diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyDescriptor.java b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyDescriptor.java
index 4c0954740..8def05e74 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyDescriptor.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/ColumnFamilyDescriptor.java
@@ -11,19 +11,6 @@ package org.rocksdb;
  */
 public class ColumnFamilyDescriptor {
 
-  /**
-   * <p>Creates a new Column Family using a name and default
-   * options,</p>
-   *
-   * @param columnFamilyName name of column family.
-   * @deprecated will be removed in RocksDB 3.10.0. Use
-   * {@link #ColumnFamilyDescriptor(byte[])} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public ColumnFamilyDescriptor(final String columnFamilyName){
-    this(columnFamilyName.getBytes(), new ColumnFamilyOptions());
-  }
-
   /**
    * <p>Creates a new Column Family using a name and default
    * options,</p>
@@ -35,22 +22,6 @@ public class ColumnFamilyDescriptor {
     this(columnFamilyName, new ColumnFamilyOptions());
   }
 
-  /**
-   * <p>Creates a new Column Family using a name and custom
-   * options.</p>
-   *
-   * @param columnFamilyName name of column family.
-   * @param columnFamilyOptions options to be used with
-   *     column family.
-   * @deprecated will be removed in RocksDB 3.10.0. Use
-   * {@link #ColumnFamilyDescriptor(byte[], ColumnFamilyOptions)} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public ColumnFamilyDescriptor(final String columnFamilyName,
-      final ColumnFamilyOptions columnFamilyOptions) {
-    this(columnFamilyName.getBytes(), columnFamilyOptions);
-  }
-
   /**
    * <p>Creates a new Column Family using a name and custom
    * options.</p>