diff --git a/Source/SocketEngine.swift b/Source/SocketEngine.swift
index 37d5766..0a8163b 100644
--- a/Source/SocketEngine.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketEngine.swift
@@ -122,18 +122,6 @@ public final class SocketEngine: NSObject, SocketEnginePollable, SocketEngineWeb
         self.init(client: client, url: url, options: options?.toSocketOptionsSet() ?? [])
     }
     
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.3, message="Please use the NSURL based init")
-    public convenience init(client: SocketEngineClient, urlString: String, options: Set<SocketIOClientOption>) {
-        guard let url = NSURL(string: urlString) else { fatalError("Incorrect url") }
-        self.init(client: client, url: url, options: options)
-    }
-    
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.3, message="Please use the NSURL based init")
-    public convenience init(client: SocketEngineClient, urlString: String, options: NSDictionary?) {
-        guard let url = NSURL(string: urlString) else { fatalError("Incorrect url") }
-        self.init(client: client, url: url, options: options?.toSocketOptionsSet() ?? [])
-    }
-
     deinit {
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Engine is being released", type: logType)
         closed = true
@@ -183,16 +171,12 @@ public final class SocketEngine: NSObject, SocketEnginePollable, SocketEngineWeb
             return false
         }
     }
-
-    public func close(reason: String) {
-        disconnect(reason)
-    }
     
     /// Starts the connection to the server
     public func connect() {
         if connected {
             DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.error("Engine tried opening while connected. Assuming this was a reconnect", type: logType)
-            close("reconnect")
+            disconnect("reconnect")
         }
         
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Starting engine", type: logType)
@@ -284,7 +268,7 @@ public final class SocketEngine: NSObject, SocketEnginePollable, SocketEngineWeb
     public func didError(error: String) {
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.error(error, type: logType)
         client?.engineDidError(error)
-        close(error)
+        disconnect(error)
     }
     
     public func disconnect(reason: String) {
@@ -421,11 +405,7 @@ public final class SocketEngine: NSObject, SocketEnginePollable, SocketEngineWeb
             upgradeTransport()
         }
     }
-
-    public func open() {
-        connect()
-    }
-
+    
     public func parseEngineData(data: NSData) {
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Got binary data: %@", type: "SocketEngine", args: data)
         client?.parseEngineBinaryData(data.subdataWithRange(NSMakeRange(1, data.length - 1)))
diff --git a/Source/SocketEngineSpec.swift b/Source/SocketEngineSpec.swift
index c295b82..785fc6f 100644
--- a/Source/SocketEngineSpec.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketEngineSpec.swift
@@ -49,13 +49,11 @@ import Foundation
     
     init(client: SocketEngineClient, url: NSURL, options: NSDictionary?)
     
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.5, message="Please use disconnect") func close(reason: String)
     func connect()
     func didError(error: String)
     func disconnect(reason: String)
     func doFastUpgrade()
     func flushWaitingForPostToWebSocket()
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.5, message="Please use connect") func open()
     func parseEngineData(data: NSData)
     func parseEngineMessage(message: String, fromPolling: Bool)
     func write(msg: String, withType type: SocketEnginePacketType, withData data: [NSData])
diff --git a/Source/SocketIOClient.swift b/Source/SocketIOClient.swift
index 431b96c..a1d422d 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIOClient.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIOClient.swift
@@ -108,18 +108,6 @@ public final class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient, SocketParsable
         self.init(socketURL: socketURL, options: options?.toSocketOptionsSet() ?? [])
     }
 
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.3, message="Please use the NSURL based init")
-    public convenience init(socketURLString: String, options: Set<SocketIOClientOption> = []) {
-        guard let url = NSURL(string: socketURLString) else { fatalError("Incorrect url") }
-        self.init(socketURL: url, options: options)
-    }
-    
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.3, message="Please use the NSURL based init")
-    public convenience init(socketURLString: String, options: NSDictionary?) {
-        guard let url = NSURL(string: socketURLString) else { fatalError("Incorrect url") }
-        self.init(socketURL: url, options: options?.toSocketOptionsSet() ?? [])
-    }
-
     deinit {
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Client is being released", type: logType)
         engine?.disconnect("Client Deinit")
@@ -133,11 +121,6 @@ public final class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient, SocketParsable
         return engine!
     }
 
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.3, message="Please use disconnect()")
-    public func close() {
-        disconnect()
-    }
-
     /// Connect to the server.
     public func connect() {
         connect(timeoutAfter: 0, withTimeoutHandler: nil)
@@ -402,11 +385,6 @@ public final class SocketIOClient: NSObject, SocketEngineClient, SocketParsable
         anyHandler = handler
     }
 
-    @available(*, deprecated=5.3, message="Please use one of the connect methods)")
-    public func open() {
-        connect()
-    }
-
     public func parseEngineMessage(msg: String) {
         DefaultSocketLogger.Logger.log("Should parse message: %@", type: "SocketIOClient", args: msg)