diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 36dca4fe2..c5efd49fd 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ our %eliminated = ( LOGRATE          => 1,
 		    BLACKLISTNEWONLY => 1,
 		    CHAIN_SCRIPTS    => 1,
                     MODULE_SUFFIX    => 1,
+                    MAPOLDACTIONS    => 1,
 		  );
 #
 # Variables involved in ?IF, ?ELSE ?ENDIF processing
@@ -937,7 +938,6 @@ sub initialize( $;$$$) {
 	  MACLIST_TTL => undef,
 	  SAVE_IPSETS => undef,
 	  SAVE_ARPTABLES => undef,
-	  MAPOLDACTIONS => undef,
 	  FASTACCEPT => undef,
 	  IMPLICIT_CONTINUE => undef,
 	  IPSET_WARNINGS => undef,
@@ -6391,7 +6391,6 @@ sub get_configuration( $$$$ ) {
     default_yes_no 'SAVE_ARPTABLES'             , '';
     default_yes_no 'STARTUP_ENABLED'            , 'Yes';
     default_yes_no 'DELAYBLACKLISTLOAD'         , '';
-    default_yes_no 'MAPOLDACTIONS'              , 'Yes';
 
     warning_message 'DELAYBLACKLISTLOAD=Yes is not supported by Shorewall ' . $globals{VERSION} if $config{DELAYBLACKLISTLOAD};
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 7baaf7968..005fee209 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -1714,34 +1714,6 @@ sub isolate_basic_target( $ ) {
     $target =~ /^(\w+)[(].*[)]$/ ? $1 : $target;
 }
 
-#
-# Map pre-3.0 actions to the corresponding Macro invocation
-#
-
-sub find_old_action ( $$$ ) {
-    my ( $target, $macro, $param ) = @_;
-
-    if ( my $actiontype = find_macro( $macro ) ) {
-	( $macro, $actiontype , $param );
-    } else {
-	( $target, 0, '' );
-    }
-}
-
-sub map_old_actions( $ ) {
-    my $target = shift;
-
-    if ( $target =~ /^Allow(.*)$/ ) {
-	find_old_action( $target, $1, 'ACCEPT' );
-    } elsif ( $target =~ /^Drop(.*)$/ ) {
-	find_old_action( $target, $1, 'DROP' );
-    } elsif ( $target = /^Reject(.*)$/ ) {
-	find_old_action( $target, $1, 'REJECT' );
-    } else {
-	( $target, 0, '' );
-    }
-}
-
 sub process_rule ( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ );
 sub process_mangle_rule1( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ );
 sub process_snat1( $$$$$$$$$$$$ );
@@ -2630,10 +2602,6 @@ sub process_rule ( $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
     #
     $actiontype = $targets{$basictarget} || find_macro( $basictarget );
 
-    if ( $config{ MAPOLDACTIONS } ) {
-	( $basictarget, $actiontype , $param ) = map_old_actions( $basictarget ) unless $actiontype || supplied $param;
-    }
-
     fatal_error "Unknown ACTION ($action)" unless $actiontype;
 
     $usergenerated = $actiontype & IPTABLES;
diff --git a/Shorewall/Samples/Universal/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/Samples/Universal/shorewall.conf
index ccb843668..713ceb2f4 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Samples/Universal/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/Samples/Universal/shorewall.conf
@@ -199,8 +199,6 @@ MACLIST_TTL=
 
 MANGLE_ENABLED=Yes
 
-MAPOLDACTIONS=No
-
 MINIUPNPD=No
 
 MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No
diff --git a/Shorewall/Samples/one-interface/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/Samples/one-interface/shorewall.conf
index 734514de2..68cf3feda 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Samples/one-interface/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/Samples/one-interface/shorewall.conf
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ MACLIST_TTL=
 
 MANGLE_ENABLED=Yes
 
-MAPOLDACTIONS=No
-
 MINIUPNPD=No
 
 MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No
diff --git a/Shorewall/Samples/three-interfaces/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/Samples/three-interfaces/shorewall.conf
index 12505f56a..c193252a8 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Samples/three-interfaces/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/Samples/three-interfaces/shorewall.conf
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ MACLIST_TTL=
 
 MANGLE_ENABLED=Yes
 
-MAPOLDACTIONS=No
-
 MINIUPNPD=No
 
 MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No
diff --git a/Shorewall/Samples/two-interfaces/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/Samples/two-interfaces/shorewall.conf
index 5bccdc45c..3c375a365 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Samples/two-interfaces/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/Samples/two-interfaces/shorewall.conf
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ MACLIST_TTL=
 
 MANGLE_ENABLED=Yes
 
-MAPOLDACTIONS=No
-
 MINIUPNPD=No
 
 MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No
diff --git a/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf b/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf
index 716e8248d..ddef7afe0 100644
--- a/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf
+++ b/Shorewall/configfiles/shorewall.conf
@@ -199,8 +199,6 @@ MACLIST_TTL=
 
 MANGLE_ENABLED=Yes
 
-MAPOLDACTIONS=No
-
 MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No
 
 MINIUPNPD=No
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
index e69964d18..54ff25cee 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
@@ -1810,19 +1810,6 @@ LOG:info:,bar                        net                    fw</programlisting>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><emphasis role="bold">MAPOLDACTIONS=</emphasis>[<emphasis
-        role="bold">Yes</emphasis>|<emphasis role="bold">No</emphasis>]</term>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para>IPv4 only.</para>
-
-          <para>This option is included for compatibility with old Shorewall
-          configuration. New installs should always have
-          MAPOLDACTIONS=No.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry>
         <term><emphasis role="bold">MINIUPNPD=</emphasis>[<emphasis
         role="bold">Yes</emphasis>|<emphasis role="bold">No</emphasis>]</term>