bpo-25427: Remove pyvenv (GH-5962)

3 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/installing/index.rst b/Doc/installing/index.rst
index f9a224b..9f9f5a0 100644
--- a/Doc/installing/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/installing/index.rst
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ Key terms
   of the mailing list used to coordinate Python packaging standards
   development).
 
-.. deprecated:: 3.6
-   ``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for
-   Python 3.3 and 3.4, and is `deprecated in Python 3.6
-   <https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.6.html#deprecated-features>`_.
-
 .. versionchanged:: 3.5
    The use of ``venv`` is now recommended for creating virtual environments.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst
index 6707be7..1fff7bc4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/venv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ independent set of installed Python packages in its site directories.
 
 See :pep:`405` for more information about Python virtual environments.
 
-.. note::
-   The ``pyvenv`` script has been deprecated as of Python 3.6 in favor of using
-   ``python3 -m venv`` to help prevent any potential confusion as to which
-   Python interpreter a virtual environment will be based on.
 
 
 Creating virtual environments
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 2f42a9f..11538e2 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ Deprecated
 Removed
 =======
 
+* The ``pyvenv`` script has been removed in favor of ``python3.8 -m venv``
+  to help eliminate confusion as to what Python interpreter the ``pyvenv``
+  script is tied to. (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`25427`.)
 
 
 Porting to Python 3.8