diff --git a/src/styles-element.coffee b/src/styles-element.coffee
index 74ebd23ba..fc3b888cf 100644
--- a/src/styles-element.coffee
+++ b/src/styles-element.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {Emitter, CompositeDisposable} = require 'event-kit'
-{includeDeprecatedAPIs} = require 'grim'
 
 class StylesElement extends HTMLElement
   subscriptions: null
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ class StylesElement extends HTMLElement
     @styleElementClonesByOriginalElement = new WeakMap
 
   attachedCallback: ->
-    if includeDeprecatedAPIs and @context is 'atom-text-editor'
+    if @context is 'atom-text-editor'
       for styleElement in @children
         @upgradeDeprecatedSelectors(styleElement)
     @initialize()
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ class StylesElement extends HTMLElement
 
     @insertBefore(styleElementClone, insertBefore)
 
-    if includeDeprecatedAPIs and @context is 'atom-text-editor'
+    if @context is 'atom-text-editor'
       @upgradeDeprecatedSelectors(styleElementClone)
 
     @emitter.emit 'did-add-style-element', styleElementClone