diff --git a/lib/event/app_rpc.c b/lib/event/app_rpc.c
index c30df7a02..d9256c5aa 100644
--- a/lib/event/app_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/event/app_rpc.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ invalid:
 	free_rpc_spdk_kill_instance(&req);
 }
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("spdk_kill_instance", rpc_spdk_kill_instance, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(spdk_kill_instance, kill_instance)
 
 
 struct rpc_framework_monitor_context_switch {
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ rpc_framework_monitor_context_switch(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("framework_monitor_context_switch", rpc_framework_monitor_context_switch,
 		  SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(framework_monitor_context_switch, context_switch_monitor)
 
 struct rpc_get_stats_ctx {
 	struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request;
diff --git a/python/spdk/rpc/app.py b/python/spdk/rpc/app.py
index 9efac27d2..13f9d0b9b 100644
--- a/python/spdk/rpc/app.py
+++ b/python/spdk/rpc/app.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from .helpers import deprecated_alias
 
 
-@deprecated_alias('kill_instance')
 def spdk_kill_instance(client, sig_name):
     """Send a signal to the SPDK process.
 
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ def spdk_kill_instance(client, sig_name):
     return client.call('spdk_kill_instance', params)
 
 
-@deprecated_alias('context_switch_monitor')
 def framework_monitor_context_switch(client, enabled=None):
     """Query or set state of context switch monitoring.
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 9d8c5699c..c627ed159 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         rpc.app.spdk_kill_instance(args.client,
                                    sig_name=args.sig_name)
 
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('spdk_kill_instance', aliases=['kill_instance'],
-                              help='Send signal to instance')
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('spdk_kill_instance', help='Send signal to instance')
     p.add_argument('sig_name', help='signal will be sent to server.')
     p.set_defaults(func=spdk_kill_instance)
 
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print_dict(rpc.app.framework_monitor_context_switch(args.client,
                                                             enabled=enabled))
 
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('framework_monitor_context_switch', aliases=['context_switch_monitor'],
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('framework_monitor_context_switch',
                               help='Control whether the context switch monitor is enabled')
     p.add_argument('-e', '--enable', action='store_true', help='Enable context switch monitoring')
     p.add_argument('-d', '--disable', action='store_true', help='Disable context switch monitoring')