diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/api.nas b/Nasal/canvas/api.nas
index bd42c061d..d24a9478b 100644
--- a/Nasal/canvas/api.nas
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/api.nas
@@ -1066,34 +1066,3 @@ var getDesktop = func()
 {
   return Group.new(_getDesktopGhost());
 };
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Show warnings if API used with too old version of FlightGear without Canvas
-# support (Wrapped in anonymous function do not polute the canvas namespace)
-
-(func {
-var legacy_dir = getprop("/sim/fg-root") ~ "/Nasal/canvas";
-var version_str = getprop("/sim/version/flightgear");
-if( string.scanf(version_str, "%u.%u.%u", var fg_version = []) < 1 )
-  debug.warn("Canvas: Error parsing flightgear version (" ~ version_str ~ ")");
-else
-{
-  if(     fg_version[0] < 2
-      or (fg_version[0] == 2 and fg_version[1] < 8) )
-  {
-    debug.warn("Canvas: FlightGear version too old (" ~ version_str ~ ")");
-    gui.popupTip
-    (
-      "FlightGear v2.8.0 or newer needed for Canvas support!",
-      600,
-      {button: {legend: "Ok", binding: {command: "dialog-close"}}}
-    );
-  }
-
-  # Load support for older versions of FlightGear (TODO generalize :) )
-  if( fg_version[0] == 2 and fg_version[1] == 8 )
-    io.load_nasal(legacy_dir ~ "/api.nas.2.8", "canvas");
-}
-
-Canvas.property_root = props.globals.getNode("canvas/by-index", 1);
-})();
diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/api.nas.2.8 b/Nasal/canvas/api.nas.2.8
deleted file mode 100644
index c9921f479..000000000
--- a/Nasal/canvas/api.nas.2.8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-# Canvas backward support for using 3.0 API with FlightGear 2.8
-
-(func {
-
-# 2.8 uses multiple properties for representing a color. Also different names
-# are used for the colors and no CSS syntax like #rrggbb are supported.
-var color_components = ["red", "green", "blue", "alpha"];
-var setColorNodes = func(obj, name, color)
-{
-  if( size(color) == 1 )
-    color = color[0];
-
-  if( typeof(color) != "vector" )
-    debug.warn("Wrong type for color");
-  else if( size(color) < 3 or size(color) > 4 )
-    debug.warn("Color needs 3 or 4 values (RGB or RGBA)");
-  else
-  {
-    var node = obj._node.getNode(name, 1);
-    for(var i = 0; i < size(color_components); i += 1)
-      node.getNode(color_components[i], 1)
-          .setDoubleValue( i < size(color) ? color[i]
-                                           : 1 ); # default alpha is 1
-  }
-
-  return obj;
-};
-
-Element.setColor = func setColorNodes(me, "color", arg);
-Element.setColorFill = func {
-  setColorNodes(me, "color-fill", arg);
-  me.setBool("fill", 1);
-};
-Path.setColor = Element.setColor;
-Path.setColorFill = Element.setColorFill;
-Text.setColor = Element.setColor;
-Text.setColorFill = Element.setColorFill;
-
-#
-Canvas.setColorBackground = func()
-{
-  me._node = me.texture;
-  setColorNodes(me, "color-background", arg);
-};
-
-# 2.8 uses multiple properties instead of a single string property
-Canvas.setStrokeDashArray = func(pattern)
-{
-  me._node.removeChildren('stroke-dasharray');
-
-  if( typeof(pattern) == 'vector' )
-    me._node.setValues({'stroke-dasharray': pattern});
-  else
-    debug.warn("setStrokeDashArray: vector expected!");
-
-  return me;
-};
-
-# Create a canvas object from the given node. Used instead of ghost available
-# in newer FG versions.
-var makeCanvas = func(node)
-{
-  return {
-    _node_ghost: node._g,
-    createGroup: func props.wrapNode(me._node_ghost).addChild("group", 0, 0)._g
-  };
-};
-
-# Internal helper for creating a canvas.
-#
-# @note In 2.9+ this function is replaced by a C++ function. This
-#       implementation is just used as fallback for 2.8 and for usage
-#       in other programs.
-canvas._newCanvasGhost = func()
-{
-  return makeCanvas( Canvas.property_root.addChild("texture", 0, 0) );
-};
-
-# Internal helper for retrieving an existing canvas.
-#
-canvas._getCanvasGhost = func(arg_ghost)
-{
-  var arg = props.wrapNode(arg_ghost);
-
-  # get a canvas specified by its root node
-  if( Canvas.property_root.getPath() == arg.getParent().getPath() )
-    var node = Canvas.property_root.getChild("texture", arg.getIndex());
-
-  # get a canvas by its name
-  else if( (var name = arg.getChild("name")) != nil )
-  {
-    name = name.getValue();
-    var node = nil;
-    foreach(var c; Canvas.property_root.getChildren("texture"))
-    {
-      if( c.getValue("name") == name )
-        node_canvas = c;
-    }
-  }
-
-  # get a canvas by its index
-  else if( (var index = arg.getChild("index")) != nil )
-    var node = Canvas.property_root.getChild("texture", index.getValue());
-
-  if( node == nil )
-    return nil;
-
-  return makeCanvas( node );
-};
-
-print("Canvas API: FlightGear 2.8 backward support loaded.");
-
-})();