diff --git a/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs
index 09585b8697..ebc6ee0053 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-std/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ pub fn load_standard_library(
         ("mod.nu", "std/math", include_str!("../std/math/mod.nu")),
         ("mod.nu", "std/util", include_str!("../std/util/mod.nu")),
         ("mod.nu", "std/xml", include_str!("../std/xml/mod.nu")),
-        // Remove in following release
-        (
-            "mod.nu",
-            "std/deprecated_dirs",
-            include_str!("../std/deprecated_dirs/mod.nu"),
-        ),
     ];
 
     for (filename, std_subdir_name, content) in std_submodules.drain(..) {
@@ -87,14 +81,6 @@ pub fn load_standard_library(
         let source = r#"
 # Prelude
 use std/core *
-use std/deprecated_dirs [
-    enter
-    shells
-    g
-    n
-    p
-    dexit
-]
 "#;
 
         // Add a placeholder file to the stack of files being evaluated.
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/deprecated_dirs/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/deprecated_dirs/mod.nu
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bdc007851..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/deprecated_dirs/mod.nu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-# Maintain a list of working directories and navigate them
-
-# The directory stack.
-#
-# Exception: the entry for the current directory contains an
-# irrelevant value. Instead, the source of truth for the working
-# directory is $env.PWD. It has to be this way because cd doesn't
-# know about this module.
-#
-# Example: the following state represents a user-facing directory
-# stack of [/a, /var/tmp, /c], and we are currently in /var/tmp .
-#
-#     PWD = /var/tmp
-#     DIRS_POSITION = 1
-#     DIRS_LIST = [/a, /b, /c]
-#
-# This situation could arise if we started with [/a, /b, /c], then
-# we changed directories from /b to /var/tmp.
-export-env {
-    $env.DIRS_POSITION = 0
-    $env.DIRS_LIST = [($env.PWD | path expand)]
-}
-
-def deprecation_warning [ ] {
-print -e $"
-(ansi red)Warning:(ansi reset) The 'std dirs' module will no longer automatically
-be loaded in the next release. To continue using the Shells
-feature, and to remove this warning, please add the following
-to your startup configuration \(typically env.nu or config.nu\):
-
-use std/dirs shells-aliases *
-
-Or see the documentation for more options.
-"
-}
-
-# Add one or more directories to the list.
-# PWD becomes first of the newly added directories.
-export def --env add [
-    ...paths: string    # directory or directories to add to working list
-] {
-    deprecation_warning
-
-    mut abspaths = []
-    for p in $paths {
-        let exp = ($p | path expand)
-        if ($exp | path type) != 'dir' {
-            let span = (metadata $p).span
-            error make {msg: "not a directory", label: {text: "not a directory", span: $span } }
-        }
-        $abspaths = ($abspaths | append $exp)
-    }
-
-    $env.DIRS_LIST = ($env.DIRS_LIST | insert ($env.DIRS_POSITION + 1) $abspaths | flatten)
-
-    _fetch 1
-}
-
-export alias enter = add
-
-# Advance to the next directory in the list or wrap to beginning.
-export def --env next [
-    N:int = 1   # number of positions to move.
-] {
-    deprecation_warning
-    _fetch $N
-}
-
-export alias n = next
-
-# Back up to the previous directory or wrap to the end.
-export def --env prev [
-    N:int = 1   # number of positions to move.
-] {
-    deprecation_warning
-    _fetch (-1 * $N)
-}
-
-export alias p = prev
-
-# Drop the current directory from the list, if it's not the only one.
-# PWD becomes the next working directory
-export def --env drop [] {
-    deprecation_warning
-    if ($env.DIRS_LIST | length) > 1 {
-        $env.DIRS_LIST = ($env.DIRS_LIST | reject $env.DIRS_POSITION)
-        if ($env.DIRS_POSITION >= ($env.DIRS_LIST | length)) {$env.DIRS_POSITION = 0}
-    }
-
-    # step to previous slot
-    _fetch -1 --forget_current --always_cd
-
-}
-
-export alias dexit = drop
-
-# Display current working directories.
-export def --env show [] {
-    deprecation_warning
-    mut out = []
-    for $p in ($env.DIRS_LIST | enumerate) {
-        let is_act_slot = $p.index == $env.DIRS_POSITION
-        $out = ($out | append [
-            [active, path];
-            [($is_act_slot),
-            (if $is_act_slot {$env.PWD} else {$p.item})   # show current PWD in lieu of active slot
-            ]
-        ])
-    }
-
-    $out
-}
-
-export alias shells = show
-
-export def --env goto [shell?: int] {
-    deprecation_warning
-    if $shell == null {
-        return (show)
-    }
-
-    if $shell < 0 or $shell >= ($env.DIRS_LIST | length) {
-        let span = (metadata $shell | get span)
-        error make {
-            msg: $"(ansi red_bold)invalid_shell_index(ansi reset)"
-            label: {
-                text: $"`shell` should be between 0 and (($env.DIRS_LIST | length) - 1)"
-                span: $span
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    _fetch ($shell - $env.DIRS_POSITION)
-}
-
-export alias g = goto
-
-# fetch item helper
-def --env _fetch [
-    offset: int,        # signed change to position
-    --forget_current    # true to skip saving PWD
-    --always_cd         # true to always cd
-] {
-    if not ($forget_current) {
-        # first record current working dir in current slot of ring, to track what CD may have done.
-        $env.DIRS_LIST = ($env.DIRS_LIST | upsert $env.DIRS_POSITION $env.PWD)
-    }
-
-    # figure out which entry to move to
-    # nushell 'mod' operator is really 'remainder', can return negative values.
-    # see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13683563/whats-the-difference-between-mod-and-remainder
-    let len = ($env.DIRS_LIST | length)
-    mut pos = ($env.DIRS_POSITION + $offset) mod $len
-    if ($pos < 0) { $pos += $len}
-
-    # if using a different position in ring, CD there.
-    if ($always_cd or $pos != $env.DIRS_POSITION) {
-        $env.DIRS_POSITION = $pos
-        cd ($env.DIRS_LIST | get $pos )
-    }
-}