diff --git a/websocket-sharp/Server/WebSocketServiceManager.cs b/websocket-sharp/Server/WebSocketServiceManager.cs
index 4b6018d0..1ebe75b9 100644
--- a/websocket-sharp/Server/WebSocketServiceManager.cs
+++ b/websocket-sharp/Server/WebSocketServiceManager.cs
@@ -554,44 +554,6 @@ namespace WebSocketSharp.Server
       }
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Sends <paramref name="data"/> to every client in the WebSocket services.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="data">
-    /// A <see cref="string"/> that represents the text data to send.
-    /// </param>
-    /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">
-    /// The current state of the manager is not Start.
-    /// </exception>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
-    /// <paramref name="data"/> is <see langword="null"/>.
-    /// </exception>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
-    /// <paramref name="data"/> could not be UTF-8-encoded.
-    /// </exception>
-    [Obsolete ("This method will be removed.")]
-    public void Broadcast (string data)
-    {
-      if (_state != ServerState.Start) {
-        var msg = "The current state of the manager is not Start.";
-        throw new InvalidOperationException (msg);
-      }
-
-      if (data == null)
-        throw new ArgumentNullException ("data");
-
-      byte[] bytes;
-      if (!data.TryGetUTF8EncodedBytes (out bytes)) {
-        var msg = "It could not be UTF-8-encoded.";
-        throw new ArgumentException (msg, "data");
-      }
-
-      if (bytes.LongLength <= WebSocket.FragmentLength)
-        broadcast (Opcode.Text, bytes, null);
-      else
-        broadcast (Opcode.Text, new MemoryStream (bytes), null);
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Sends <paramref name="data"/> asynchronously to every client in
     /// the WebSocket services.