diff -r 362fdb399ff5 -r 55014a79b2a5 cubicweb/devtools/htmlparser.py
--- a/cubicweb/devtools/htmlparser.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:03 2019 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/devtools/htmlparser.py	Thu Mar 14 14:45:18 2019 +0100
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
 from lxml import etree
 
-from logilab.common.deprecation import class_deprecated, class_renamed
-
 from cubicweb.view import STRICT_DOCTYPE, TRANSITIONAL_DOCTYPE
 
 STRICT_DOCTYPE = str(STRICT_DOCTYPE)
@@ -131,11 +129,6 @@
         Validator.__init__(self)
         self.parser = etree.XMLParser()
 
-SaxOnlyValidator = class_renamed('SaxOnlyValidator',
-                                 XMLValidator,
-                                 '[3.17] you should use the '
-                                 'XMLValidator class instead')
-
 
 class XMLSyntaxValidator(Validator):
     """XML syntax validator, check XML is well-formed"""