diff --git a/quicvarint/varint.go b/quicvarint/varint.go
index cbebfe61..3f12c076 100644
--- a/quicvarint/varint.go
+++ b/quicvarint/varint.go
@@ -70,25 +70,6 @@ func Read(r io.ByteReader) (uint64, error) {
 	return uint64(b8) + uint64(b7)<<8 + uint64(b6)<<16 + uint64(b5)<<24 + uint64(b4)<<32 + uint64(b3)<<40 + uint64(b2)<<48 + uint64(b1)<<56, nil
 }
 
-// Write writes i in the QUIC varint format to w.
-// Deprecated: use Append instead.
-func Write(w Writer, i uint64) {
-	if i <= maxVarInt1 {
-		w.WriteByte(uint8(i))
-	} else if i <= maxVarInt2 {
-		w.Write([]byte{uint8(i>>8) | 0x40, uint8(i)})
-	} else if i <= maxVarInt4 {
-		w.Write([]byte{uint8(i>>24) | 0x80, uint8(i >> 16), uint8(i >> 8), uint8(i)})
-	} else if i <= maxVarInt8 {
-		w.Write([]byte{
-			uint8(i>>56) | 0xc0, uint8(i >> 48), uint8(i >> 40), uint8(i >> 32),
-			uint8(i >> 24), uint8(i >> 16), uint8(i >> 8), uint8(i),
-		})
-	} else {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%#x doesn't fit into 62 bits", i))
-	}
-}
-
 // Append appends i in the QUIC varint format.
 func Append(b []byte, i uint64) []byte {
 	if i <= maxVarInt1 {