diff --git a/js/common/modules/@arangodb/extend.js b/js/common/modules/@arangodb/extend.js
index 90b63013f9..b9cf950f7b 100644
--- a/js/common/modules/@arangodb/extend.js
+++ b/js/common/modules/@arangodb/extend.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const extend = require('underscore').extend;
-const deprecated = require('@arangodb/deprecated');
 
 exports.extend = function (protoProps, staticProps) {
-  deprecated('2.9', '"extend" is deprecated, use class syntax instead');
   const init = protoProps.constructor;
   const Class = class extends this {
     constructor(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9) {