From 6d3e6d3d899fab6ed9c94c25d7862d6ba1f1ce59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iason Krommydas <iason.krom@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 11:04:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] delete old virtual array

---
 src/awkward/_nplikes/virtual.py | 14 --------------
 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/awkward/_nplikes/virtual.py b/src/awkward/_nplikes/virtual.py
index b9903f6ce1..0c51742399 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_nplikes/virtual.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_nplikes/virtual.py
@@ -413,17 +413,3 @@ def __dlpack__(self, stream: Any = None) -> Any:
 
     def __reduce__(self):
         return self.materialize().__reduce__()
-
-
-# backward compatibility
-class VirtualArray(VirtualNDArray):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        import warnings
-
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The `VirtualArray` class is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Awkward Array. "
-            "Please plan to migrate your code to use the `VirtualNDArray` class instead.",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)