--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base.cc	Wed Nov 22 16:23:54 2023 -0800
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base.cc	Wed Nov 22 16:54:04 2023 -0800
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@
 DEFINE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA (octave_base_value,
                                      "<unknown type>", "unknown");
 
-// DEPRECATED in Octave 8.
-bool Vsparse_auto_mutate = false;
-
 #if defined (HAVE_PRAGMA_GCC_DIAGNOSTIC)
    // Disable this warning for the use of the "count" member variable in
    // the default constructor.  Push the current state so we can restore

--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base.h	Wed Nov 22 16:23:54 2023 -0800
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-base.h	Wed Nov 22 16:54:04 2023 -0800
@@ -1010,9 +1010,6 @@
   octave::auto_shlib m_containing_dynamic_library;
 };
 
-OCTAVE_DEPRECATED (8, "Vsparse_auto_mutate is obsolete and is now always false")
-extern OCTINTERP_API bool Vsparse_auto_mutate;
-
 // Utility function to convert C++ arguments used in subsref/subsasgn into an
 // octave_value_list object that can be used to call a function/method in the
 // interpreter.

--- a/scripts/deprecated/module.mk	Wed Nov 22 16:23:54 2023 -0800
+++ b/scripts/deprecated/module.mk	Wed Nov 22 16:54:04 2023 -0800
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 FCN_FILE_DIRS += %reldir%
 
 %canon_reldir%_FCN_FILES = \
-  %reldir%/.oct-config \
-  %reldir%/shift.m \
-  %reldir%/sparse_auto_mutate.m
+  %reldir%/.oct-config
 
 %canon_reldir%dir = $(fcnfiledir)/deprecated
 

--- a/scripts/deprecated/shift.m	Wed Nov 22 16:23:54 2023 -0800
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-########################################################################
-##
-## Copyright (C) 1995-2023 The Octave Project Developers
-##
-## See the file COPYRIGHT.md in the top-level directory of this
-## distribution or <https://octave.org/copyright/>.
-##
-## This file is part of Octave.
-##
-## Octave is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-## (at your option) any later version.
-##
-## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-## GNU General Public License for more details.
-##
-## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
-## <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-########################################################################
-
-## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn  {} {@var{y} =} shift (@var{x}, @var{b})
-## @deftypefnx {} {@var{y} =} shift (@var{x}, @var{b}, @var{dim})
-##
-## @code{shift} is deprecated and will be removed in Octave version 10.  Use
-## @code{circshift} instead.
-##
-## If @var{x} is a vector, perform a circular shift of length @var{b} of
-## the elements of @var{x}.
-##
-## If @var{x} is a matrix, do the same for each column of @var{x}.
-##
-## If the optional @var{dim} argument is given, operate along this dimension.
-## @seealso{circshift}
-## @end deftypefn
-
-## FIXME: DEPRECATED: Remove in version 10.
-
-function y = shift (x, b, dim)
-
-  persistent warned = false;
-  if (! warned)
-    warned = true;
-    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
-             "shift is deprecated and will be removed from a future version of Octave, please use circshift instead\n");
-  endif
-
-  if (nargin < 2)
-    print_usage ();
-  endif
-
-  if (numel (x) < 1)
-    error ("shift: X must not be empty");
-  elseif (! (isscalar (b) && b == fix (b)))
-    error ("shift: B must be an integer");
-  endif
-
-  nd = ndims (x);
-  sz = size (x);
-
-  if (nargin == 3)
-    if (!(isscalar (dim) && dim == fix (dim))
-        || !(1 <= dim && dim <= nd))
-      error ("shift: DIM must be an integer and a valid dimension");
-    endif
-  else
-    ## Find the first non-singleton dimension.
-    (dim = find (sz > 1, 1)) || (dim = 1);
-  endif
-
-  d = sz(dim);
-
-  idx = repmat ({':'}, nd, 1);
-  if (b > 0)
-    b = rem (b, d);
-    idx{dim} = [d-b+1:d, 1:d-b];
-  elseif (b < 0)
-    b = rem (abs (b), d);
-    idx{dim} = [b+1:d, 1:b];
-  endif
-
-  y = x(idx{:});
-
-endfunction
-
-
-%!test
-%! a = [1, 2, 3];
-%! b = [4, 5, 6];
-%! c = [7, 8, 9];
-%!
-%! r = [a, b, c];
-%! m = [a; b; c];
-%!
-%! assert (shift (r, 0), r);
-%! assert (shift (r, 3), [c, a, b]);
-%! assert (shift (r, -6), [c, a, b]);
-%! assert (shift (r, -3), [b, c, a]);
-%! assert (shift (m, 1), [c; a; b]);
-%! assert (shift (m, -2), [c; a; b]);
-
-## Test input validation
-%!error <Invalid call> shift ()
-%!error <Invalid call> shift (1)
-%!error <X must not be empty> shift ([], 1)
-%!error <B must be an integer> shift (ones (2), ones (2))
-%!error <B must be an integer> shift (ones (2), 1.5)
-%!error <DIM must be an integer> shift (1, 1, 1.5)
-%!error <DIM must be .* a valid dimension> shift (1, 1, 0)
-%!error <DIM must be .* a valid dimension> shift (1, 1, 3)

--- a/scripts/deprecated/sparse_auto_mutate.m	Wed Nov 22 16:23:54 2023 -0800
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-########################################################################
-##
-## Copyright (C) 2022-2023 The Octave Project Developers
-##
-## See the file COPYRIGHT.md in the top-level directory of this
-## distribution or <https://octave.org/copyright/>.
-##
-## This file is part of Octave.
-##
-## Octave is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-## (at your option) any later version.
-##
-## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-## GNU General Public License for more details.
-##
-## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
-## <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-########################################################################
-
-## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn  {} {@var{val} =} sparse_auto_mutate ()
-## @deftypefnx {} {@var{old_val} =} sparse_auto_mutate (@var{new_val})
-## @deftypefnx {} {@var{old_val} =} sparse_auto_mutate (@var{new_val}, "local")
-##
-## @code{sparse_auto_mutate} is deprecated and will be removed in Octave
-## version 10.
-##
-## The @code{sparse_auto_mutate} function no longer has any effect on Octave's
-## behavior.  Previously, after calling @code{sparse_auto_mutate (true)},
-## Octave would automatically convert sparse matrices to full when a sparse
-## matrix required more memory than simply using full matrix storage.  This
-## setting was false by default for compatibility with @sc{matlab}.  Now you
-## must manually convert to full storage when desired (use @code{full}).
-## @seealso{full}
-## @end deftypefn
-
-## FIXME: DEPRECATED: Remove in version 10.
-
-function retval = sparse_auto_mutate (val, opt)
-
-  persistent warned = false;
-  if (! warned)
-    warned = true;
-    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
-             "sparse_auto_mutate is obsolete, has no effect, and will be removed from a future version of Octave\n");
-  endif
-
-  if (nargin == 0 || nargout > 0)
-    retval = false;  # Always false now.
-    return;
-  endif
-
-  if (nargin == 2)
-    if (! (ischar (opt) && strcmp (opt, "local")))
-      error ('sparse_auto_mutate: second argument must be "local"');
-    endif
-    nargin = 1;
-  endif
-
-  ## Don't bother warning that "local" is invalid outside of a function.
-  if (nargin > 1)
-    print_usage ();
-  endif
-
-  if (! islogical (val))
-    error ("sparse_auto_mutate: argument must be a logical value");
-  endif
-
-endfunction