diff --git a/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py b/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py
index eda80e176..a64ca2623 100644
--- a/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py
+++ b/pennylane_qiskit/qiskit_device.py
@@ -33,25 +33,6 @@
 from ._version import __version__
 
 
-# Auxiliary functions for gates subject to deprecation
-def U1Gate(theta):
-    """Auxiliary function for the ``U1Gate``."""
-    return ex.PhaseGate(theta)
-
-
-def U2Gate(phi, lam):
-    """Auxiliary function for the ``U2Gate``.
-
-    Uses the equation ``u2(phi, lam) = u(pi/2, phi, lam)``.
-    """
-    return ex.U(np.pi / 2, phi, lam)
-
-
-def U3Gate(theta, phi, lam):
-    """Auxiliary function for the ``U3Gate``."""
-    return ex.U(theta, phi, lam)
-
-
 QISKIT_OPERATION_MAP = {
     # native PennyLane operations also native to qiskit
     "PauliX": ex.XGate,
@@ -75,12 +56,9 @@ def U3Gate(theta, phi, lam):
     "QubitStateVector": ex.Initialize,
     "Toffoli": ex.CCXGate,
     "QubitUnitary": ex.UnitaryGate,
-    "U": ex.UGate,
-    # Qiskit gates subject to deprecation (using custom definitions that depend on
-    # the latest recommended gates)
-    "U1": U1Gate,
-    "U2": U2Gate,
-    "U3": U3Gate,
+    "U1": ex.U1Gate,
+    "U2": ex.U2Gate,
+    "U3": ex.U3Gate,
 }
 
 # Separate dictionary for the inverses as the operations dictionary needs