diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e509c04f2..e81d12a3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 * @BrandonOCasey Document audio/video track usage ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3295))
 * @hartman Correct documentation to refer to nativeTextTracks option ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3309))
 * @nickygerritsen Also pass tech options to canHandleSource ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3303))
+* @misteroneill Un-deprecate the videojs.players property ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/3299))
 
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/src/js/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.js b/src/js/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fa2d446f9..000000000
--- a/src/js/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import log from './log.js';
-
-/**
- * Object containing the default behaviors for available handler methods.
- *
- * @private
- * @type {Object}
- */
-const defaultBehaviors = {
-  get(obj, key) {
-    return obj[key];
-  },
-  set(obj, key, value) {
-    obj[key] = value;
-    return true;
-  }
-};
-
-/**
- * Expose private objects publicly using a Proxy to log deprecation warnings.
- *
- * Browsers that do not support Proxy objects will simply return the `target`
- * object, so it can be directly exposed.
- *
- * @param {Object} target The target object.
- * @param {Object} messages Messages to display from a Proxy. Only operations
- *                          with an associated message will be proxied.
- * @param {String} [messages.get]
- * @param {String} [messages.set]
- * @return {Object} A Proxy if supported or the `target` argument.
- */
-export default (target, messages={}) => {
-  if (typeof Proxy === 'function') {
-    let handler = {};
-
-    // Build a handler object based on those keys that have both messages
-    // and default behaviors.
-    Object.keys(messages).forEach(key => {
-      if (defaultBehaviors.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-        handler[key] = function() {
-          log.warn(messages[key]);
-          return defaultBehaviors[key].apply(this, arguments);
-        };
-      }
-    });
-
-    return new Proxy(target, handler);
-  }
-  return target;
-};
diff --git a/src/js/video.js b/src/js/video.js
index f591efe7a..bd8ed19c9 100644
--- a/src/js/video.js
+++ b/src/js/video.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import TextTrack from './tracks/text-track.js';
 import AudioTrack from './tracks/audio-track.js';
 import VideoTrack from './tracks/video-track.js';
 
-import assign from 'object.assign';
 import { createTimeRanges } from './utils/time-ranges.js';
 import formatTime from './utils/format-time.js';
 import log from './utils/log.js';
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ import * as browser from './utils/browser.js';
 import * as Url from './utils/url.js';
 import extendFn from './extend.js';
 import merge from 'lodash-compat/object/merge';
-import createDeprecationProxy from './utils/create-deprecation-proxy.js';
 import xhr from 'xhr';
 
 // Include the built-in techs
@@ -153,21 +151,15 @@ videojs.options = Player.prototype.options_;
  * @mixes videojs
  * @method getPlayers
  */
-videojs.getPlayers = function() {
-  return Player.players;
-};
+videojs.getPlayers = () => Player.players;
 
 /**
- * For backward compatibility, expose players object.
+ * Expose players object.
  *
- * @deprecated
  * @memberOf videojs
- * @property {Object|Proxy} players
+ * @property {Object} players
  */
-videojs.players = createDeprecationProxy(Player.players, {
-  get: 'Access to videojs.players is deprecated; use videojs.getPlayers instead',
-  set: 'Modification of videojs.players is deprecated'
-});
+videojs.players = Player.players;
 
 /**
  * Get a component class object by name
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.test.js b/test/unit/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f990f63..000000000
--- a/test/unit/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import createDeprecationProxy from '../../../src/js/utils/create-deprecation-proxy.js';
-import log from '../../../src/js/utils/log.js';
-
-const proxySupported = typeof Proxy === 'function';
-
-test('should return a Proxy object when supported or the target object by reference', function() {
-  let target = {foo: 1};
-  let subject = createDeprecationProxy(target, {
-    get: 'get message',
-    set: 'set message'
-  });
-
-  // Testing for a Proxy is really difficult because Proxy objects by their
-  // nature disguise the fact that they are in fact Proxy objects. So, this
-  // tests that the log.warn method gets called on property get/set operations
-  // to detect the Proxy.
-  if (proxySupported) {
-    sinon.stub(log, 'warn');
-
-    subject.foo; // Triggers a "get"
-    subject.foo = 2; // Triggers a "set"
-
-    equal(log.warn.callCount, 2, 'proxied operations cause deprecation warnings');
-    ok(log.warn.calledWith('get message'), 'proxied get logs expected message');
-    ok(log.warn.calledWith('set message'), 'proxied set logs expected message');
-
-    log.warn.restore();
-  } else {
-    strictEqual(target, subject, 'identical to target');
-  }
-});
-
-// Tests run only in Proxy-supporting environments.
-if (proxySupported) {
-  test('no deprecation warning is logged for operations without a message', function() {
-    let subject = createDeprecationProxy({}, {
-      get: 'get message'
-    });
-
-    sinon.stub(log, 'warn');
-    subject.foo = 'bar'; // Triggers a "set," but not a "get"
-    equal(log.warn.callCount, 0, 'no deprecation warning expected');
-    log.warn.restore();
-  });
-}