diff --git a/lib/rdoc/context/section.rb b/lib/rdoc/context/section.rb
index 11f9ceaf87..5fef4a9ffc 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/context/section.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/context/section.rb
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ class RDoc::Context::Section
 
   attr_reader :title
 
-  @@sequence = "SEC00000"
-
   ##
   # Creates a new section with +title+ and +comment+
 
@@ -43,9 +41,6 @@ class RDoc::Context::Section
     @parent = parent
     @title = title ? title.strip : title
 
-    @@sequence = @@sequence.succ
-    @sequence = @@sequence.dup
-
     @comments = []
 
     add_comment comment
@@ -233,13 +228,5 @@ class RDoc::Context::Section
     end
   end
 
-  ##
-  # Section sequence number (deprecated)
-
-  def sequence
-    warn "RDoc::Context::Section#sequence is deprecated, use #aref"
-    @sequence
-  end
-
 end
 
diff --git a/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_context_section.rb b/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_context_section.rb
index c520ad05a5..24c68c49dd 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_context_section.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_context_section.rb
@@ -143,13 +143,5 @@ class TestRDocContextSection < RDoc::TestCase
     assert_equal doc(other_comment.parse), loaded.comments
   end
 
-  def test_sequence
-    _, err = verbose_capture_output do
-      assert_match(/\ASEC\d{5}\Z/, @s.sequence)
-    end
-
-    assert_equal "#{@S}#sequence is deprecated, use #aref\n", err
-  end
-
 end