diff --git a/safe_lxml/__init__.py b/safe_lxml/__init__.py
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-"""
-Temporary import path shim module for openedx.core.lib.safe_lxml.
-
-Previously, the safe_lxml package was housed in common/lib/safe_lxml.
-It was installed as its own Python project, so instead of its import path
-being, as one would expect:
-
-    import common.lib.safe_lxml.safe_lxml
-
-it was instead just:
-
-    import safe_lxml
-
-To increase the sanity of edx-platform and simplify its tooling, we have
-moved the safe_lxml package to openedx/core/lib (in tihs same repo) and
-changing its import path to:
-
-    import openedx.core.lib.safe_lxml
-
-For details, see:
-https://openedx.atlassian.net/browse/BOM-2583 (public, but requires account)
-
-In order to maintain backwards-compatibility with code using the
-old import path for one release, we expose this temporary compatibility
-module and raise a warning when the old import path is used.
-This entire `safe_lxml` shim folder can be removed after 2023-01-01.
-In the Poplar release, 'import safe_lxml' will stop working entirely.
-"""
-import warnings
-
-warnings.warn(
-    "Importing from 'safe_lxml' instead of 'openedx.core.lib.safe_lxml' is deprecated.",
-    stacklevel=3,  # Should surface the line that is doing the importing.
-)
-
-from openedx.core.lib.safe_lxml import *  # pylint: disable=unused-wildcard-import,wrong-import-order