diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js b/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js
index 438a50d8d71..fafa7ff7de7 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ QUnit.test('SEMVER_REGEX properly validates and invalidates version numbers', fu
   validateVersionString('1.11', false);
 });
 
-QUnit.test('Ember.Backburner is deprecated', function() {
-  expectDeprecation(function() {
-    new Ember.Backburner(['foo']);
-  }, 'Usage of Ember.Backburner is deprecated.');
-});
-
 QUnit.test('Ember.K is deprecated', function(assert) {
   expectDeprecation(function() {
     let obj = {
diff --git a/packages/ember/lib/index.js b/packages/ember/lib/index.js
index 3900d0f05ec..9a7488e973f 100644
--- a/packages/ember/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/ember/lib/index.js
@@ -259,34 +259,8 @@ Object.defineProperty(Ember, 'testing', {
 
 import Backburner from 'backburner';
 
-/**
- @class Backburner
- @for Ember
- @private
- */
-Ember.Backburner = function() {
-  deprecate(
-    'Usage of Ember.Backburner is deprecated.',
-    false,
-    {
-      id: 'ember-metal.ember-backburner',
-      until: '2.8.0',
-      url: 'https://emberjs.com/deprecations/v2.x/#toc_ember-backburner'
-    }
-  );
-
-  function BackburnerAlias(args) {
-    return Backburner.apply(this, args);
-  }
-
-  BackburnerAlias.prototype = Backburner.prototype;
-
-  return new BackburnerAlias(arguments);
-};
-
 Ember._Backburner = Backburner;
 
-
 import Logger from 'ember-console';
 
 Ember.Logger = Logger;