diff --git a/django/utils/_os.py b/django/utils/_os.py
index 81ab8e6e76..c901d584c1 100644
--- a/django/utils/_os.py
+++ b/django/utils/_os.py
@@ -4,22 +4,6 @@ from os.path import abspath, dirname, join, normcase, sep
 
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousFileOperation
 
-# For backwards-compatibility in Django 2.0
-abspathu = abspath
-
-
-def upath(path):
-    """Always return a unicode path (did something for Python 2)."""
-    return path
-
-
-def npath(path):
-    """
-    Always return a native path, that is unicode on Python 3 and bytestring on
-    Python 2. Noop for Python 3.
-    """
-    return path
-
 
 def safe_join(base, *paths):
     """
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.0.txt b/docs/releases/3.0.txt
index 7801db12f2..763c3ec5c0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.0.txt
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ Django 3.0, we're removing these APIs at this time.
 * ``django.utils.decorators.available_attrs()`` - This function returns
   ``functools.WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS``.
 
+* ``django.utils._os.abspathu()`` - Alias of :func:`os.path.abspath`.
+
+* ``django.utils._os.upath()`` and ``npath()`` - These functions do nothing on
+  Python 3.
+
 Miscellaneous
 -------------