# PEP 594, take 2: Removing dead batteries from the standard library

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**Created:** [February 4, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-594-take-2-removing-dead-batteries-from-the-standard-library/13508 "2022-02-04T23:51:50Z")\
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> [@hugovk](#):
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> Should a reference to those be added to the Replacement column of [Table 1](https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#deprecated-modules)?

PEPs, once accepted, are historical documents. I would rather not keep updating that table to list alternatives as that’s potentially unbounded.

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