diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/ast/node.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/ast/node.rb
index 15820ebdf..abe160211 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/ast/node.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/ast/node.rb
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/top_level_construct'
 
 class Puppet::Parser::AST::Node < Puppet::Parser::AST::TopLevelConstruct
   attr_accessor :names, :context
 
   def initialize(names, context = {})
     raise ArgumentError, "names should be an array" unless names.is_a? Array
     if context[:parent]
-      msg = "Deprecation notice: Node inheritance is not supported in Puppet >= 4.0.0. See http://links.puppetlabs.com/puppet-node-inheritance-deprecation"
-      Puppet.puppet_deprecation_warning(msg, :key => "node-inheritance-#{names.join}", :file => context[:file], :line => context[:line])
+      raise Puppet::DevError, "Node inheritance is removed in Puppet 4.0.0. See http://links.puppetlabs.com/puppet-node-inheritance-deprecation"
     end
 
     @names = names
     @context = context
   end
 
   def instantiate(modname)
-    @names.collect do |name|
-      new_node = Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:node, name, @context.merge(:module_name => modname))
-      new_node
+    @names.map do |name|
+      Puppet::Resource::Type.new(:node, name, @context.merge(:module_name => modname))
     end
   end
 end