diff -r 3d9883a6068f -r 72c3af2cde23 cubicweb/server/repository.py
--- a/cubicweb/server/repository.py	Fri Mar 10 14:01:45 2017 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/repository.py	Fri Mar 10 14:02:31 2017 +0100
@@ -663,10 +663,6 @@
             cnx.commit()
         return session
 
-    @deprecated('[3.23] use .new_session instead (and get a plain session object)')
-    def connect(self, login, **kwargs):
-        return self.new_session(login, **kwargs).sessionid
-
     # session handling ########################################################
 
     @contextmanager