diff --git a/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranTokenizer.java b/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranTokenizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4422a17d0c..0000000000
--- a/pmd-fortran/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/FortranTokenizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
- */
-
-package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-/**
- * Tokenizer implementation for Fortran
- *
- * @author Romain PELISSE - romain.pelisse@atosorigin.com
- *
- * @deprecated Was replaced by an {@link AnyTokenizer}. Use {@link FortranLanguage#getTokenizer()} anyway
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class FortranTokenizer extends AbstractTokenizer implements Tokenizer {
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of {@link FortranTokenizer}.
-     */
-    public FortranTokenizer() {
-        this.spanMultipleLinesString = false; // No such thing in Fortran !
-        // setting markers for "string" in Fortran
-        this.stringToken = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.stringToken.add("\'");
-        // setting markers for 'ignorable character' in Fortran
-        this.ignorableCharacter = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add("(");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add(")");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add(",");
-
-        // setting markers for 'ignorable string' in Fortran
-        this.ignorableStmt = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("do");
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("while");
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("end");
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("if");
-        // Fortran comment start with an !
-        this.oneLineCommentChar = '!';
-    }
-}
diff --git a/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PerlTokenizer.java b/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PerlTokenizer.java
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index 910d1bb1dd..0000000000
--- a/pmd-perl/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PerlTokenizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
- */
-
-package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated Replaced by an {@link AnyTokenizer}. Use {@link PerlLanguage#getTokenizer()} anyway
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class PerlTokenizer extends AbstractTokenizer {
-    public PerlTokenizer() {
-        this.stringToken = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.stringToken.add("\'");
-        this.stringToken.add("\"");
-
-        this.ignorableCharacter = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        this.ignorableStmt = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        this.spanMultipleLinesString = true;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyTokenizer.java b/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyTokenizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 40fceef583..0000000000
--- a/pmd-ruby/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/RubyTokenizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
- */
-
-package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-/**
- * Tokenizer for Ruby.
- *
- * @author Zev Blut zb@ubit.com
- * @deprecated Was replaced by an {@link AnyTokenizer}. Use {@link RubyLanguage#getTokenizer()} anyway
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class RubyTokenizer extends AbstractTokenizer {
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new Ruby tokenizer.
-     */
-    public RubyTokenizer() {
-        // setting markers for "string" in ruby
-        this.stringToken = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.stringToken.add("\'");
-        this.stringToken.add("\"");
-        // setting markers for 'ignorable character' in Ruby
-        this.ignorableCharacter = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add("{");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add("}");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add("(");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add(")");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add(";");
-        this.ignorableCharacter.add(",");
-
-        // setting markers for 'ignorable string' in Ruby
-        this.ignorableStmt = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("while");
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("do");
-        this.ignorableStmt.add("end");
-    }
-}