diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index 7a26d160ca..497824559c 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const SocketUser = module.exports;
 require('./user/profile')(SocketUser);
 require('./user/status')(SocketUser);
 require('./user/picture')(SocketUser);
-require('./user/ban')(SocketUser);
 require('./user/registration')(SocketUser);
 
 SocketUser.exists = async function (socket, data) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user/ban.js b/src/socket.io/user/ban.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 77df1d78a9..0000000000
--- a/src/socket.io/user/ban.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const api = require('../../api');
-const websockets = require('../index');
-
-module.exports = function (SocketUser) {
-	SocketUser.banUsers = async function (socket, data) {
-		websockets.warnDeprecated(socket, 'PUT /api/v3/users/:uid/ban');
-		await Promise.all(data.uids.map(async (uid) => {
-			const payload = { ...data };
-			delete payload.uids;
-			payload.uid = uid;
-			await api.users.ban(socket, payload);
-		}));
-	};
-
-	SocketUser.unbanUsers = async function (socket, uids) {
-		websockets.warnDeprecated(socket, 'DELETE /api/v3/users/:uid/ban');
-		await Promise.all(uids.map(async (uid) => {
-			await api.users.unban(socket, { uid });
-		}));
-	};
-};
diff --git a/test/socket.io.js b/test/socket.io.js
index 818c087365..5efc2c8d72 100644
--- a/test/socket.io.js
+++ b/test/socket.io.js
@@ -121,20 +121,15 @@ describe('socket.io', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it('should ban a user', (done) => {
-		const socketUser = require('../src/socket.io/user');
-		socketUser.banUsers({ uid: adminUid }, { uids: [regularUid], reason: 'spammer' }, (err) => {
-			assert.ifError(err);
-			user.getLatestBanInfo(regularUid, (err, data) => {
-				assert.ifError(err);
-				assert(data.uid);
-				assert(data.timestamp);
-				assert(data.hasOwnProperty('banned_until'));
-				assert(data.hasOwnProperty('banned_until_readable'));
-				assert.equal(data.reason, 'spammer');
-				done();
-			});
-		});
+	it('should ban a user', async () => {
+		const apiUser = require('../src/api/users');
+		await apiUser.ban({ uid: adminUid }, { uid: regularUid, reason: 'spammer' });
+		const data = await user.getLatestBanInfo(regularUid);
+		assert(data.uid);
+		assert(data.timestamp);
+		assert(data.hasOwnProperty('banned_until'));
+		assert(data.hasOwnProperty('banned_until_readable'));
+		assert.equal(data.reason, 'spammer');
 	});
 
 	it('should return ban reason', (done) => {
@@ -145,16 +140,11 @@ describe('socket.io', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it('should unban a user', (done) => {
-		const socketUser = require('../src/socket.io/user');
-		socketUser.unbanUsers({ uid: adminUid }, [regularUid], (err) => {
-			assert.ifError(err);
-			user.bans.isBanned(regularUid, (err, isBanned) => {
-				assert.ifError(err);
-				assert(!isBanned);
-				done();
-			});
-		});
+	it('should unban a user', async () => {
+		const apiUser = require('../src/api/users');
+		await apiUser.unban({ uid: adminUid }, { uid: regularUid });
+		const isBanned = await user.bans.isBanned(regularUid);
+		assert(!isBanned);
 	});
 
 	it('should make user admin', (done) => {