diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/__init__.py b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/__init__.py
index 4da3400a7cb..7337e65a9c7 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Geo-enabled Sitemap classes.
-from django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.georss import GeoRSSSitemap
 from django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.kml import KMLSitemap, KMZSitemap
 
-__all__ = ['GeoRSSSitemap', 'KMLSitemap', 'KMZSitemap']
+__all__ = ['KMLSitemap', 'KMZSitemap']
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/georss.py b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/georss.py
deleted file mode 100644
index effa06f98e9..00000000000
--- a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/georss.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-from django.core import urlresolvers
-from django.contrib.sitemaps import Sitemap
-
-
-class GeoRSSSitemap(Sitemap):
-    """
-    A minimal hook to produce sitemaps for GeoRSS feeds.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, feed_dict, slug_dict=None):
-        """
-        This sitemap object initializes on a feed dictionary (as would be passed
-        to `django.contrib.gis.views.feed`) and a slug dictionary.
-        If the slug dictionary is not defined, then it's assumed the keys provide
-        the URL parameter to the feed.  However, if you have a complex feed (e.g.,
-        you override `get_object`, then you'll need to provide a slug dictionary.
-        The slug dictionary should have the same keys as the feed dictionary, but
-        each value in the slug dictionary should be a sequence of slugs that may
-        be used for valid feeds.  For example, let's say we have a feed that
-        returns objects for a specific ZIP code in our feed dictionary:
-
-            feed_dict = {'zipcode' : ZipFeed}
-
-        Then we would use a slug dictionary with a list of the zip code slugs
-        corresponding to feeds you want listed in the sitemap:
-
-            slug_dict = {'zipcode' : ['77002', '77054']}
-        """
-        # Setting up.
-        self.feed_dict = feed_dict
-        self.locations = []
-        if slug_dict is None:
-            slug_dict = {}
-        # Getting the feed locations.
-        for section in feed_dict.keys():
-            if slug_dict.get(section, False):
-                for slug in slug_dict[section]:
-                    self.locations.append('%s/%s' % (section, slug))
-            else:
-                self.locations.append(section)
-
-    def get_urls(self, page=1, site=None):
-        """
-        This method is overrridden so the appropriate `geo_format` attribute
-        is placed on each URL element.
-        """
-        urls = Sitemap.get_urls(self, page=page, site=site)
-        for url in urls:
-            url['geo_format'] = 'georss'
-        return urls
-
-    def items(self):
-        return self.locations
-
-    def location(self, obj):
-        return urlresolvers.reverse('django.contrib.gis.views.feed', args=(obj,))
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/kml.py b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/kml.py
index 74d7acd772c..d052cf63506 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/kml.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/kml.py
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ class KMLSitemap(Sitemap):
                 raise TypeError('KML Sources must be a model or a 3-tuple.')
         return kml_sources
 
-    def get_urls(self, page=1, site=None):
+    def get_urls(self, page=1, site=None, protocol=None):
         """
         This method is overrridden so the appropriate `geo_format` attribute
         is placed on each URL element.
         """
-        urls = Sitemap.get_urls(self, page=page, site=site)
+        urls = Sitemap.get_urls(self, page=page, site=site, protocol=protocol)
         for url in urls:
             url['geo_format'] = self.geo_format
         return urls
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/views.py b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/views.py
index be995166899..13c24d5bf04 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/sitemaps/views.py
@@ -1,77 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import warnings
-
 from django.apps import apps
-from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
-from django.template import loader
-from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site
-from django.core import urlresolvers
-from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
+from django.http import Http404
 from django.contrib.gis.db.models.fields import GeometryField
+from django.contrib.gis.shortcuts import render_to_kml, render_to_kmz
 from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.db.models.fields import FieldDoesNotExist
-from django.utils import six
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango18Warning
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-
-from django.contrib.gis.shortcuts import render_to_kml, render_to_kmz
-
-
-def index(request, sitemaps):
-    """
-    This view generates a sitemap index that uses the proper view
-    for resolving geographic section sitemap URLs.
-    """
-    warnings.warn("Geo Sitemaps are deprecated. Use plain sitemaps from "
-        "django.contrib.sitemaps instead", RemovedInDjango18Warning, stacklevel=2)
-    current_site = get_current_site(request)
-    sites = []
-    protocol = request.scheme
-    for section, site in sitemaps.items():
-        if callable(site):
-            pages = site().paginator.num_pages
-        else:
-            pages = site.paginator.num_pages
-        sitemap_url = urlresolvers.reverse('django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.views.sitemap', kwargs={'section': section})
-        sites.append('%s://%s%s' % (protocol, current_site.domain, sitemap_url))
-
-        if pages > 1:
-            for page in range(2, pages + 1):
-                sites.append('%s://%s%s?p=%s' % (protocol, current_site.domain, sitemap_url, page))
-    xml = loader.render_to_string('sitemap_index.xml', {'sitemaps': sites})
-    return HttpResponse(xml, content_type='application/xml')
-
-
-def sitemap(request, sitemaps, section=None):
-    """
-    This view generates a sitemap with additional geographic
-    elements defined by Google.
-    """
-    warnings.warn("Geo Sitemaps are deprecated. Use plain sitemaps from "
-        "django.contrib.sitemaps instead", RemovedInDjango18Warning, stacklevel=2)
-    maps, urls = [], []
-    if section is not None:
-        if section not in sitemaps:
-            raise Http404(_("No sitemap available for section: %r") % section)
-        maps.append(sitemaps[section])
-    else:
-        maps = list(six.itervalues(sitemaps))
-
-    page = request.GET.get("p", 1)
-    current_site = get_current_site(request)
-    for site in maps:
-        try:
-            if callable(site):
-                urls.extend(site().get_urls(page=page, site=current_site))
-            else:
-                urls.extend(site.get_urls(page=page, site=current_site))
-        except EmptyPage:
-            raise Http404(_("Page %s empty") % page)
-        except PageNotAnInteger:
-            raise Http404(_("No page '%s'") % page)
-    xml = loader.render_to_string('gis/sitemaps/geo_sitemap.xml', {'urlset': urls})
-    return HttpResponse(xml, content_type='application/xml')
 
