diff --git a/iphone/Classes/TiUITextFieldProxy.m b/iphone/Classes/TiUITextFieldProxy.m
index 258762a6bd1..fc40689c238 100644
--- a/iphone/Classes/TiUITextFieldProxy.m
+++ b/iphone/Classes/TiUITextFieldProxy.m
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ @implementation TiUITextFieldProxy
 DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(clearButtonMode, UITextFieldViewModeNever);
 DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(leftButtonMode, UITextFieldViewModeNever);
 DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(rightButtonMode, UITextFieldViewModeNever);
-DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(appearance, UIKeyboardAppearanceDefault);
+DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(keyboardAppearance, UIKeyboardAppearanceDefault);
 DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(autocapitalization, UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone);
 DEFINE_DEF_INT_PROP(maxLength, -1);
 
diff --git a/iphone/Classes/TiUITextWidget.m b/iphone/Classes/TiUITextWidget.m
index cb27031b153..3251d3517f9 100644
--- a/iphone/Classes/TiUITextWidget.m
+++ b/iphone/Classes/TiUITextWidget.m
@@ -183,16 +183,6 @@ - (void)setPasswordRules_:(NSString *)passwordRules
 
 #pragma mark Responder methods
 
-- (void)setAppearance_:(id)value
-{
-  NSString *className = [NSStringFromClass([self class]) substringFromIndex:4];
-  NSString *deprecatedApi = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"UI.%@%@", className, @".appearance"];
-  NSString *newApi = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"UI.%@%@", className, @".keyboardAppearance"];
-
-  DEPRECATED_REPLACED(deprecatedApi, @"5.2.0", newApi);
-  [self setKeyboardAppearance_:value];
-}
-
 - (void)setKeyboardAppearance_:(id)value
 {
   [[self textWidgetView] setKeyboardAppearance:[TiUtils intValue:value]];