diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b4a80b2aa5..4365ed9f9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ git-annex (6.20170819) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Support building with feed-1.0, while still supporting older versions.
   * init: Display an additional message when it detects a filesystem that
     allows writing to files whose write bit is not set.
-  * S3: Allow removing files from IA, but warn about derived versions
-    potentially still existing there.
+  * S3: Allow removing files from IA.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:20:59 -0400
 
diff --git a/Remote/S3.hs b/Remote/S3.hs
index bfb80b61f4..c8092a4c97 100644
--- a/Remote/S3.hs
+++ b/Remote/S3.hs
@@ -278,18 +278,11 @@ retrieveCheap _ _ _ = return False
  - While it may remove the file, there are generally other files
  - derived from it that it does not remove. -}
 remove :: S3Info -> S3Handle -> Remover
-remove info h k = warnIARemoval info $ do
+remove info h k = do
 	res <- tryNonAsync $ sendS3Handle h $
 		S3.DeleteObject (T.pack $ bucketObject info k) (bucket info)
 	return $ either (const False) (const True) res
 
-warnIARemoval :: S3Info -> Annex a -> Annex a
-warnIARemoval info a
-	| isIA info = do
-		warning "Derived versions of removed file may still be present in the Internet Archive"
-		a
-	| otherwise = a
-
 checkKey :: Remote -> S3Info -> Maybe S3Handle -> CheckPresent
 checkKey r info Nothing k = case getpublicurl info of
 	Nothing -> do
@@ -345,7 +338,7 @@ retrieveExportS3 r info _k loc f p =
 		return True
 
 removeExportS3 :: Remote -> S3Info -> Key -> ExportLocation -> Annex Bool
-removeExportS3 r info _k loc = warnIARemoval info $
+removeExportS3 r info _k loc = 
 	catchNonAsync go (\e -> warning (show e) >> return False)
   where
 	go = withS3Handle (config r) (gitconfig r) (uuid r) $ \h -> do
diff --git a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn
index be802b5b2e..ba3c75891c 100644
--- a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ Then you can annex files and copy them to the remote as usual:
 	# git annex copy photo1.jpeg --fast --to archive-panama
 	copy (to archive-panama...) ok
 
+## update lag
+
 It may take a while for archive.org to make files publically visible after
 they've been uploaded.
 
-## removing files
-
 While files can be removed from the Internet Archive, 
 [derived versions](https://archive.org/help/derivatives.php)
-of some files may continued to be stored there after the originals
-were removed. git-annex warns about this problem.
+of some files may continued to be stored there for a while
+after the originals were removed.
 
 ## exporting trees