diff --git a/include/coap2/coap_hashkey.h b/include/coap2/coap_hashkey.h
index 9466a575..7ab9a6fc 100644
--- a/include/coap2/coap_hashkey.h
+++ b/include/coap2/coap_hashkey.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void coap_hash_impl(const unsigned char *s, unsigned int len, coap_key_t h);
 #endif /* coap_hash */
 
 /**
- * Calls coap_hash() with given @c str object as parameter.
+ * Calls coap_hash() with given @c coap_string_t object as parameter.
  *
  * @param Str Must contain a pointer to a coap string object.
  * @param H   A coap_key_t object to store the result.
diff --git a/include/coap2/str.h b/include/coap2/str.h
index 2cd21543..daba5bd2 100644
--- a/include/coap2/str.h
+++ b/include/coap2/str.h
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ typedef struct coap_str_const_t {
   const uint8_t *s; /**< string data */
 } coap_str_const_t;
 
-/**
- * @deprecated Use coap_string_t instead.
- */
-COAP_DEPRECATED
-typedef coap_string_t str;
-
 #define COAP_SET_STR(st,l,v) { (st)->length = (l), (st)->s = (v); }
 
 /**