Removes celery.execute.delay_task (scheduled for 2.3)

celery/execute/__init__.py

@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from .. import current_app
-from ..utils import deprecated
 
 send_task = current_app.send_task
 
-
-@deprecated(removal="2.3",
-            alternative="Use registry.tasks[name].delay instead.")
-def delay_task(task, *args, **kwargs):
-    from ..registry import tasks
-    return tasks[task].apply_async(args, kwargs)