diff -r 3117f1736f00 -r 1ef92a6193a8 migration.py
--- a/migration.py	Thu May 15 23:18:17 2014 +0200
+++ b/migration.py	Thu Oct 23 15:47:17 2014 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from logilab.common.configuration import REQUIRED, read_old_config
 from logilab.common.shellutils import ASK
 from logilab.common.changelog import Version
+from logilab.common.deprecation import deprecated
 
 from cubicweb import ConfigurationError, ExecutionError
 from cubicweb.cwconfig import CubicWebConfiguration as cwcfg
@@ -407,7 +408,11 @@
             self.config.add_cubes(newcubes)
         return newcubes
 
+    @deprecated('[3.20] use drop_cube() instead of remove_cube()')
     def cmd_remove_cube(self, cube, removedeps=False):
+        return self.cmd_drop_cube(cube, removedeps)
+
+    def cmd_drop_cube(self, cube, removedeps=False):
         if removedeps:
             toremove = self.config.expand_cubes([cube])
         else: