diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index ae6560f8..2298fb87 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ class Item < ApplicationRecord
   self.inheritance_column = nil
 
   SwfAssetType = 'object'
-  
-  # Keep the reference to the deprecated `Item::Translation` record, but don't
-  # bind it directly to any attributes anymore. We have some temporary writers
-  # that hack around the API to keep the attributes synced, while no longer
-  # reading *from* them by default.
-  # TODO: Remove once we're all done with translations, both here and in 2020!
-  translates
 
   has_many :closet_hangers
   has_one :contribution, :as => :contributed, :inverse_of => :contributed
@@ -112,24 +105,6 @@ class Item < ApplicationRecord
       distinct
   }
 
-  # Temporary writers to keep the English translation record updated, while
-  # primarily using the attributes on the model itself.
-  #
-  # Once this app and DTI 2020 are both comfortably off the translation system,
-  # we can remove this!
-  def name=(new_name)
-    globalize.write(:en, :name, new_name)
-    write_attribute(:name, new_name)
-  end
-  def description=(new_description)
-    globalize.write(:en, :description, new_description)
-    write_attribute(:description, new_description)
-  end
-  def rarity=(new_rarity)
-    globalize.write(:en, :rarity, new_rarity)
-    write_attribute(:rarity, new_rarity)
-  end
-
   def nc_trade_value
     return nil unless nc?
     begin