diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0712f9a1fc8..5a9af8c42a0 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2013-02-09  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+	* subr.el (buffer-file-type, default-buffer-file-type): Remove.
+
 	* net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-insert-file-contents): Don't reference
 	buffer-file-type.
 
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 31cbb9a0a8a..db2b6a8eaad 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -1229,7 +1229,6 @@ is converted into a string by expressing it in decimal."
 (make-obsolete-variable 'default-scroll-down-aggressively 'scroll-down-aggressively "23.2")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'default-fill-column 'fill-column "23.2")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'default-cursor-type 'cursor-type "23.2")
-(make-obsolete-variable 'default-buffer-file-type 'buffer-file-type "23.2")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'default-cursor-in-non-selected-windows 'cursor-in-non-selected-windows "23.2")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'default-buffer-file-coding-system 'buffer-file-coding-system "23.2")
 (make-obsolete-variable 'default-major-mode 'major-mode "23.2")
@@ -2622,15 +2621,6 @@ When the hook runs, the temporary buffer is current.
 This hook is normally set up with a function to put the buffer in Help
 mode.")
 
-(defvar-local buffer-file-type nil
-  "Non-nil if the visited file is a binary file.
-This variable is meaningful on MS-DOG and MS-Windows.
-On those systems, it is automatically local in every buffer.
-On other systems, this variable is normally always nil.
-
-WARNING: This variable is obsolete and will disappear Real Soon Now.
-Don't use it!")
-
 ;; The `assert' macro from the cl package signals
 ;; `cl-assertion-failed' at runtime so always define it.
 (put 'cl-assertion-failed 'error-conditions '(error))