Index: django/db/models/query.py
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--- django/db/models/query.py	(revision 5546)
+++ django/db/models/query.py	(working copy)
@@ -35,25 +35,6 @@
 # HELPER FUNCTIONS #
 ####################
 
-# Django currently supports two forms of ordering.
-# Form 1 (deprecated) example:
-#     order_by=(('pub_date', 'DESC'), ('headline', 'ASC'), (None, 'RANDOM'))
-# Form 2 (new-style) example:
-#     order_by=('-pub_date', 'headline', '?')
-# Form 1 is deprecated and will no longer be supported for Django's first
-# official release. The following code converts from Form 1 to Form 2.
-
-LEGACY_ORDERING_MAPPING = {'ASC': '_', 'DESC': '-_', 'RANDOM': '?'}
-
-def handle_legacy_orderlist(order_list):
-    if not order_list or isinstance(order_list[0], basestring):
-        return order_list
-    else:
-        import warnings
-        new_order_list = [LEGACY_ORDERING_MAPPING[j.upper()].replace('_', str(i)) for i, j in order_list]
-        warnings.warn("%r ordering syntax is deprecated. Use %r instead." % (order_list, new_order_list), DeprecationWarning)
-        return new_order_list
-
 def orderfield2column(f, opts):
     try:
         return opts.get_field(f, False).column
@@ -64,7 +45,7 @@
     if prefix.endswith('.'):
         prefix = backend.quote_name(prefix[:-1]) + '.'
     output = []
-    for f in handle_legacy_orderlist(order_list):
+    for f in order_list:
         if f.startswith('-'):
             output.append('%s%s DESC' % (prefix, backend.quote_name(orderfield2column(f[1:], opts))))
         elif f == '?':
@@ -526,7 +507,7 @@
             ordering_to_use = self._order_by
         else:
             ordering_to_use = opts.ordering
-        for f in handle_legacy_orderlist(ordering_to_use):
+        for f in ordering_to_use:
             if f == '?': # Special case.
                 order_by.append(backend.get_random_function_sql())
             else: