diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index 5acfbc9192..f1d81f7983 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ proc deprecatedStmt(c: PContext; pragma: PNode) =
   for n in pragma:
     if n.kind in {nkExprColonExpr, nkExprEqExpr}:
       let dest = qualifiedLookUp(c, n[1], {checkUndeclared})
-      assert dest != nil
+      if dest == nil or dest.kind in routineKinds:
+        localError(n.info, warnUser, "the .deprecated pragma is unreliable for routines")
       let src = considerQuotedIdent(n[0])
       let alias = newSym(skAlias, src, dest, n[0].info)
       incl(alias.flags, sfExported)
diff --git a/lib/pure/cgi.nim b/lib/pure/cgi.nim
index 200a4adf18..fcf2cf99f5 100644
--- a/lib/pure/cgi.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/cgi.nim
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ proc decodeUrl*(s: string): string =
     inc(j)
   setLen(result, j)
 
-{.deprecated: [URLDecode: decodeUrl, URLEncode: encodeUrl].}
-
 proc addXmlChar(dest: var string, c: char) {.inline.} =
   case c
   of '&': add(dest, "&")
@@ -101,8 +99,7 @@ type
     methodPost,          ## query uses the POST method
     methodGet            ## query uses the GET method
 
-{.deprecated: [TRequestMethod: RequestMethod, ECgi: CgiError,
-  XMLencode: xmlEncode].}
+{.deprecated: [TRequestMethod: RequestMethod, ECgi: CgiError].}
 
 proc cgiError*(msg: string) {.noreturn.} =
   ## raises an ECgi exception with message `msg`.
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim b/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
index 3f8a9574d6..d0f5c78e07 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ proc deduplicate*[T](s: openArray[T]): seq[T] =
   for itm in items(s):
     if not result.contains(itm): result.add(itm)
 
-{.deprecated: [distnct: deduplicate].}
-
 proc zip*[S, T](s1: openArray[S], s2: openArray[T]): seq[tuple[a: S, b: T]] =
   ## Returns a new sequence with a combination of the two input containers.
   ##
diff --git a/lib/pure/includes/oserr.nim b/lib/pure/includes/oserr.nim
index dbb709f1b0..0889d73835 100644
--- a/lib/pure/includes/oserr.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/includes/oserr.nim
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ proc raiseOSError*(msg: string = "") {.noinline, rtl, extern: "nos$1",
     raise newException(OSError, msg)
 {.pop.}
 
-when not defined(nimfix):
-  {.deprecated: [osError: raiseOSError].}
-
 proc `==`*(err1, err2: OSErrorCode): bool {.borrow.}
 proc `$`*(err: OSErrorCode): string {.borrow.}
 
diff --git a/lib/pure/scgi.nim b/lib/pure/scgi.nim
index 711e4a8975..1ff26954e6 100644
--- a/lib/pure/scgi.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/scgi.nim
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ type
   AsyncScgiState* = ref AsyncScgiStateObj
 
 {.deprecated: [EScgi: ScgiError, TScgiState: ScgiState,
-   PAsyncScgiState: AsyncScgiState, scgiError: raiseScgiError].}
+   PAsyncScgiState: AsyncScgiState].}
 
 proc recvBuffer(s: var ScgiState, L: int) =
   if L > s.bufLen:
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index c1bf1a9199..1b53bf9f57 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -3118,9 +3118,6 @@ when not defined(JS): #and not defined(nimscript):
       ## returns the OS file handle of the file ``f``. This is only useful for
       ## platform specific programming.
 
-    when not defined(nimfix):
-      {.deprecated: [fileHandle: getFileHandle].}
-
   when declared(newSeq):
     proc cstringArrayToSeq*(a: cstringArray, len: Natural): seq[string] =
       ## converts a ``cstringArray`` to a ``seq[string]``. `a` is supposed to be
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tgetfileinfo.nim b/tests/stdlib/tgetfileinfo.nim
index 1c897b7024..019c2eb7ff 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tgetfileinfo.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tgetfileinfo.nim
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ proc testGetFileInfo =
   block:
     let
       testFile = open(getAppFilename())
-      testHandle = fileHandle(testFile)
+      testHandle = getFileHandle(testFile)
     try:
       discard getFileInfo(testFile)
       #echo("Handle : Valid File : Success")