diff --git a/log/context_deprecated.go b/log/context_deprecated.go
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index 68d4a3f78..000000000
--- a/log/context_deprecated.go
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Copyright The containerd Authors.
-
-   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package log
-
-import (
-	"github.com/containerd/log"
-)
-
-// RFC3339NanoFixed is [time.RFC3339Nano] with nanoseconds padded using
-// zeros to ensure the formatted time is always the same number of
-// characters.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [log.RFC3339NanoFixed].
-const RFC3339NanoFixed = log.RFC3339NanoFixed