diff --git a/ratelimit/token_bucket.go b/ratelimit/token_bucket.go
index b71e50b..e8a6de6 100644
--- a/ratelimit/token_bucket.go
+++ b/ratelimit/token_bucket.go
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ package ratelimit
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/juju/ratelimit"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
 )
@@ -14,22 +11,6 @@ import (
 // triggered and the request is rejected.
 var ErrLimited = errors.New("rate limit exceeded")
 
-// NewTokenBucketLimiter returns an endpoint.Middleware that acts as a rate
-// limiter based on a token-bucket algorithm. Requests that would exceed the
-// maximum request rate are simply rejected with an error.
-func NewTokenBucketLimiter(tb *ratelimit.Bucket) endpoint.Middleware {
-	return NewErroringLimiter(NewAllower(tb))
-}
-
-// NewTokenBucketThrottler returns an endpoint.Middleware that acts as a
-// request throttler based on a token-bucket algorithm. Requests that would
-// exceed the maximum request rate are delayed.
-// The parameterized function "_" is kept for backwards-compatiblity of
-// the API, but it is no longer used for anything. You may pass it nil.
-func NewTokenBucketThrottler(tb *ratelimit.Bucket, _ func(time.Duration)) endpoint.Middleware {
-	return NewDelayingLimiter(NewWaiter(tb))
-}
-
 // Allower dictates whether or not a request is acceptable to run.
 // The Limiter from "golang.org/x/time/rate" already implements this interface,
 // one is able to use that in NewErroringLimiter without any modifications.
@@ -81,13 +62,6 @@ func (f AllowerFunc) Allow() bool {
 	return f()
 }
 
-// NewAllower turns an existing ratelimit.Bucket into an API-compatible form
-func NewAllower(tb *ratelimit.Bucket) Allower {
-	return AllowerFunc(func() bool {
-		return (tb.TakeAvailable(1) != 0)
-	})
-}
-
 // WaiterFunc is an adapter that lets a function operate as if
 // it implements Waiter
 type WaiterFunc func(ctx context.Context) error
@@ -96,17 +70,3 @@ type WaiterFunc func(ctx context.Context) error
 func (f WaiterFunc) Wait(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return f(ctx)
 }
-
-// NewWaiter turns an existing ratelimit.Bucket into an API-compatible form
-func NewWaiter(tb *ratelimit.Bucket) Waiter {
-	return WaiterFunc(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		dur := tb.Take(1)
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		case <-time.After(dur):
-			// happy path
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-}
diff --git a/ratelimit/token_bucket_test.go b/ratelimit/token_bucket_test.go
index d444fe9..3845c9e 100644
--- a/ratelimit/token_bucket_test.go
+++ b/ratelimit/token_bucket_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	jujuratelimit "github.com/juju/ratelimit"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/endpoint"
@@ -15,22 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 var nopEndpoint = func(context.Context, interface{}) (interface{}, error) { return struct{}{}, nil }
 
-func TestTokenBucketLimiter(t *testing.T) {
-	tb := jujuratelimit.NewBucket(time.Minute, 1)
-	testSuccessThenFailure(
-		t,
-		ratelimit.NewTokenBucketLimiter(tb)(nopEndpoint),
-		ratelimit.ErrLimited.Error())
-}
-
-func TestTokenBucketThrottler(t *testing.T) {
-	tb := jujuratelimit.NewBucket(time.Minute, 1)
-	testSuccessThenFailure(
-		t,
-		ratelimit.NewTokenBucketThrottler(tb, nil)(nopEndpoint),
-		"context deadline exceeded")
-}
-
 func TestXRateErroring(t *testing.T) {
 	limit := rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(time.Minute), 1)
 	testSuccessThenFailure(