diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/__init__.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/__init__.py
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index 72ebdfee6bf..00000000000
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/__init__.py
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from django.db import connection
-
-if hasattr(connection.ops, 'spatial_version'):
-    from warnings import warn
-    warn('The `django.contrib.gis.db.backend` module was refactored and '
-         'renamed to `django.contrib.gis.db.backends` in 1.2.  '
-         'All functionality of `SpatialBackend` '
-         'has been moved to the `ops` attribute of the spatial database '
-         'backend.  A `SpatialBackend` alias is provided here for '
-         'backwards-compatibility, but will be removed in 1.3.')
-    SpatialBackend = connection.ops