diff --git a/src/fix_ave_spatial.cpp b/src/fix_ave_spatial.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ef9e04a373..0000000000
--- a/src/fix_ave_spatial.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   LAMMPS - Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
-   http://lammps.sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories
-   Steve Plimpton, sjplimp@sandia.gov
-
-   Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation.  Under the terms of Contract
-   DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains
-   certain rights in this software.  This software is distributed under
-   the GNU General Public License.
-
-   See the README file in the top-level LAMMPS directory.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-#include "fix_ave_spatial.h"
-#include "comm.h"
-#include "error.h"
-
-using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
-
-/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-FixAveSpatial::FixAveSpatial(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
-  Fix(lmp, narg, arg)
-{
-  const char *message = "\n"
-    "NOTE: The fix ave/spatial command has been replaced by the\n"
-    "more general fix ave/chunk and compute chunk/atom commands.\n"
-    "All ave/spatial functionality is available in the new commands.\n"
-    "These ave/spatial keywords & options are part of fix ave/chunk:\n"
-    "  Nevery, Nrepeat, Nfreq, input values, norm, ave, file, overwrite, title123\n"
-    "These ave/spatial keywords & options for binning are part of compute chunk/atom:\n"
-    "  dim, origin, delta, region, bound, discard, units\n\n";
-
-  if (comm->me == 0) {
-    if (screen) fprintf(screen,message);
-    if (logfile) fprintf(logfile,message);
-  }
-
-  error->all(FLERR,"The fix ave/spatial command has been removed from LAMMPS");
-}
diff --git a/src/fix_ave_spatial.h b/src/fix_ave_spatial.h
deleted file mode 100644
index de592cbc95..0000000000
--- a/src/fix_ave_spatial.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- c++ -*- ----------------------------------------------------------
-   LAMMPS - Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
-   http://lammps.sandia.gov, Sandia National Laboratories
-   Steve Plimpton, sjplimp@sandia.gov
-
-   Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation.  Under the terms of Contract
-   DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains
-   certain rights in this software.  This software is distributed under
-   the GNU General Public License.
-
-   See the README file in the top-level LAMMPS directory.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-#ifdef FIX_CLASS
-
-FixStyle(ave/spatial,FixAveSpatial)
-
-#else
-
-#ifndef LMP_FIX_AVE_SPATIAL_H
-#define LMP_FIX_AVE_SPATIAL_H
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include "fix.h"
-
-namespace LAMMPS_NS {
-
-class FixAveSpatial : public Fix {
- public:
-  FixAveSpatial(class LAMMPS *, int, char **);
-  ~FixAveSpatial() {}
-  int setmask() {}
-  void init() {}
-};
-
-}
-
-#endif
-#endif
-
-/* ERROR/WARNING messages:
-
-E: The fix ave/spatial command has been removed from LAMMPS
-
-It has been replaced by the more flexible fix ave/chunk and compute
-chunk/atom commands.  All the fix ave/spatial keywords and options are
-available in those two newer commands.
-
-*/