diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ class TweepyAPITests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.api.retry_count = 2
         self.api.retry_delay = 5
 
-    def testpublictimeline(self):
-        self.api.public_timeline()
-
     def testhometimeline(self):
         self.api.home_timeline()
 
diff --git a/tweepy/api.py b/tweepy/api.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tweepy/api.py
+++ b/tweepy/api.py
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ class API(object):
         self.retry_errors = retry_errors
         self.parser = parser or ModelParser()
 
-    """ statuses/public_timeline """
-    public_timeline = bind_api(
-        path = '/statuses/public_timeline.json',
-        payload_type = 'status', payload_list = True,
-        allowed_param = []
-    )
-
     """ statuses/home_timeline """
     home_timeline = bind_api(
         path = '/statuses/home_timeline.json',
Remove deprecated statuses/public_timeline.