diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSlice.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSlice.pm
index ddeaeadd5e92d42cde5f12a293bbc92dd42a49bd..b4e4995eb9640e16642f8836396dee7f4aac9599 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSlice.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSlice.pm
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ by an adaptor/factory.
   Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::AssemblySliceAdaptor
   Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::AlignSlice
   Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::AlignSlice::Slice
-  Bio::EnsEMBL::AlignStrainSlice
   Bio::EnsEMBL::StrainSlice
 
 =cut
diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSliceContainer.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSliceContainer.pm
index bb11b462d8c2199aa90fb2e96fde5e8928917598..70d8d3426d1c3236ce4e79f8aa350b816e6e47d4 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSliceContainer.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/MappedSliceContainer.pm
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ mapper on the existing MappedSlices.
   Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::AssemblySliceAdaptor
   Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::AlignSlice
   Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::AlignSlice::Slice
-  Bio::EnsEMBL::AlignStrainSlice
   Bio::EnsEMBL::StrainSlice
 
 =cut
diff --git a/modules/t/dependencies.t b/modules/t/dependencies.t
index 32754e026148010f01cf01e86f37f191b171b6f6..f230d680069b112a1858a10eb1b016b850eceb12 100644
--- a/modules/t/dependencies.t
+++ b/modules/t/dependencies.t
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ my %result = map{$_ => 1} @result;
 
 my @exceptions = ('/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/TranscriptAlleles.pm', 
    	       	 '/Bio/EnsEMBL/Utils/ensembl_init.example',
-             '/Bio/EnsEMBL/AlignStrainSlice',
              '/Bio/EnsEMBL/Feature',
              '/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseFeatureAdaptor.pm',
              '/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/DensityFeatureAdaptor.pm',