diff --git a/lib/arel/deprecated.rb b/lib/arel/deprecated.rb
index 28f96a8a8c..31db11bd2c 100644
--- a/lib/arel/deprecated.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/deprecated.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 module Arel
   InnerJoin = Nodes::InnerJoin
+  OuterJoin = Nodes::OuterJoin
 end
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb
index 9fd2615f39..bf10eeac18 100644
--- a/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/inner_join.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@ module Arel
     class InnerJoin < Arel::Nodes::Join
     end
   end
-
-  # FIXME: backwards compat
-  InnerJoin = Nodes::InnerJoin
 end
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb
index 71da6e70d5..bea5578b95 100644
--- a/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/outer_join.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@ module Arel
     class OuterJoin < Arel::Nodes::Join
     end
   end
-
-  # FIXME: backwards compat
-  OuterJoin = Nodes::OuterJoin
 end