diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/deprecated_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/deprecated_controller.rb
index aa67d6b1..3269a1a8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/deprecated_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/deprecated_controller.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 module Api
   module V1
     class DeprecatedController < ApplicationController
-      # rubocop:disable Style/MethodMissing
-      def method_missing
-        render json: { error: '/api/v1 is deprecated! Please use /api/v2 instead.' }, status: :gone
+      def deprecated
+        render json: {
+          error: '/api/v1 has been deprecated! Please use /api/v2 instead.'
+        }, status: :gone
       end
-      # rubocop:enable Style/MethodMissing
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/mappings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/mappings_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba6e704..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/mappings_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-module Api
-  module V1
-    class MappingsController < DeprecatedController
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/maps_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/maps_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ff6f472..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/maps_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-module Api
-  module V1
-    class MapsController < DeprecatedController
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/synapses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/synapses_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 32522e52..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/synapses_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-module Api
-  module V1
-    class SynapsesController < DeprecatedController
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/tokens_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/tokens_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9df2094a..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/tokens_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-module Api
-  module V1
-    class TokensController < DeprecatedController
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/topics_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d316bfa8..00000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/topics_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-module Api
-  module V1
-    class TopicsController < DeprecatedController
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 62728fe7..b5078d86 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -80,16 +80,8 @@ Metamaps::Application.routes.draw do
       match '*path', to: 'restful#catch_404', via: :all
     end
     namespace :v1, path: '/v1' do
-      # api v1 routes all lead to a deprecation error method
-      # see app/controllers/api/v1/deprecated_controller.rb
-      resources :maps, only: [:create, :show, :update, :destroy]
-      resources :synapses, only: [:create, :show, :update, :destroy]
-      resources :topics, only: [:create, :show, :update, :destroy]
-      resources :mappings, only: [:create, :show, :update, :destroy]
-      resources :tokens, only: [:create, :destroy] do
-        get :my_tokens, on: :collection
-      end
-      match '*path', to: 'deprecated#method_missing', via: :all
+      root to: 'deprecated#deprecated', via: :all
+      match '*path', to: 'deprecated#deprecated', via: :all
     end
     match '*path', to: 'v2/restful#catch_404', via: :all
   end