diff --git a/django/db/backends/base/validation.py b/django/db/backends/base/validation.py
index 1d558c84ac..888908c1aa 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/base/validation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/base/validation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from django.core import checks
-
-
 class BaseDatabaseValidation(object):
     """
     This class encapsulates all backend-specific model validation.
@@ -8,31 +5,5 @@ class BaseDatabaseValidation(object):
     def __init__(self, connection):
         self.connection = connection
 
-    def validate_field(self, errors, opts, f):
-        """
-        By default, there is no backend-specific validation.
-
-        This method has been deprecated by the new checks framework. New
-        backends should implement check_field instead.
-        """
-        # This is deliberately commented out. It exists as a marker to
-        # remind us to remove this method, and the check_field() shim,
-        # when the time comes.
-        # warnings.warn('"validate_field" has been deprecated", RemovedInDjango19Warning)
-        pass
-
     def check_field(self, field, **kwargs):
-        class ErrorList(list):
-            """A dummy list class that emulates API used by the older
-            validate_field() method. When validate_field() is fully
-            deprecated, this dummy can be removed too.
-            """
-            def add(self, opts, error_message):
-                self.append(checks.Error(error_message, hint=None, obj=field))
-
-        errors = ErrorList()
-        # Some tests create fields in isolation -- the fields are not attached
-        # to any model, so they have no `model` attribute.
-        opts = field.model._meta if hasattr(field, 'model') else None
-        self.validate_field(errors, field, opts)
-        return list(errors)
+        return []
diff --git a/tests/invalid_models_tests/test_backend_specific.py b/tests/invalid_models_tests/test_backend_specific.py
index 7e60fb7567..2d3ea7e6c7 100644
--- a/tests/invalid_models_tests/test_backend_specific.py
+++ b/tests/invalid_models_tests/test_backend_specific.py
@@ -35,34 +35,3 @@ class BackendSpecificChecksTests(IsolatedModelsTestCase):
             v.check_field = old_check_field
 
         self.assertEqual(errors, [error])
-
-    def test_validate_field(self):
-        """ Errors raised by deprecated `validate_field` method should be
-        collected. """
-
-        def mock(self, errors, opts, field):
-            errors.add(opts, "An error!")
-
-        class Model(models.Model):
-            field = models.IntegerField()
-
-        field = Model._meta.get_field('field')
-        expected = [
-            Error(
-                "An error!",
-                hint=None,
-                obj=field,
-            )
-        ]
-
-        # Mock connection.validation.validate_field method.
-        v = connection.validation
-        old_validate_field = v.validate_field
-        v.validate_field = MethodType(mock, v)
-        try:
-            errors = field.check()
-        finally:
-            # Unmock connection.validation.validate_field method.
-            v.validate_field = old_validate_field
-
-        self.assertEqual(errors, expected)