pandas-dev · jreback · Dec 5, 2017 · Dec 3, 2017
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst.template b/doc/source/index.rst.template
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ See the package overview for more detail about what's in the library.
     visualization
     style
     io
-    remote_data
     enhancingperf
     sparse
     gotchas

diff --git a/doc/source/remote_data.rst b/doc/source/remote_data.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.22.0.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.22.0.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ Removal of prior version deprecations/changes
 - ``pd.tseries.util.isleapyear`` has been removed (deprecated since v0.19). Use ``.is_leap_year`` property in Datetime-likes instead (:issue:`18370`)
 - ``pd.ordered_merge`` has been removed (deprecated since v0.19). Use ``pd.merge_ordered`` instead (:issue:`18459`)
 - The ``SparseList`` class has been removed (:issue:`14007`)
+- The ``pandas.io.wb`` and ``pandas.io.data`` stub modules have been removed (:issue:`13735`)
 
 .. _whatsnew_0220.performance:
 

diff --git a/pandas/io/data.py b/pandas/io/data.py
diff --git a/pandas/io/wb.py b/pandas/io/wb.py