2 files changed, 1 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
index 8ec256105..de99ca137 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
@@ -756,31 +756,6 @@ array_cast(PyArrayObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
 
 static PyObject *
-array_preparearray(PyArrayObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    PyObject *arr;
-    PyObject *ret;
-
-    if (PyTuple_Size(args) < 1) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-                        "only accepts 1 argument");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    arr = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
-    if (arr == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    if (!PyArray_Check(arr)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-                        "can only be called with ndarray object");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    Py_INCREF(arr);
-    return arr;
-}
-
-
-static PyObject *
 array_wraparray(PyArrayObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     PyObject *arr;
diff --git a/numpy/doc/subclassing.py b/numpy/doc/subclassing.py
index 24f0108d7..de0338060 100644
--- a/numpy/doc/subclassing.py
+++ b/numpy/doc/subclassing.py
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ So:
 
 .. _array-wrap:
 
-``__array_prepare__`` and ``__array_wrap__`` for ufuncs
+``__array_wrap__`` for ufuncs
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
 ``__array_wrap__`` gets called at the end of numpy ufuncs and other numpy