diff --git a/docs/deprecated.md b/docs/deprecated.md
index 44f0b686a..312f2c74f 100644
--- a/docs/deprecated.md
+++ b/docs/deprecated.md
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ The old section of configuration parameters (`"pairlist"`) has been deprecated i
 
 ### deprecation of bidVolume and askVolume from volume-pairlist
 
-Since only quoteVolume can be compared between assets, the other options (bidVolume, askVolume) have been deprecated in 2020.4.
+Since only quoteVolume can be compared between assets, the other options (bidVolume, askVolume) have been deprecated in 2020.4, and have been removed in 2020.9.
diff --git a/freqtrade/pairlist/VolumePairList.py b/freqtrade/pairlist/VolumePairList.py
index 35dce93eb..44e5c52d7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/pairlist/VolumePairList.py
+++ b/freqtrade/pairlist/VolumePairList.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from freqtrade.pairlist.IPairList import IPairList
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-SORT_VALUES = ['askVolume', 'bidVolume', 'quoteVolume']
+SORT_VALUES = ['quoteVolume']
 
 
 class VolumePairList(IPairList):
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ class VolumePairList(IPairList):
             raise OperationalException(
                 f'key {self._sort_key} not in {SORT_VALUES}')
 
-        if self._sort_key != 'quoteVolume':
-            logger.warning(
-                "DEPRECATED: using any key other than quoteVolume for VolumePairList is deprecated."
-                )
-
     @property
     def needstickers(self) -> bool:
         """
diff --git a/tests/pairlist/test_pairlist.py b/tests/pairlist/test_pairlist.py
index 9217abc46..1f05bef1e 100644
--- a/tests/pairlist/test_pairlist.py
+++ b/tests/pairlist/test_pairlist.py
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ def test_VolumePairList_refresh_empty(mocker, markets_empty, whitelist_conf):
     # VolumePairList only
     ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"}],
      "BTC", ['ETH/BTC', 'TKN/BTC', 'LTC/BTC', 'XRP/BTC', 'HOT/BTC']),
-    # Different sorting depending on quote or bid volume
-    ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "bidVolume"}],
-     "BTC",  ['HOT/BTC', 'FUEL/BTC', 'XRP/BTC', 'LTC/BTC', 'TKN/BTC']),
     ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"}],
      "USDT", ['ETH/USDT', 'NANO/USDT', 'ADAHALF/USDT', 'ADADOUBLE/USDT']),
     # No pair for ETH, VolumePairList
@@ -263,10 +260,6 @@ def test_VolumePairList_refresh_empty(mocker, markets_empty, whitelist_conf):
     ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"},
       {"method": "PrecisionFilter"}],
      "BTC", ['ETH/BTC', 'TKN/BTC', 'LTC/BTC', 'XRP/BTC']),
-    # Precisionfilter bid
-    ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "bidVolume"},
-      {"method": "PrecisionFilter"}],
-     "BTC", ['FUEL/BTC', 'XRP/BTC', 'LTC/BTC', 'TKN/BTC']),
     # PriceFilter and VolumePairList
     ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"},
       {"method": "PriceFilter", "low_price_ratio": 0.03}],
@@ -293,9 +286,6 @@ def test_VolumePairList_refresh_empty(mocker, markets_empty, whitelist_conf):
     ([{"method": "StaticPairList"}],
      "BTC", ['ETH/BTC', 'TKN/BTC', 'HOT/BTC']),
     # Static Pairlist before VolumePairList - sorting changes
-    ([{"method": "StaticPairList"},
-      {"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "bidVolume"}],
-     "BTC", ['HOT/BTC', 'TKN/BTC', 'ETH/BTC']),
     # SpreadFilter
     ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"},
       {"method": "SpreadFilter", "max_spread_ratio": 0.005}],
@@ -344,9 +334,9 @@ def test_VolumePairList_refresh_empty(mocker, markets_empty, whitelist_conf):
     ([{"method": "SpreadFilter", "max_spread_ratio": 0.005}],
      "BTC", 'filter_at_the_beginning'),  # OperationalException expected
     # Static Pairlist after VolumePairList, on a non-first position
-    ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "bidVolume"},
+    ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 5, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"},
       {"method": "StaticPairList"}],
-     "BTC", 'static_in_the_middle'),
+        "BTC", 'static_in_the_middle'),
     ([{"method": "VolumePairList", "number_assets": 20, "sort_key": "quoteVolume"},
       {"method": "PriceFilter", "low_price_ratio": 0.02}],
         "USDT", ['ETH/USDT', 'NANO/USDT']),