--- a/doc/changes/3.22.rst	Wed Nov 25 18:31:48 2015 +0100
+++ b/doc/changes/3.22.rst	Thu Jun 25 17:13:33 2015 +0200
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@
 * the ``cubicweb.server.hooksmanager`` module was removed
 
 * the ``Repository.pinfo()`` method was removed
+
+* the ``cubicweb.utils.SizeConstrainedList`` class was removed

--- a/test/unittest_utils.py	Wed Nov 25 18:31:48 2015 +0100
+++ b/test/unittest_utils.py	Thu Jun 25 17:13:33 2015 +0200
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, DocTest, unittest_main
 
 from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
-from cubicweb.utils import (make_uid, UStringIO, SizeConstrainedList,
-                            RepeatList, HTMLHead, QueryCache, parse_repo_uri)
+from cubicweb.utils import (make_uid, UStringIO, RepeatList, HTMLHead,
+                            QueryCache, parse_repo_uri)
 from cubicweb.entity import Entity
 
 try:
@@ -166,25 +166,6 @@
         self.assertEqual(l, [(1, 3)]*2)
 
 
-class SizeConstrainedListTC(TestCase):
-
-    def test_append(self):
-        l = SizeConstrainedList(10)
-        for i in range(12):
-            l.append(i)
-        self.assertEqual(l, list(range(2, 12)))
-
-    def test_extend(self):
-        testdata = [(list(range(5)), list(range(5))),
-                    (list(range(10)), list(range(10))),
-                    (list(range(12)), list(range(2, 12))),
-                    ]
-        for extension, expected in testdata:
-            l = SizeConstrainedList(10)
-            l.extend(extension)
-            yield self.assertEqual, l, expected
-
-
 class JSONEncoderTC(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         if json is None:

--- a/utils.py	Wed Nov 25 18:31:48 2015 +0100
+++ b/utils.py	Thu Jun 25 17:13:33 2015 +0200
@@ -139,39 +139,6 @@
             yield subchild
 
 
-class SizeConstrainedList(list):
-    """simple list that makes sure the list does not get bigger than a given
-    size.
-
-    when the list is full and a new element is added, the first element of the
-    list is removed before appending the new one
-
-    >>> l = SizeConstrainedList(2)
-    >>> l.append(1)
-    >>> l.append(2)
-    >>> l
-    [1, 2]
-    >>> l.append(3)
-    >>> l
-    [2, 3]
-    """
-    def __init__(self, maxsize):
-        self.maxsize = maxsize
-
-    def append(self, element):
-        if len(self) == self.maxsize:
-            del self[0]
-        super(SizeConstrainedList, self).append(element)
-
-    def extend(self, sequence):
-        super(SizeConstrainedList, self).extend(sequence)
-        keepafter = len(self) - self.maxsize
-        if keepafter > 0:
-            del self[:keepafter]
-
-    __iadd__ = extend
-
-
 class RepeatList(object):
     """fake a list with the same element in each row"""
     __slots__ = ('_size', '_item')