diff --git a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
index 5d6b6c54b..367989517 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
@@ -62,11 +62,8 @@ Migration Issues.
     b) Explicitly set LOG_MARTIONS=No to maintain compatibility with 
        prior versions of Shorewall.
 
-5)  IMPLICIT_CONTINUE=Yes is now deprecated and a warning message is
-    issued if you have that setting and nested zones are defined in
-    /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf. The warning may be eliminated by
-    setting IMPLICIT_CONTINUE=No and adding explicit CONTINUE policies
-    where needed.
+5)  The value of IMPLICIT_CONTINUE in shorewall.conf (and samples) has
+    been changed from Yes to No.
 
 Problems corrected in 4.1.5.
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
index fe0827383..8d7fa4080 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ sub validate_policy()
 
     my $zone;
 
-    my $warned = 0;
-
     for my $option qw/DROP_DEFAULT REJECT_DEFAULT ACCEPT_DEFAULT QUEUE_DEFAULT NFQUEUE_DEFAULT/ {
 	my $action = $config{$option};
 	next if $action eq 'none';
@@ -198,7 +196,6 @@ sub validate_policy()
 	push @policy_chains, ( new_policy_chain $zone, $zone, 'ACCEPT', OPTIONAL );
 
 	if ( $config{IMPLICIT_CONTINUE} && ( @{find_zone( $zone )->{parents}} ) ) {
-	    warning_message "IMPLICT_CONTINUE=Yes is deprecated" unless $warned++;
 	    for my $zone1 ( all_zones ) {
 		unless( $zone eq $zone1 ) {
 		    add_or_modify_policy_chain( $zone, $zone1 );
diff --git a/Shorewall-shell/compiler b/Shorewall-shell/compiler
index 131197418..2dbabbbd2 100755
--- a/Shorewall-shell/compiler
+++ b/Shorewall-shell/compiler
@@ -481,8 +481,6 @@ validate_policy()
 
     ALL_POLICY_CHAINS=
 
-    warned=
-
     for zone in $ZONES $FW; do
 	chain=${zone}2${zone}
 	eval ${chain}_is_policy=Yes
@@ -494,7 +492,6 @@ validate_policy()
 	if [ -n "$IMPLICIT_CONTINUE" ]; then
 	    eval parents=\$${zone}_parents
 	    if [ -n "$parents" ]; then
-		[ -z "$warned" ] && error_message "WARNING: IMPLICIT_CONTINUE=Yes is deprecated" && warned=Yes
 		for zone1 in $ZONES $FW; do 
 		    if [ $zone != $zone1 ]; then
 			chain=${zone}2${zone1}