diff --git a/classes/author/DAO.php b/classes/author/DAO.php
index ca131754ed..3dbc32104a 100644
--- a/classes/author/DAO.php
+++ b/classes/author/DAO.php
@@ -18,136 +18,6 @@
 
 namespace APP\author;
 
-use APP\core\Application;
-use Illuminate\Support\Str;
-use PKP\db\DAORegistry;
-use PKP\db\DAOResultFactory;
-use PKP\db\DBResultRange;
-use PKP\facades\Locale;
-use PKP\identity\Identity;
-use PKP\submission\PKPSubmission;
-
 class DAO extends \PKP\author\DAO
 {
-    /**
-     * Retrieve all published authors for a server by the first letter of the family name.
-     * Authors will be sorted by (family, given). Note that if serverId is null,
-     * alphabetized authors for all enabled servers are returned.
-     * If authors have the same given names, first names and affiliations in all server locales,
-     * as well as country and email (optional), they are considered to be the same.
-     *
-     * @param int $serverId Optional server ID to restrict results to
-     * @param string $initial An initial a family name must begin with, "-" for authors with no family names
-     * @param DBResultRange $rangeInfo Range information
-     * @param bool $includeEmail Whether or not to include the email in the select distinct
-     *
-     * @return DAOResultFactory Authors ordered by last name, given name
-     *
-     * @deprecated 3.4.0.0
-     *
-     */
-    public function getAuthorsAlphabetizedByServer($serverId = null, $initial = null, $rangeInfo = null, $includeEmail = false)
-    {
-        $locale = Locale::getLocale();
-        $params = [
-            Identity::IDENTITY_SETTING_GIVENNAME, $locale,
-            Identity::IDENTITY_SETTING_GIVENNAME,
-            Identity::IDENTITY_SETTING_FAMILYNAME, $locale,
-            Identity::IDENTITY_SETTING_FAMILYNAME,
-        ];
-        if (isset($serverId)) {
-            $params[] = $serverId;
-        }
-
-        $supportedLocales = [];
-        if ($serverId !== null) {
-            $serverDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('ServerDAO'); /** @var \ServerDAO $serverDao */
-            $server = $serverDao->getById($serverId);
-            $supportedLocales = $server->getSupportedLocales();
-        } else {
-            $site = Application::get()->getRequest()->getSite();
-            $supportedLocales = $site->getSupportedLocales();
-        }
-        $supportedLocalesCount = count($supportedLocales);
-        $sqlJoinAuthorSettings = $sqlColumnsAuthorSettings = $initialSql = '';
-        if (isset($initial)) {
-            $initialSql = ' AND (';
-        }
-        $index = 0;
-        foreach ($supportedLocales as $locale) {
-            $localeStr = str_replace('@', '_', $locale);
-            $sqlColumnsAuthorSettings .= ",
-				COALESCE(asg{$index}.setting_value, ''), ' ',
-				COALESCE(asf{$index}.setting_value, ''), ' ',
-				COALESCE(SUBSTRING(asa{$index}.setting_value FROM 1 FOR 255), ''), ' '
-			";
-            $sqlJoinAuthorSettings .= "
-				LEFT JOIN author_settings asg{$index} ON (asg{$index}.author_id  = aa.author_id AND asg{$index}.setting_name = '" . Identity::IDENTITY_SETTING_GIVENNAME . "' AND asg{$index}.locale = '{$locale}')
-				LEFT JOIN author_settings asf{$index} ON (asf{$index}.author_id  = aa.author_id AND asf{$index}.setting_name = '" . Identity::IDENTITY_SETTING_FAMILYNAME . "' AND asf{$index}.locale = '{$locale}')
-				LEFT JOIN author_settings asa{$index} ON (asa{$index}.author_id  = aa.author_id AND asa{$index}.setting_name = 'affiliation' AND asa{$index}.locale = '{$locale}')
-			";
-            if (isset($initial)) {
-                if ($initial == '-') {
-                    $initialSql .= "(asf{$index}.setting_value IS NULL OR asf{$index}.setting_value = '')";
-                    if ($index < $supportedLocalesCount - 1) {
-                        $initialSql .= ' AND ';
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    $params[] = Str::lower($initial) . '%';
-                    $initialSql .= "LOWER(asf{$index}.setting_value) LIKE LOWER(?)";
-                    if ($index < $supportedLocalesCount - 1) {
-                        $initialSql .= ' OR ';
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            $index++;
-        }
-        if (isset($initial)) {
-            $initialSql .= ')';
-        }
-
-        $baseSql = '
-            FROM authors a
-            JOIN user_groups ug ON (a.user_group_id = ug.user_group_id)
-            JOIN publications p ON (p.publication_id = a.publication_id)
-            JOIN submissions s ON (s.current_publication_id = p.publication_id)
-            LEFT JOIN author_settings agl ON (a.author_id = agl.author_id AND agl.setting_name = ? AND agl.locale = ?)
-            LEFT JOIN author_settings agpl ON (a.author_id = agpl.author_id AND agpl.setting_name = ? AND agpl.locale = s.locale)
-            LEFT JOIN author_settings afl ON (a.author_id = afl.author_id AND afl.setting_name = ? AND afl.locale = ?)
-            LEFT JOIN author_settings afpl ON (a.author_id = afpl.author_id AND afpl.setting_name = ? AND afpl.locale = s.locale)
-            JOIN (
-                SELECT
-                MIN(aa.author_id) as author_id,
-                CONCAT(
-                ' . ($includeEmail ? 'aa.email, \' \', ' : '') . '
-                ac.setting_value,
-                \' \'
-                ' . $sqlColumnsAuthorSettings . '
-                ) as names
-                FROM authors aa
-                JOIN publications pp ON (pp.publication_id = aa.publication_id)
-                LEFT JOIN publication_settings ppss ON (ppss.publication_id = pp.publication_id)
-                JOIN submissions ss ON (ss.submission_id = pp.submission_id AND ss.current_publication_id = pp.publication_id AND ss.status = ' . PKPSubmission::STATUS_PUBLISHED . ')
-                JOIN servers j ON (ss.context_id = j.server_id)
-                LEFT JOIN author_settings ac ON (ac.author_id = aa.author_id AND ac.setting_name = \'country\')
-                ' . $sqlJoinAuthorSettings . '
-                WHERE j.enabled = 1
-                ' . (isset($serverId) ? ' AND j.server_id = ?' : '')
-                . $initialSql . '
-                GROUP BY names
-            ) as t1 ON (t1.author_id = a.author_id)';
-
-        $result = $this->deprecatedDao->retrieveRange(
-            "SELECT
-                a.*, ug.show_title, s.locale,
-				COALESCE(agl.setting_value, agpl.setting_value) AS author_given,
-				CASE WHEN agl.setting_value <> '' THEN afl.setting_value ELSE afpl.setting_value END AS author_family
-			{$baseSql}
-            ORDER BY author_family, author_given",
-            $params,
-            $rangeInfo
-        );
-
-        return new DAOResultFactory($result, $this, 'fromRow', [], "SELECT 0 {$baseSql}", $params, $rangeInfo);
-    }
 }