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@@ -373,8 +373,13 @@ Deprecated
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`33710`.)
-Removed
-=======
+API and Feature Removals
+========================
+
+The following features and APIs have been removed from Python 3.8:
+
+* The function :func:`platform.popen` has been removed, it was deprecated since
+ Python 3.3: use :func:`os.popen` instead.
* The ``pyvenv`` script has been removed in favor of ``python3.8 -m venv``
to help eliminate confusion as to what Python interpreter the ``pyvenv``
@@ -414,6 +419,9 @@ Changes in Python behavior
Changes in the Python API
-------------------------
+* The function :func:`platform.popen` has been removed, it was deprecated since
+ Python 3.3: use :func:`os.popen` instead.
+
* The :meth:`~tkinter.ttk.Treeview.selection` method of the
:class:`tkinter.ttk.Treeview` class no longer takes arguments. Using it with
arguments for changing the selection was deprecated in Python 3.6. Use