diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb
index b68bdeb12..3cd930acf 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb
@@ -1,110 +1,108 @@
 require 'puppet/interface'
 
 class Puppet::Interface::Option
   include Puppet::Interface::TinyDocs
-  # For compatibility, deprecated, and should go fairly soon...
-  ['', '='].each { |x| alias :"desc#{x}" :"description#{x}" }
 
   def initialize(parent, *declaration, &block)
     @parent   = parent
     @optparse = []
 
     # Collect and sort the arguments in the declaration.
     dups = {}
     declaration.each do |item|
       if item.is_a? String and item.to_s =~ /^-/ then
         unless item =~ /^-[a-z]\b/ or item =~ /^--[^-]/ then
           raise ArgumentError, "#{item.inspect}: long options need two dashes (--)"
         end
         @optparse << item
 
         # Duplicate checking...
         name = optparse_to_name(item)
         if dup = dups[name] then
           raise ArgumentError, "#{item.inspect}: duplicates existing alias #{dup.inspect} in #{@parent}"
         else
           dups[name] = item
         end
       else
         raise ArgumentError, "#{item.inspect} is not valid for an option argument"
       end
     end
 
     if @optparse.empty? then
       raise ArgumentError, "No option declarations found while building"
     end
 
     # Now, infer the name from the options; we prefer the first long option as
     # the name, rather than just the first option.
     @name = optparse_to_name(@optparse.find do |a| a =~ /^--/ end || @optparse.first)
     @aliases = @optparse.map { |o| optparse_to_name(o) }
 
     # Do we take an argument?  If so, are we consistent about it, because
     # incoherence here makes our life super-difficult, and we can more easily
     # relax this rule later if we find a valid use case for it. --daniel 2011-03-30
     @argument = @optparse.any? { |o| o =~ /[ =]/ }
     if @argument and not @optparse.all? { |o| o =~ /[ =]/ } then
       raise ArgumentError, "Option #{@name} is inconsistent about taking an argument"
     end
 
     # Is our argument optional?  The rules about consistency apply here, also,
     # just like they do to taking arguments at all. --daniel 2011-03-30
     @optional_argument = @optparse.any? { |o| o=~/[ =]\[/ }
     @optional_argument and raise ArgumentError, "Options with optional arguments are not supported"
     if @optional_argument and not @optparse.all? { |o| o=~/[ =]\[/ } then
       raise ArgumentError, "Option #{@name} is inconsistent about the argument being optional"
     end
   end
 
   # to_s and optparse_to_name are roughly mirrored, because they are used to
   # transform options to name symbols, and vice-versa.  This isn't a full
   # bidirectional transformation though. --daniel 2011-04-07
   def to_s
     @name.to_s.tr('_', '-')
   end
 
   def optparse_to_name(declaration)
     unless found = declaration.match(/^-+(?:\[no-\])?([^ =]+)/) then
       raise ArgumentError, "Can't find a name in the declaration #{declaration.inspect}"
     end
     name = found.captures.first.tr('-', '_')
     raise "#{name.inspect} is an invalid option name" unless name.to_s =~ /^[a-z]\w*$/
     name.to_sym
   end
 
 
   def takes_argument?
     !!@argument
   end
   def optional_argument?
     !!@optional_argument
   end
   def required?
     !!@required
   end
 
   attr_reader   :parent, :name, :aliases, :optparse
   attr_accessor :required
 
   attr_accessor :before_action
   def before_action=(proc)
     proc.is_a? Proc or raise ArgumentError, "before action hook for #{self} is a #{proc.class.name.inspect}, not a proc"
     @before_action =
       @parent.__send__(:__add_method, __decoration_name(:before), proc)
   end
 
   attr_accessor :after_action
   def after_action=(proc)
     proc.is_a? Proc or raise ArgumentError, "after action hook for #{self} is a #{proc.class.name.inspect}, not a proc"
     @after_action =
       @parent.__send__(:__add_method, __decoration_name(:after), proc)
   end
 
   def __decoration_name(type)
     if @parent.is_a? Puppet::Interface::Action then
       :"option #{name} from #{parent.name} #{type} decoration"
     else
       :"option #{name} #{type} decoration"
     end
   end
 end