matplotlib · jklymak · Apr 1, 2018 · Mar 30, 2018
diff --git a/doc/api/axes_api.rst b/doc/api/axes_api.rst
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ Property cycle
    :nosignatures:
 
    Axes.set_prop_cycle
-   Axes.set_color_cycle
 
 
 Axis / limits

diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-02-18-AL-removals.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-02-18-AL-removals.rst
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-02-26-AL-removals.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-02-26-AL-removals.rst
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ The following deprecated API elements have been removed:
   ``cbook.recursive_remove``, ``cbook.unmasked_index_ranges``,
   ``cbook.Null``, ``cbook.RingBuffer``, ``cbook.Sorter``, ``cbook.Xlator``,
 - ``font_manager.weight_as_number``, ``font_manager.ttfdict_to_fnames``,
-- ``pyplot.colors``,
+- ``pyplot.colors``, ``pyplot.spectral``,
 - ``rcsetup.validate_negative_linestyle``,
   ``rcsetup.validate_negative_linestyle_legacy``,
 - ``testing.compare.verifiers``, ``testing.compare.verify``,
 - ``testing.decorators.knownfailureif``,
   ``testing.decorators.ImageComparisonTest.remove_text``,
 - ``tests.assert_str_equal``, ``tests.test_tinypages.file_same``,
 - ``texmanager.dvipng_hack_alpha``,
-- ``_AxesBase.axesPatch``, ``_AxesBase.get_cursor_props``,
-  ``_AxesBase.set_cursor_props``,
+- ``_AxesBase.axesPatch``, ``_AxesBase.set_color_cycle``,
+  ``_AxesBase.get_cursor_props``, ``_AxesBase.set_cursor_props``,
 - ``_ImageBase.iterpnames``,
 - ``FigureCanvasBase.start_event_loop_default``;
 - ``FigureCanvasBase.stop_event_loop_default``;

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1208,24 +1208,6 @@ def set_prop_cycle(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self._get_lines.set_prop_cycle(prop_cycle)
         self._get_patches_for_fill.set_prop_cycle(prop_cycle)
 
-    @cbook.deprecated('1.5', alternative='`.set_prop_cycle`')
-    def set_color_cycle(self, clist):
-        """
-        Set the color cycle for any future plot commands on this Axes.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        clist
-            A list of mpl color specifiers.
-        """
-        if clist is None:
-            # Calling set_color_cycle() or set_prop_cycle() with None
-            # effectively resets the cycle, but you can't do
-            # set_prop_cycle('color', None). So we are special-casing this.
-            self.set_prop_cycle(None)
-        else:
-            self.set_prop_cycle('color', clist)
-
     def get_aspect(self):
         return self._aspect
 

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -2069,7 +2069,6 @@ def colormaps():
       gist_gray  identical to *gray*
       gist_yarg  identical to *gray_r*
       binary     identical to *gray_r*
-      spectral   identical to *nipy_spectral* [#]_
       =========  =======================================================
 
     .. rubric:: Footnotes
@@ -2090,12 +2089,6 @@ def colormaps():
       Color-Scale Images
       <https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/2662-cmrmap-m>`_
       by Carey Rappaport
-
-    .. [#] Changed to distinguish from ColorBrewer's *Spectral* map.
-      :func:`spectral` still works, but
-      ``set_cmap('nipy_spectral')`` is recommended for clarity.
-
-
     """
     return sorted(cm.cmap_d)
 
@@ -3264,21 +3257,4 @@ def nipy_spectral():
     """
     set_cmap("nipy_spectral")
 
-
-# Autogenerated by boilerplate.py.  Do not edit as changes will be lost.
-def spectral():
-    """
-    Set the colormap to "spectral".
-
-    This changes the default colormap as well as the colormap of the current
-    image if there is one. See ``help(colormaps)`` for more information.
-    """
-    from matplotlib.cbook import warn_deprecated
-    warn_deprecated(
-                    "2.0",
-                    name="spectral",
-                    obj_type="colormap"
-                    )
-    set_cmap("spectral")
-
 _setup_pyplot_info_docstrings()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_cycles.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_cycles.py
@@ -181,17 +181,6 @@ def test_cycle_reset():
     got = next(ax._get_lines.prop_cycler)
     assert prop == got
 
-    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-    # Need to double-check the old set/get_color_cycle(), too
-    with warnings.catch_warnings():
-        warnings.simplefilter("ignore", MatplotlibDeprecationWarning)
-        prop = next(ax._get_lines.prop_cycler)
-        ax.set_color_cycle(['c', 'm', 'y', 'k'])
-        assert prop != next(ax._get_lines.prop_cycler)
-        ax.set_color_cycle(None)
-        got = next(ax._get_lines.prop_cycler)
-        assert prop == got
-
 
 def test_invalid_input_forms():
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()

diff --git a/tools/boilerplate.py b/tools/boilerplate.py
@@ -71,24 +71,6 @@ def {name}():
 
 '''
 
-CMAP_TEMPLATE_DEPRECATED = AUTOGEN_MSG + '''
-def {name}():
-    """
-    Set the colormap to "{name}".
-
-    This changes the default colormap as well as the colormap of the current
-    image if there is one. See ``help(colormaps)`` for more information.
-    """
-    from matplotlib.cbook import warn_deprecated
-    warn_deprecated(
-                    "2.0",
-                    name="{name}",
-                    obj_type="colormap"
-                    )
-    set_cmap("{name}")
-
-'''
-
 
 def boilerplate_gen():
     """Generator of lines for the automated part of pyplot."""
@@ -308,12 +290,9 @@ def format_value(value):
         'viridis',
         "nipy_spectral"
     )
-    deprecated_cmaps = ("spectral", )
     # add all the colormaps (autumn, hsv, ....)
     for name in cmaps:
         yield CMAP_TEMPLATE.format(name=name)
-    for name in deprecated_cmaps:
-        yield CMAP_TEMPLATE_DEPRECATED.format(name=name)
 
     yield ''
     yield '_setup_pyplot_info_docstrings()'