diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 76a6d6de574..2ced8107a68 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ FILE_CHARSET = 'utf-8'
 # Email address that error messages come from.
 SERVER_EMAIL = 'root@localhost'
 
-# Whether to send broken-link emails. Deprecated, must be removed in 1.8.
-SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS = False
-
 # Database connection info. If left empty, will default to the dummy backend.
 DATABASES = {}
 
diff --git a/django/middleware/common.py b/django/middleware/common.py
index ce17a02c9c2..c719f9e9a33 100644
--- a/django/middleware/common.py
+++ b/django/middleware/common.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import hashlib
 import logging
 import re
-import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.mail import mail_managers
 from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django import http
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango18Warning
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.utils import six
@@ -108,12 +106,6 @@ class CommonMiddleware(object):
         """
         Calculate the ETag, if needed.
         """
-        if settings.SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS:
-            warnings.warn("SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS is deprecated. "
-                "Use BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware instead.",
-                RemovedInDjango18Warning, stacklevel=2)
-            BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware().process_response(request, response)
-
         if settings.USE_ETAGS:
             if response.has_header('ETag'):
                 etag = response['ETag']
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 8f9e7ba0537..dc1ecc85bb2 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -1917,24 +1917,6 @@ available in ``request.META``.)
     If any of those are not true, you should keep this setting set to ``None``
     and find another way of determining HTTPS, perhaps via custom middleware.
 
-.. setting:: SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS
-
-SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS
------------------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.6
-    Since :class:`~django.middleware.common.BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware`
-    was split from :class:`~django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware`,
-    this setting no longer serves a purpose.
-
-Default: ``False``
-
-Whether to send an email to the :setting:`MANAGERS` each time somebody visits
-a Django-powered page that is 404ed with a non-empty referer (i.e., a broken
-link). This is only used if ``CommonMiddleware`` is installed (see
-:doc:`/topics/http/middleware`). See also :setting:`IGNORABLE_404_URLS` and
-:doc:`/howto/error-reporting`.
-
 .. setting:: SERIALIZATION_MODULES
 
 SERIALIZATION_MODULES
@@ -2934,7 +2916,6 @@ Email
 * :setting:`EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX`
 * :setting:`EMAIL_USE_TLS`
 * :setting:`MANAGERS`
-* :setting:`SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS`
 * :setting:`SERVER_EMAIL`
 
 Error reporting
@@ -2942,7 +2923,6 @@ Error reporting
 * :setting:`DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_REPORTER_FILTER`
 * :setting:`IGNORABLE_404_URLS`
 * :setting:`MANAGERS`
-* :setting:`SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS`
 * :setting:`SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS`
 
 File uploads
diff --git a/tests/middleware/tests.py b/tests/middleware/tests.py
index 9cda309bfb5..ffe71d1e4db 100644
--- a/tests/middleware/tests.py
+++ b/tests/middleware/tests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import random
 import re
 from unittest import skipIf
-import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import mail
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ from django.middleware.transaction import TransactionMiddleware
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase, TestCase, RequestFactory, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import IgnoreDeprecationWarningsMixin
 from django.utils import six
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango18Warning
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.utils.six.moves import xrange
 
@@ -241,44 +239,6 @@ class CommonMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(r.url,
             'http://www.testserver/customurlconf/slash/')
 
-    # Legacy tests for the 404 error reporting via email (to be removed in 1.8)
-
-    @override_settings(IGNORABLE_404_URLS=(re.compile(r'foo'),),
-                       SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS=True,
-                       MANAGERS=('PHB@dilbert.com',))
-    def test_404_error_reporting(self):
-        request = self._get_request('regular_url/that/does/not/exist')
-        request.META['HTTP_REFERER'] = '/another/url/'
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", RemovedInDjango18Warning)
-            response = self.client.get(request.path)
-            CommonMiddleware().process_response(request, response)
-        self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 1)
-        self.assertIn('Broken', mail.outbox[0].subject)
-
-    @override_settings(IGNORABLE_404_URLS=(re.compile(r'foo'),),
-                       SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS=True,
-                       MANAGERS=('PHB@dilbert.com',))
-    def test_404_error_reporting_no_referer(self):
-        request = self._get_request('regular_url/that/does/not/exist')
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", RemovedInDjango18Warning)
-            response = self.client.get(request.path)
-            CommonMiddleware().process_response(request, response)
-        self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 0)
-
-    @override_settings(IGNORABLE_404_URLS=(re.compile(r'foo'),),
-                       SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS=True,
-                       MANAGERS=('PHB@dilbert.com',))
-    def test_404_error_reporting_ignored_url(self):
-        request = self._get_request('foo_url/that/does/not/exist/either')
-        request.META['HTTP_REFERER'] = '/another/url/'
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", RemovedInDjango18Warning)
-            response = self.client.get(request.path)
-            CommonMiddleware().process_response(request, response)
-        self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 0)
-
     # Other tests
 
     def test_non_ascii_query_string_does_not_crash(self):