diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/Sha256Hash.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/Sha256Hash.java
index 1e741492..a9d4e427 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/Sha256Hash.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/Sha256Hash.java
@@ -41,24 +41,11 @@ public class Sha256Hash implements Serializable, Comparable<Sha256Hash> {
 
     private final byte[] bytes;
 
-    /**
-     * Use {@link #wrap(byte[])} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public Sha256Hash(byte[] rawHashBytes) {
+    private Sha256Hash(byte[] rawHashBytes) {
         checkArgument(rawHashBytes.length == LENGTH);
         this.bytes = rawHashBytes;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Use {@link #wrap(String)} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public Sha256Hash(String hexString) {
-        checkArgument(hexString.length() == LENGTH * 2);
-        this.bytes = Utils.HEX.decode(hexString);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a new instance that wraps the given hash value.
      *
@@ -66,7 +53,6 @@ public class Sha256Hash implements Serializable, Comparable<Sha256Hash> {
      * @return a new instance
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given array length is not exactly 32
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // the constructor will be made private in the future
     public static Sha256Hash wrap(byte[] rawHashBytes) {
         return new Sha256Hash(rawHashBytes);
     }
@@ -90,17 +76,10 @@ public class Sha256Hash implements Serializable, Comparable<Sha256Hash> {
      * @return a new instance
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given array length is not exactly 32
      */
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // the constructor will be made private in the future
     public static Sha256Hash wrapReversed(byte[] rawHashBytes) {
         return wrap(Utils.reverseBytes(rawHashBytes));
     }
 
-    /** Use {@link #of(byte[])} instead: this old name is ambiguous. */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static Sha256Hash create(byte[] contents) {
-        return of(contents);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a new instance containing the calculated (one-time) hash of the given bytes.
      *
@@ -111,12 +90,6 @@ public class Sha256Hash implements Serializable, Comparable<Sha256Hash> {
         return wrap(hash(contents));
     }
 
-    /** Use {@link #twiceOf(byte[])} instead: this old name is ambiguous. */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static Sha256Hash createDouble(byte[] contents) {
-        return twiceOf(contents);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a new instance containing the hash of the calculated hash of the given bytes.
      *