 
 def kml(request, label, model, field_name=None, compress=False, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/sitemaps/geo_sitemap.xml b/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/sitemaps/geo_sitemap.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf858e40db..00000000000
--- a/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/sitemaps/geo_sitemap.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{% autoescape off %}<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:geo="http://www.google.com/geo/schemas/sitemap/1.0">
-{% spaceless %}
-{% for url in urlset %}
-  <url>
-    <loc>{{ url.location|escape }}</loc>
-    {% if url.lastmod %}<lastmod>{{ url.lastmod|date:"Y-m-d" }}</lastmod>{% endif %}
-    {% if url.changefreq %}<changefreq>{{ url.changefreq }}</changefreq>{% endif %}
-    {% if url.priority %}<priority>{{ url.priority }}</priority>{% endif %}
-    {% if url.geo_format %}<geo:geo>
-      <geo:format>{{ url.geo_format }}</geo:format>
-    </geo:geo>{% endif %}
-   </url>
-{% endfor %}
-{% endspaceless %}
-</urlset>
-{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py
index 68490ace2f1..16f1f0146e8 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/sitemaps.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-from django.contrib.gis.sitemaps import GeoRSSSitemap, KMLSitemap, KMZSitemap
+from django.contrib.gis.sitemaps import KMLSitemap, KMZSitemap
 
-from .feeds import feed_dict
 from .models import City, Country
 
 
 sitemaps = {'kml': KMLSitemap([City, Country]),
             'kmz': KMZSitemap([City, Country]),
-            'georss': GeoRSSSitemap(feed_dict),
             }
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py
index c41cc53674c..f4dc5e80d24 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/test_sitemaps.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from io import BytesIO
 from unittest import skipUnless
 from xml.dom import minidom
-import os
 import zipfile
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -11,16 +10,14 @@ from django.contrib.gis.geos import HAS_GEOS
 from django.contrib.gis.tests.utils import HAS_SPATIAL_DB
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.test import TestCase, modify_settings
-from django.test.utils import IgnoreDeprecationWarningsMixin
-from django.utils._os import upath
 
 if HAS_GEOS:
     from .models import City, Country
 
 
-@modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'append': 'django.contrib.sites'})
+@modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'append': ['django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.sitemaps']})
 @skipUnless(HAS_GEOS and HAS_SPATIAL_DB, "Geos and spatial db are required.")
-class GeoSitemapTest(IgnoreDeprecationWarningsMixin, TestCase):
+class GeoSitemapTest(TestCase):
 
     urls = 'django.contrib.gis.tests.geoapp.urls'
 
@@ -34,36 +31,19 @@ class GeoSitemapTest(IgnoreDeprecationWarningsMixin, TestCase):
         expected = set(expected)
         self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
 
-    def test_geositemap_index(self):
-        "Tests geographic sitemap index."
-        # Getting the geo index.
-        from django.contrib import sitemaps
-        template_dirs = settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS + (
-            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(upath(sitemaps.__file__)), 'templates'),)
-        with self.settings(TEMPLATE_DIRS=template_dirs):
-            doc = minidom.parseString(self.client.get('/sitemap.xml').content)
-        index = doc.firstChild
-        self.assertEqual(index.getAttribute('xmlns'), 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9')
-        self.assertEqual(3, len(index.getElementsByTagName('sitemap')))
-
     def test_geositemap_kml(self):
         "Tests KML/KMZ geographic sitemaps."
         for kml_type in ('kml', 'kmz'):
             doc = minidom.parseString(self.client.get('/sitemaps/%s.xml' % kml_type).content)
 
-            # Ensuring the right sitemaps namespaces are present.
+            # Ensuring the right sitemaps namespace is present.
             urlset = doc.firstChild
             self.assertEqual(urlset.getAttribute('xmlns'), 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9')
-            self.assertEqual(urlset.getAttribute('xmlns:geo'), 'http://www.google.com/geo/schemas/sitemap/1.0')
 
             urls = urlset.getElementsByTagName('url')
             self.assertEqual(2, len(urls))  # Should only be 2 sitemaps.
             for url in urls:
-                self.assertChildNodes(url, ['loc', 'geo:geo'])
-                # Making sure the 'geo:format' element was properly set.
-                geo_elem = url.getElementsByTagName('geo:geo')[0]
-                geo_format = geo_elem.getElementsByTagName('geo:format')[0]
-                self.assertEqual(kml_type, geo_format.childNodes[0].data)
+                self.assertChildNodes(url, ['loc'])
 
                 # Getting the relative URL since we don't have a real site.
                 kml_url = url.getElementsByTagName('loc')[0].childNodes[0].data.split('http://example.com')[1]
@@ -84,25 +64,3 @@ class GeoSitemapTest(IgnoreDeprecationWarningsMixin, TestCase):
                 elif 'country' in kml_url:
                     model = Country
                 self.assertEqual(model.objects.count(), len(kml_doc.getElementsByTagName('Placemark')))
-
-    def test_geositemap_georss(self):
-        "Tests GeoRSS geographic sitemaps."
-        from .feeds import feed_dict
-
-        doc = minidom.parseString(self.client.get('/sitemaps/georss.xml').content)
-
-        # Ensuring the right sitemaps namespaces are present.
-        urlset = doc.firstChild
-        self.assertEqual(urlset.getAttribute('xmlns'), 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9')
-        self.assertEqual(urlset.getAttribute('xmlns:geo'), 'http://www.google.com/geo/schemas/sitemap/1.0')
-
-        # Making sure the correct number of feed URLs were included.
-        urls = urlset.getElementsByTagName('url')
-        self.assertEqual(len(feed_dict), len(urls))
-
-        for url in urls:
-            self.assertChildNodes(url, ['loc', 'geo:geo'])
-            # Making sure the 'geo:format' element was properly set to 'georss'.
-            geo_elem = url.getElementsByTagName('geo:geo')[0]
-            geo_format = geo_elem.getElementsByTagName('geo:format')[0]
-            self.assertEqual('georss', geo_format.childNodes[0].data)
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py
index 6aba9e525ae..a81ab0a85bd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geoapp/urls.py
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^feeds/(?P<url>.*)/$', 'django.contrib.gis.views.feed', {'feed_dict': feed_dict}),
 )
 
-urlpatterns += patterns('django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.views',
-    (r'^sitemap.xml$', 'index', {'sitemaps': sitemaps}),
+urlpatterns += patterns('django.contrib.sitemaps.views',
     (r'^sitemaps/(?P<section>\w+)\.xml$', 'sitemap', {'sitemaps': sitemaps}),
+)
+
+urlpatterns += patterns('django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.views',
     (r'^sitemaps/kml/(?P<label>\w+)/(?P<model>\w+)/(?P<field_name>\w+)\.kml$', 'kml'),
     (r'^sitemaps/kml/(?P<label>\w+)/(?P<model>\w+)/(?P<field_name>\w+)\.kmz$', 'kmz'),
 )
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/sitemaps.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/sitemaps.txt
index 60df2b87b28..8aebbebce8e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/sitemaps.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/sitemaps.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 Geographic Sitemaps
 ===================
 
-Google's sitemap protocol used to include geospatial content support. [#]_
-This included the addition of the ``<url>`` child element
-``<geo:geo>``, which tells Google that the content located at the URL is
-geographic in nature. This is now obsolete.
+KML is an XML language focused on geographic visualization [#]_.``KMLSitemap``
+and its compressed counterpart ``KMZSitemap`` allow you to present geolocated
+data in a machine-readable format.
 
 Example
 =======
@@ -19,8 +18,5 @@ Reference
 ``KMZSitemap``
 --------------
 
-``GeoRSSSitemap``
------------------
-
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
-.. [#] Google, Inc., `What is a Geo Sitemap? <https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/94555>`_.
+.. [#] http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml