTypeTag, FluidSystem)
- * {
- *     // e.g. to use a simple version of H2O
- *     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
- *     typedef Dumux::FluidSystems::H2OAir<Scalar, Dumux::SimpleH2O<Scalar> > type;
- * };
- * \endcode
- *
- *   Also remember to initialize tabulated components (FluidSystem::init()), while this
- *   is not necessary for non-tabularized ones.
- *
- * This FluidSystem can be used without the PropertySystem that is applied in Dumux,
- * as all Parameters are defined via template parameters. Hence it is in an
- * additional namespace Dumux::FluidSystem::.
- * An adapter class using Dumux::FluidSystem<TypeTag> is also provided
- * at the end of this file.
  */
 
-template <class Scalar,
-//           class H2Otype = Dumux::TabulatedComponent<Scalar, Dumux::H2O<Scalar>>,
-          bool useComplexRelations=true>
+template <class Scalar, bool useComplexRelations=true>
 class SteamAirCaO2H2
 : public BaseFluidSystem<Scalar, SteamAirCaO2H2<Scalar, /*H2Otype,*/ useComplexRelations> >
 {
@@ -654,7 +620,7 @@ private:
     }
 };
 
-} // end namespace
-} // end namespace
+} // end namespace FluidSystems
+} // end namespace Dumux
 
 #endif