Remove deprecated ax attribute aliases.

QuLogic · QuLogic · commit 197180b27d2f · 2021-06-16T15:44:06.000-04:00
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/20447-ES.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/removals/20447-ES.rst
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ longer supported.
 Setting the *orientation* of an ``eventplot()`` or `.EventCollection` to "none"
 or None is no longer supported; set it to "horizontal" instead.  Moreover, the two
 orientations ("horizontal" and "vertical") are now case-sensitive.
+
+``ContourSet.ax``, ``Quiver.ax``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+These attributes have been removed in favor of ``ContourSet.axes`` and
+``Quiver.axes``, for consistency with other artists.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/contour.py b/lib/matplotlib/contour.py
@@ -720,8 +720,6 @@ class ContourSet(cm.ScalarMappable, ContourLabeler):
     %(contour_set_attributes)s
     """
 
-    ax = _api.deprecated("3.3")(property(lambda self: self.axes))
-
     def __init__(self, ax, *args,
                  levels=None, filled=False, linewidths=None, linestyles=None,
                  hatches=(None,), alpha=None, origin=None, extent=None,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/quiver.py b/lib/matplotlib/quiver.py
@@ -521,10 +521,6 @@ def on_dpi_change(fig):
 
         self._cid = ax.figure.callbacks.connect('dpi_changed', on_dpi_change)
 
-    @_api.deprecated("3.3", alternative="axes")
-    def ax(self):
-        return self.axes
-
     def remove(self):
         # docstring inherited
         self.axes.figure.callbacks.disconnect(self._cid)
