diff --git a/Lib/tzparse.py b/Lib/lib-old/tzparse.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/tzparse.py
rename to Lib/lib-old/tzparse.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
index ef28700e8ca..be1a1e774da 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ import tabnanny
 import telnetlib
 import test
 import toaiff
-#import tzparse
 import urllib2
 # Can't test the "user" module -- if the user has a ~/.pythonrc.py, it
 # can screw up all sorts of things (esp. if it prints!).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 95b9d2c7a15..784e782d40a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- the deprecated tzparse module was removed.
+
 - the pickle module no longer uses the deprecated bin parameter.
 
 - the depecated statcache module was removed.