diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
index 0d3d736619ec1618efdefe7ca52b2fba39337482..fa3cd763e8c9dcd2ced2a41318fca726801bd84f 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -956,27 +956,6 @@ function comment_user_predelete($account) {
   entity_delete_multiple('comment', $cids);
 }
 
-/**
- * Loads the entire comment by comment ID.
- *
- * @param int $cid
- *   The ID of the comment to be loaded.
- * @param bool $reset
- *   (optional) Whether to reset the internal static entity cache.
- *
- * @return \Drupal\comment\CommentInterface
- *   The comment object.
- *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.
- *   Use \Drupal\comment\Entity\Comment::load().
- */
-function comment_load($cid, $reset = FALSE) {
-  if ($reset) {
-    \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('comment')->resetCache(array($cid));
-  }
-  return Comment::load($cid);
-}
-
 /**
  * Gets the number of new comments for the current user and the specified node.
  *