diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 3f0c6e315a599415fd9c86671a7ab0e5ba2d47ba..23e0be9e71796da3ba8f23db4268caced064813d 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ Changes from master to rewrite:
 9) Rename IsIsomorphicPolygonalComplex to IsIsomorphic
 10) Rename PolygonalComplexIsomorphismRepresentatives to
     IsomorphismRepresentatives
-11)
+11) RamifiedPolygonalSurface and RamifiedSimplicialSurface are no longer
+    available. Please use IsNotEdgeRamified instead.
 
diff --git a/gap/PolygonalComplexes/main.gi b/gap/PolygonalComplexes/main.gi
index 7ff7e9067af0a0aa62b502c0a8b2891cb8a0b13b..f572c10c7d6e77827cf025cb02932a0d406bad49 100644
--- a/gap/PolygonalComplexes/main.gi
+++ b/gap/PolygonalComplexes/main.gi
@@ -199,10 +199,6 @@ BindGlobal( "__SIMPLICIAL_PolygonalComplexName",
             return nameList[1];
         elif IsPolygonalSurface(complex) then
             return nameList[2];
-        elif IsRamifiedSimplicialSurface(complex) then
-            return nameList[3];
-        elif IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface(complex) then
-            return nameList[4];
         elif IsTriangularComplex(complex) then
             return nameList[5];
         else
diff --git a/gap/PolygonalComplexes/polygonal_hierarchy.gi b/gap/PolygonalComplexes/polygonal_hierarchy.gi
index fa749b2e4dcbb9a3fdf67abfee6fac5fca5a0419..260f169705cdd8a99f219d49c695398754dabe20 100644
--- a/gap/PolygonalComplexes/polygonal_hierarchy.gi
+++ b/gap/PolygonalComplexes/polygonal_hierarchy.gi
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ BindGlobal( "BendPolygonalComplexType",
 ##
 ## All of the filters
 ## * IsTriangularComplex
-## * IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface
-## * IsRamifiedSimplicialSurface
 ## * IsPolygonalSurface
 ## * IsSimplicialSurface
 ## should act like categories
@@ -58,16 +56,6 @@ InstallOtherMethod( IsTriangularComplex, "for an object", [IsObject],
         TryNextMethod();
     end
 );
-InstallOtherMethod( IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface, "for an object", [IsObject],
-    function(obj)
-        if not IsPolygonalComplex(obj) then
-            return false;
-        fi;
-        # Since IsPolygonalComplex is a category, the above
-        # check can't change anything
-        TryNextMethod();
-    end
-);
 InstallOtherMethod( IsPolygonalSurface, "for an object", [IsObject],
     function(obj)
         if not IsPolygonalComplex(obj) then
diff --git a/gap/categories_families.gd b/gap/categories_families.gd
index 840e2c47bbf6701d24957f9eabd8b54253113626..9370da6903ad39a3ac80b185a4b8836495ccf226 100644
--- a/gap/categories_families.gd
+++ b/gap/categories_families.gd
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ DeclareSynonym( "IsTriangularComplex", IsPolygonalComplex and IsTriangular );
 DeclareSynonym( "IsSimplicialSurface", IsPolygonalSurface and IsTriangular );
 
 
-DeclareProperty( "IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface", IsPolygonalComplex); #TODO replace by surface def
-InstallTrueMethod( IsPolygonalComplex, IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface );
-DeclareSynonym( "IsRamifiedSimplicialSurface", 
-    IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface and IsTriangularComplex);
-
-
 
 #######################################
 ##
diff --git a/unit_tests/Test_BorderCases_PolygonalComplex.g b/unit_tests/Test_BorderCases_PolygonalComplex.g
index de6bbd103ae0b0507ff8020b838f7e41c30bd068..138e990d1f6e4d850f7d60139cb5170ed2d22584 100644
--- a/unit_tests/Test_BorderCases_PolygonalComplex.g
+++ b/unit_tests/Test_BorderCases_PolygonalComplex.g
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ BindGlobal( "__SIMPLICIAL_Test_PolygonalHierarchy", function()
     x := 5;
     Assert(0, not IsPolygonalComplex(x));
     Assert(0, not IsTriangularComplex(x));
-    Assert(0, not IsRamifiedPolygonalSurface(x));
-    Assert(0, not IsRamifiedSimplicialSurface(x));
     Assert(0, not IsPolygonalSurface(x));
     Assert(0, not IsSimplicialSurface(x));
 end);