diff --git a/pymongo/_cmessagemodule.c b/pymongo/_cmessagemodule.c
index 68dd3f340..4df393d2b 100644
--- a/pymongo/_cmessagemodule.c
+++ b/pymongo/_cmessagemodule.c
@@ -158,10 +158,8 @@ static int init_insert_buffer(buffer_t buffer, int request_id, int options,
 }
 
 static PyObject* _cbson_insert_message(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
-    /* Note: As of PyMongo 2.6, this function is no longer used. It
-     * is being kept (with tests) for backwards compatibility with 3rd
-     * party libraries that may currently be using it, but will likely
-     * be removed in a future release. */
+    /* Used by the Bulk API to insert into pre-2.6 servers. Collection.insert
+     * uses _cbson_do_batched_insert. */
     struct module_state *state = GETSTATE(self);
 
     /* NOTE just using a random number as the request_id */
@@ -279,14 +277,6 @@ static PyObject* _cbson_insert_message(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
     return result;
 }
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(_cbson_insert_message_doc,
-"Create an insert message to be sent to MongoDB\n\
-\n\
-Note: As of PyMongo 2.6, this function is no longer used. It\n\
-is being kept (with tests) for backwards compatibility with 3rd\n\
-party libraries that may currently be using it, but will likely\n\
-be removed in a future release.");
-
 static PyObject* _cbson_update_message(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
     /* NOTE just using a random number as the request_id */
     struct module_state *state = GETSTATE(self);
@@ -1196,7 +1186,7 @@ cmdfail:
 
 static PyMethodDef _CMessageMethods[] = {
     {"_insert_message", _cbson_insert_message, METH_VARARGS,
-     _cbson_insert_message_doc},
+     "Create an insert message to be sent to MongoDB"},
     {"_update_message", _cbson_update_message, METH_VARARGS,
      "create an update message to be sent to MongoDB"},
     {"_query_message", _cbson_query_message, METH_VARARGS,
diff --git a/pymongo/message.py b/pymongo/message.py
index 7b3743e30..575faa2f2 100644
--- a/pymongo/message.py
+++ b/pymongo/message.py
@@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ def insert(collection_name, docs, check_keys,
            safe, last_error_args, continue_on_error, uuid_subtype):
     """Get an **insert** message.
 
-    .. note:: As of PyMongo 2.6, this function is no longer used. It
-       is being kept (with tests) for backwards compatibility with 3rd
-       party libraries that may currently be using it, but will likely
-       be removed in a future release.
-
+    Used by the Bulk API to insert into pre-2.6 servers. Collection.insert
+    uses _do_batched_insert.
     """
     options = 0
     if continue_on_error:
diff --git a/test/test_collection.py b/test/test_collection.py
index 6943f8cb8..606a3872d 100644
--- a/test/test_collection.py
+++ b/test/test_collection.py
@@ -1876,41 +1876,6 @@ class TestCollection(IntegrationTest):
         self.assertEqual(n_docs, self.db.test.count())
         self.db.test.remove()
 
-    # Starting in PyMongo 2.6 we no longer use message.insert for inserts, but
-    # message.insert is part of the public API. Do minimal testing here; there
-    # isn't really a better place.
-    def test_insert_message_creation(self):
-        send = self.db.connection._send_message
-        name = "%s.%s" % (self.db.name, "test")
-
-        def do_insert(args):
-            send(message_module.insert(*args), args[3])
-
-        self.db.drop_collection("test")
-        self.db.test.insert({'_id': 0}, w=1)
-        self.assertTrue(1, self.db.test.count())
-
-        simple_args = (name, [{'_id': 0}], True, False, {}, False, 3)
-        gle_args = (name, [{'_id': 0}], True, True, {'w': 1}, False, 3)
-        coe_args = (name, [{'_id': 0}, {'_id': 1}],
-                    True, True, {'w': 1}, True, 3)
-
-        self.assertEqual(None, do_insert(simple_args))
-        self.assertTrue(1, self.db.test.count())
-        self.assertRaises(DuplicateKeyError, do_insert, gle_args)
-        self.assertTrue(1, self.db.test.count())
-        self.assertRaises(DuplicateKeyError, do_insert, coe_args)
-        self.assertTrue(2, self.db.test.count())
-
-        doc = {'_id': 2, 'uuid': uuid.uuid4()}
-        uuid_sub_args = (name, [doc],
-                         True, True, {'w': 1}, True, 6)
-        do_insert(uuid_sub_args)
-        coll = self.db.test
-        self.assertNotEqual(doc, coll.find_one({'_id': 2}))
-        coll.uuid_subtype = 6
-        self.assertEqual(doc, coll.find_one({'_id': 2}))
-
     @client_context.require_version_min(1, 1, 1)
     def test_map_reduce(self):
         db = self.db