diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py b/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py
index 137cd08f92..0a45062956 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/utils/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.contrib.gis.utils.wkt import precision_wkt  # NOQA
 if HAS_GDAL:
     from django.contrib.gis.utils.ogrinfo import ogrinfo, sample  # NOQA
     from django.contrib.gis.utils.ogrinspect import mapping, ogrinspect  # NOQA
-    from django.contrib.gis.utils.srs import add_postgis_srs, add_srs_entry  # NOQA
+    from django.contrib.gis.utils.srs import add_srs_entry  # NOQA
     from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
     try:
         # LayerMapping requires DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to be set,
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/utils/srs.py b/django/contrib/gis/utils/srs.py
index 59ba77c6dd..f1c104fdbb 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/utils/srs.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/utils/srs.py
@@ -75,6 +75,3 @@ def add_srs_entry(srs, auth_name='EPSG', auth_srid=None, ref_sys_name=None,
         SpatialRefSys.objects.using(database).get(srid=srs.srid)
     except SpatialRefSys.DoesNotExist:
         SpatialRefSys.objects.using(database).create(**kwargs)
-
-# Alias is for backwards-compatibility purposes.
-add_postgis_srs = add_srs_entry
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.10.txt b/docs/releases/1.10.txt
index 1f45394642..f8e90bbed7 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.10.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.10.txt
@@ -354,6 +354,9 @@ Miscellaneous
   since pre-1.0. If you use it in your project, you can add it to your
   project's settings. The default value was ``'/accounts/logout/'``.
 
+* The ``add_postgis_srs()`` backwards compatibility alias for
+  ``django.contrib.gis.utils.add_srs_entry()`` is removed.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-1.10:
 
 Features deprecated in 1.10