diff --git a/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.h b/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.h
index c28c0602a53..32f9ea31275 100644
--- a/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.h
+++ b/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ enum {
   BOOL viewInitialized;
   BOOL repositioning;
   BOOL isUsingBarButtonItem;
-  //This flag is set to true on startLayout() call and false on finishLayout() call
+  //This flag is set to true on beginning of _initWithProperties() call and false near the end of the method
   BOOL updateStarted;
   BOOL allowLayoutUpdate;
 
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ enum {
  */
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray *children;
 
-- (void)startLayout:(id)arg; //Deprecated since 3.0.0
-- (void)finishLayout:(id)arg; //Deprecated since 3.0.0
-- (void)updateLayout:(id)arg; //Deprecated since 3.0.0
 - (void)setTempProperty:(id)propVal forKey:(id)propName;
 - (void)processTempProperties:(NSDictionary *)arg;
 - (BOOL)_hasListeners:(NSString *)type checkParent:(BOOL)check;
diff --git a/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.m b/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.m
index c8583159a19..7ea04cf85ab 100644
--- a/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.m
+++ b/iphone/TitaniumKit/TitaniumKit/Sources/API/TiViewProxy.m
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ - (void)setProxyObserver:(id)arg
 
 - (void)processTempProperties:(NSDictionary *)arg
 {
-  //arg will be non nil when called from updateLayout
+  // arg will be typically be nil (was non-nil when called from removed updateLayout() method)
   if (arg != nil) {
     NSEnumerator *enumerator = [arg keyEnumerator];
     id key;
@@ -128,36 +128,6 @@ - (void)setOnLayout:(id)callback
 }
 #endif
 
-- (void)startLayout:(id)arg
-{
-  DebugLog(@"startLayout() method is deprecated since 3.0.0 .");
-  updateStarted = YES;
-  allowLayoutUpdate = NO;
-}
-- (void)finishLayout:(id)arg
-{
-  DebugLog(@"finishLayout() method is deprecated since 3.0.0 .");
-  updateStarted = NO;
-  allowLayoutUpdate = YES;
-  [self processTempProperties:nil];
-  allowLayoutUpdate = NO;
-}
-- (void)updateLayout:(id)arg
-{
-  DebugLog(@"updateLayout() method is deprecated since 3.0.0, use applyProperties() instead.");
-  id val = nil;
-  if ([arg isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
-    val = [arg objectAtIndex:0];
-  } else {
-    val = arg;
-  }
-  updateStarted = NO;
-  allowLayoutUpdate = YES;
-  ENSURE_TYPE_OR_NIL(val, NSDictionary);
-  [self processTempProperties:val];
-  allowLayoutUpdate = NO;
-}
-
 - (BOOL)belongsToContext:(id<TiEvaluator>)context
 {
   id<TiEvaluator> myContext = ([self executionContext] == nil) ? [self pageContext] : [self executionContext];