diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7900a53..a9425fe5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ recommendations of [keepachangelog.com](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
-- [#479](https://github.com/airblade/paper_trail/issues/479) - Deprecated
-  `originator` method, use `paper_trail_originator`
+- Removed deprecated `Version#originator`, use `#paper_trail_originator`
 - Using paper_trail.on_destroy(:after) with ActiveRecord's
   belongs_to_required_by_default will produce an error instead of a warning.
 - Failing to set PaperTrail.config.track_associations will no longer produce
diff --git a/lib/paper_trail/version_concern.rb b/lib/paper_trail/version_concern.rb
index 8af914e6..c828a2f8 100644
--- a/lib/paper_trail/version_concern.rb
+++ b/lib/paper_trail/version_concern.rb
@@ -230,11 +230,6 @@ module PaperTrail
       @paper_trail_originator ||= previous.try(:whodunnit)
     end
 
-    def originator
-      ::ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Use paper_trail_originator instead of originator."
-      paper_trail_originator
-    end
-
     # Returns who changed the item from the state it had in this version. This
     # is an alias for `whodunnit`.
     def terminator
diff --git a/spec/models/version_spec.rb b/spec/models/version_spec.rb
index 7d6a0329..1ff8e504 100644
--- a/spec/models/version_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/version_spec.rb
@@ -65,23 +65,6 @@ module PaperTrail
       end
     end
 
-    describe "#originator" do
-      it "delegates to paper_trail_originator" do
-        allow(ActiveSupport::Deprecation).to receive(:warn)
-        version = PaperTrail::Version.new
-        allow(version).to receive(:paper_trail_originator)
-        version.originator
-        expect(version).to have_received(:paper_trail_originator)
-      end
-
-      it "displays a deprecation warning" do
-        allow(ActiveSupport::Deprecation).to receive(:warn)
-        PaperTrail::Version.new.originator
-        expect(ActiveSupport::Deprecation).to have_received(:warn).
-          with(/Use paper_trail_originator instead of originator/)
-      end
-    end
-
     describe "#terminator" do
       it "is an alias for the `whodunnit` attribute" do
         attributes = { whodunnit: FFaker::Name.first_name }