diff --git a/src/meta.js b/src/meta.js
index a655249b1f..8df7667a21 100644
--- a/src/meta.js
+++ b/src/meta.js
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 					jsPaths = scripts.map(function (jsPath) {
 						jsPath = path.normalize(jsPath);
 
-						// The filter:scripts.get plugin will be deprecated as of v0.5.0, specify scripts in plugin.json instead
 						if (jsPath.substring(0, 7) === 'plugins') {
 							var	matches = _.map(plugins.staticDirs, function(realPath, mappedPath) {
 								if (jsPath.match(mappedPath)) {
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 						}
 					});
 
-				// Remove scripts that could not be found (remove this line at v0.5.0)
 				Meta.js.scripts = jsPaths.filter(function(path) {
 					return path !== null;
 				});
diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
index 197f0a9c8d..13e0df1aee 100644
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ b/src/middleware/index.js
@@ -61,17 +61,6 @@ function routeCurrentTheme(app, themeId, themesData) {
 	// Theme's templates path
 	nconf.set('theme_templates_path', themeObj.templates ? path.join(themesPath, themeObj.id, themeObj.templates) : nconf.get('base_templates_path'));
 	themeTemplatesPath = nconf.get('theme_templates_path');
-
-	// Theme's static directory (to be deprecated for 0.5.0)
-	if (themeObj.staticDir) {
-		app.use(relativePath + '/css/assets', express.static(path.join(themesPath, themeObj.id, themeObj.staticDir), {
-			maxAge: app.enabled('cache') ? 5184000000 : 0
-		}));
-
-		if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-			winston.info('Static directory routed for theme: ' + themeObj.id);
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 function compileTemplates(pluginTemplates) {
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index a1c715711b..61276bfffe 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -195,18 +195,8 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 						}
 
 						Plugins.cssFiles = Plugins.cssFiles.concat(pluginData.css.map(function(file) {
-							if (fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules', pluginData.id, file))) {
-								return path.join(pluginData.id, file);
-							} else {
-								// Backwards compatibility with < v0.4.0, remove this for v0.5.0
-								if (pluginData.staticDir) {
-									return path.join(pluginData.id, pluginData.staticDir, file);
-								} else {
-									winston.error('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] This plugin\'s CSS is incorrectly configured, please contact the plugin author.');
-									return null;
-								}
-							}
-						}).filter(function(path) { return path }));	// Filter out nulls, remove this for v0.5.0
+							return path.join(pluginData.id, file);
+						}));
 					}
 
 					next();