diff --git a/evennia/objects/objects.py b/evennia/objects/objects.py
index e2b4cc46b..7ed64cb50 100644
--- a/evennia/objects/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/objects/objects.py
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ class DefaultObject(ObjectDB):
             command structure.
         """
         # nick replacement - we require full-word matching.
-
         # do text encoding conversion
         raw_string = to_unicode(raw_string)
         raw_string = self.nicks.nickreplace(raw_string,
@@ -519,13 +518,6 @@ class DefaultObject(ObjectDB):
 
         text = to_str(text, force_string=True) if text else ""
 
-        if "data" in kwargs:
-            # deprecation warning
-            log_depmsg("ObjectDB.msg(): 'data'-dict keyword is deprecated. Use **kwargs instead.")
-            data = kwargs.pop("data")
-            if isinstance(data, dict):
-                kwargs.update(data)
-
         if from_obj:
             # call hook
             try:
diff --git a/evennia/players/players.py b/evennia/players/players.py
index 1a0ea7ddf..8cd67b1af 100644
--- a/evennia/players/players.py
+++ b/evennia/players/players.py
@@ -339,13 +339,6 @@ class DefaultPlayer(PlayerDB):
                  and handles the sessid). Can also be a list of sessids.
         kwargs (dict) - All other keywords are parsed as extra data.
         """
-        if "data" in kwargs:
-            # deprecation warning
-            logger.log_depmsg("PlayerDB:msg() 'data'-dict keyword is deprecated. Use **kwargs instead.")
-            data = kwargs.pop("data")
-            if isinstance(data, dict):
-                kwargs.update(data)
-
         text = to_str(text, force_string=True) if text else ""
         if from_obj:
             # call hook