diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 7b7531a974..10d61920ed 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -142,16 +142,6 @@ SERVER_EMAIL = 'root@localhost'
 SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS = False
 
 # Database connection info.
-# Legacy format
-DATABASE_ENGINE = ''           # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
-DATABASE_NAME = ''             # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
-DATABASE_USER = ''             # Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_PASSWORD = ''         # Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
-DATABASE_OPTIONS = {}          # Set to empty dictionary for default.
-
-# New format
 DATABASES = {
 }
 
@@ -558,17 +548,6 @@ DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_REPORTER_FILTER = 'django.views.debug.SafeExceptionReporterFil
 # The name of the class to use to run the test suite
 TEST_RUNNER = 'django.test.simple.DjangoTestSuiteRunner'
 
-# The name of the database to use for testing purposes.
-# If None, a name of 'test_' + DATABASE_NAME will be assumed
-TEST_DATABASE_NAME = None
-
-# Strings used to set the character set and collation order for the test
-# database. These values are passed literally to the server, so they are
-# backend-dependent. If None, no special settings are sent (system defaults are
-# used).
-TEST_DATABASE_CHARSET = None
-TEST_DATABASE_COLLATION = None
-
 ############
 # FIXTURES #
 ############
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt
index fbced8e6e1..9bd5eccf14 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt
@@ -23,30 +23,6 @@ its functionality into full-fledged spatial database backends:
 * :mod:`django.contrib.gis.db.backends.oracle`
 * :mod:`django.contrib.gis.db.backends.spatialite`
 
-Database Settings Backwards-Compatibility
------------------------------------------
-
-In :doc:`Django 1.2 </releases/1.2>`, the way
-to :ref:`specify databases <specifying-databases>` in your settings was changed.
-The old database settings format (e.g., the ``DATABASE_*`` settings)
-is backwards compatible with GeoDjango, and  will automatically use the
-appropriate spatial backend as long as :mod:`django.contrib.gis` is in
-your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`.  For example, if you have the following in
-your settings::
-
-    DATABASE_ENGINE='postgresql_psycopg2'
-
-    ...
-
-    INSTALLED_APPS = (
-      ...
-      'django.contrib.gis',
-      ...
-    )
-
-Then, :mod:`django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis` is automatically used as your
-spatial backend.
-
 .. _mysql-spatial-limitations:
 
 MySQL Spatial Limitations
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install.txt
index f15b55499e..caaeb013be 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install.txt
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ Now, the ``spatialite`` command can be used to initialize a spatial database::
 .. note::
 
     The parameter ``geodjango.db`` is the *filename* of the SQLite database
-    you want to use.  Use the same in the :setting:`DATABASE_NAME`
+    you want to use.  Use the same in the :setting:`DATABASES` ``"name"`` key
     inside your ``settings.py``.
 
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 9255c1e68b..3faa378492 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -2121,69 +2121,6 @@ CACHE_BACKEND
    This setting has been replaced by :setting:`BACKEND <CACHES-BACKEND>` in
    :setting:`CACHES`.
 
-.. setting:: DATABASE_ENGINE
-
-DATABASE_ENGINE
----------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`ENGINE` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: DATABASE_HOST
-
-DATABASE_HOST
--------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`HOST` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: DATABASE_NAME
-
-DATABASE_NAME
--------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`NAME` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: DATABASE_OPTIONS
-
-DATABASE_OPTIONS
-----------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`OPTIONS` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: DATABASE_PASSWORD
-
-DATABASE_PASSWORD
------------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`PASSWORD` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: DATABASE_PORT
-
-DATABASE_PORT
--------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`PORT` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: DATABASE_USER
-
-DATABASE_USER
--------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`USER` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
 .. setting:: IGNORABLE_404_ENDS
 
 IGNORABLE_404_ENDS
@@ -2198,31 +2135,4 @@ IGNORABLE_404_STARTS
 --------------------
 
 .. deprecated:: 1.4
-   This setting has been superseded by :setting:`IGNORABLE_404_URLS`.
-
-.. setting:: TEST_DATABASE_CHARSET
-
-TEST_DATABASE_CHARSET
----------------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`TEST_CHARSET` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: TEST_DATABASE_COLLATION
-
-TEST_DATABASE_COLLATION
------------------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`TEST_COLLATION` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
-
-.. setting:: TEST_DATABASE_NAME
-
-TEST_DATABASE_NAME
-------------------
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.2
-   This setting has been replaced by :setting:`TEST_NAME` in
-   :setting:`DATABASES`.
+   This setting has been superseded by :setting:`IGNORABLE_404_URLS`.
\ No newline at end of file