diff --git a/skimage/data/__init__.py b/skimage/data/__init__.py
index 3468f263..5d361de1 100644
--- a/skimage/data/__init__.py
+++ b/skimage/data/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ __all__ = ['load',
            'horse',
            'hubble_deep_field',
            'immunohistochemistry',
-           'lena',
            'logo',
            'moon',
            'page',
@@ -62,22 +61,6 @@ def camera():
     return load("camera.png")
 
 
-@deprecated('skimage.data.astronaut')
-def lena():
-    """Colour "Lena" image.
-
-    **This image has been removed from scikit-image due to copyright
-    concerns.**
-
-    The standard, yet sometimes controversial Lena test image was
-    scanned from the November 1972 edition of Playboy magazine.  From
-    an image processing perspective, this image is useful because it
-    contains smooth, textured, shaded as well as detail areas.
-
-    """
-    raise RuntimeError("This image has been removed due to copyright concerns.")
-
-
 def astronaut():
     """Colour image of the astronaut Eileen Collins.
 
diff --git a/skimage/data/tests/test_data.py b/skimage/data/tests/test_data.py
index 8c48e1cc..028210dc 100644
--- a/skimage/data/tests/test_data.py
+++ b/skimage/data/tests/test_data.py
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ import skimage.data as data
 from numpy.testing import assert_equal, assert_almost_equal, assert_raises
 
 
-def test_lena_removed():
-    """ Test that "Lena" has been removed """
-    assert_raises(RuntimeError, data.lena)
-
-
 def test_astronaut():
     """ Test that "astronaut" image can be loaded. """
     astronaut = data.astronaut()