diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration.py
index ae9978f81..7f0f3c34a 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration.py
@@ -393,11 +393,6 @@ class Configuration(object):
             raise OperationalException(
                 exception_msg
             )
-        # Depreciation warning
-        if 'ccxt_rate_limit' in config.get('exchange', {}):
-            logger.warning("`ccxt_rate_limit` has been deprecated in favor of "
-                           "`ccxt_config` and `ccxt_async_config` and will be removed "
-                           "in a future version.")
 
         logger.debug('Exchange "%s" supported', exchange)
         return True
diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index ffd574f90..57a002384 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ class Exchange(object):
             'secret': exchange_config.get('secret'),
             'password': exchange_config.get('password'),
             'uid': exchange_config.get('uid', ''),
-            'enableRateLimit': exchange_config.get('ccxt_rate_limit', True)
         }
         if ccxt_kwargs:
             logger.info('Applying additional ccxt config: %s', ccxt_kwargs)
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/test_configuration.py b/freqtrade/tests/test_configuration.py
index 45e539c2f..bcd0bd92c 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -485,15 +485,6 @@ def test_check_exchange(default_conf, caplog) -> None:
     ):
         configuration.check_exchange(default_conf)
 
-    # Test ccxt_rate_limit depreciation
-    default_conf.get('exchange').update({'name': 'binance'})
-    default_conf['exchange']['ccxt_rate_limit'] = True
-    configuration.check_exchange(default_conf)
-    assert log_has("`ccxt_rate_limit` has been deprecated in favor of "
-                   "`ccxt_config` and `ccxt_async_config` and will be removed "
-                   "in a future version.",
-                   caplog.record_tuples)
-
 
 def test_cli_verbose_with_params(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.configuration.open', mocker.mock_open(