diff --git a/doc/ref_other.rst b/doc/ref_other.rst
index b13f39869b46763133d02d1dafdfd7b00a28efa4..13073ec94218084f29b816d5a0d3de927d469271 100644
--- a/doc/ref_other.rst
+++ b/doc/ref_other.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ Controlling caching
 Running Kernels
 ---------------
 
-In addition to simply calling kernels using :meth:`LoopKernel.__call__`,
-the following underlying functionality may be used:
 
-.. autoclass:: CompiledKernel
 
 Automatic Testing
 -----------------
diff --git a/loopy/__init__.py b/loopy/__init__.py
index 4796c1f59a59a84e266f1da9e47ec9add4d6772c..dd048a7d510225e1cf27eccec81185c959d49681 100644
--- a/loopy/__init__.py
+++ b/loopy/__init__.py
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ from loopy.codegen import (
 from loopy.codegen.result import (
         GeneratedProgram,
         CodeGenerationResult)
-from loopy.compiled import CompiledKernel
 from loopy.options import Options
 from loopy.auto_test import auto_test_vs_ref
 from loopy.frontend.fortran import (c_preprocess, parse_transformed_fortran,
@@ -293,8 +292,6 @@ __all__ = [
         "gather_access_footprints", "gather_access_footprint_bytes",
         "Sync",
 
-        "CompiledKernel",
-
         "auto_test_vs_ref",
 
         "Options",
diff --git a/loopy/compiled.py b/loopy/compiled.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fa18eacbc3a16059e06c33202c91f89cc39ef64..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/loopy/compiled.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2016 Andreas Kloeckner"
-
-__license__ = """
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
-"""
-
-
-from loopy.target.pyopencl_execution import (  # noqa
-        PyOpenCLKernelExecutor)
-
-
-# {{{ compatibility
-
-class CompiledKernel(PyOpenCLKernelExecutor):
-    """
-    .. automethod:: __call__
-    """
-    def __init__(self, context, kernel, entrypoint):
-        from warnings import warn
-        warn("CompiledKernel is deprecated. Use LoopKernel.__call__ directly.",
-                DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-
-        super().__init__(context, kernel, entrypoint)
-
-# }}}
diff --git a/loopy/kernel/array.py b/loopy/kernel/array.py
index dd182211bcb8dbd746250cf3860d16204f9afa53..c3b2a02279ec7a1a8f89f1c2059181124df092dd 100644
--- a/loopy/kernel/array.py
+++ b/loopy/kernel/array.py
@@ -654,9 +654,6 @@ class ArrayBase(ImmutableRecord, Taggable):
             * a pymbolic expression
             * :class:`loopy.auto`, in which case an offset argument
               is added automatically, immediately following this argument.
-              :class:`loopy.CompiledKernel` is even smarter in its treatment of
-              this case and will compile custom versions of the kernel based on
-              whether the passed arrays have offsets or not.
 
     .. attribute:: dim_names