diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 7ce710144..32b5d1424 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ lazy val xml = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)
         exclude[MissingTypesProblem]("scala.xml.Text"),
         exclude[MissingTypesProblem]("scala.xml.Unparsed"),
         // Miscellaneous deprecations
+        exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.dtd.impl.PointedHedgeExp"),
+        exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.dtd.impl.PointedHedgeExp$TopIter$"),
+        exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.dtd.impl.PointedHedgeExp$Node$"),
+        exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.dtd.impl.PointedHedgeExp$Point$"),
+        exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.dtd.impl.PointedHedgeExp$TopIter"),
+        exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.dtd.impl.PointedHedgeExp$Node"),
         exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.persistent.CachedFileStorage"),
         exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.persistent.Index"),
         exclude[MissingClassProblem]("scala.xml.persistent.SetStorage"),
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/dtd/impl/PointedHedgeExp.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/dtd/impl/PointedHedgeExp.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c4263ab3..000000000
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/dtd/impl/PointedHedgeExp.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*                     __                                               *\
-**     ________ ___   / /  ___     Scala API                            **
-**    / __/ __// _ | / /  / _ |    (c) 2003-2019, LAMP/EPFL             **
-**  __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ |    http://scala-lang.org/               **
-** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ | |                                         **
-**                          |/                                          **
-\*                                                                      */
-
-package scala
-package xml.dtd.impl
-
-/**
- * Pointed regular hedge expressions, a useful subclass of regular hedge expressions.
- *
- *  @author  Burak Emir
- */
-@deprecated("This class will be removed", "2.10.0")
-private[dtd] abstract class PointedHedgeExp extends Base {
-
-  type _regexpT <: RegExp
-  type _labelT
-
-  case class Node(label: _labelT, r: _regexpT) extends RegExp {
-    final val isNullable = false
-  }
-
-  case class TopIter(r1: _regexpT, r2: _regexpT) extends RegExp {
-    final val isNullable = r1.isNullable && r2.isNullable //?
-  }
-
-  case object Point extends RegExp {
-    final val isNullable = false
-  }
-
-}