diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_static.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_static.py
index cfd55c737b..6b1738dd87 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_static.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_static.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+import warnings
+
 from django.template import Library
 from django.templatetags.static import static as _static
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango30Warning
 
 register = Library()
 
 
 @register.simple_tag
 def static(path):
-    # Backwards compatibility alias for django.templatetags.static.static().
-    # Deprecation should start in Django 2.0.
+    warnings.warn(
+        '{% load admin_static %} is deprecated in favor of {% load static %}.',
+        RemovedInDjango30Warning,
+    )
     return _static(path)
diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py
index eeb7452dbf..9fa3926412 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/templatetags/staticfiles.py
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
+import warnings
+
 from django import template
 from django.templatetags.static import (
     do_static as _do_static, static as _static,
 )
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango30Warning
 
 register = template.Library()
 
 
 def static(path):
-    # Backwards compatibility alias for django.templatetags.static.static().
-    # Deprecation should start in Django 2.0.
+    warnings.warn(
+        'django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.static() is deprecated in '
+        'favor of django.templatetags.static.static().',
+        RemovedInDjango30Warning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
     return _static(path)
 
 
 @register.tag('static')
 def do_static(parser, token):
-    # Backwards compatibility alias for django.templatetags.static.do_static().
-    # Deprecation should start in Django 2.0.
+    warnings.warn(
+        '{% load staticfiles %} is deprecated in favor of {% load static %}.',
+        RemovedInDjango30Warning,
+    )
     return _do_static(parser, token)
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index f601b035ca..df817041df 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ details on these changes.
 
 * ``django.utils.http.cookie_date()`` will be removed.
 
+* The ``staticfiles`` and ``admin_static`` template tag libraries will be
+  removed.
+
+* ``django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.static()`` will be removed.
+
 See the :ref:`Django 2.1 release notes <deprecated-features-2.1>` for more
 details on these changes.
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.1.txt b/docs/releases/2.1.txt
index 3465f41ce5..d7de90903c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.1.txt
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@ Miscellaneous
   :func:`~django.utils.http.http_date`, which follows the format of the latest
   RFC.
 
+* ``{% load staticfiles %}`` and ``{% load admin_static %}`` are deprecated
+  in favor of ``{% load static %}``, which works the same.
+
+* ``django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.static()`` is deprecated in favor
+  of ``django.templatetags.static.static()``.
+
 .. _removed-features-2.1:
 
 Features removed in 2.1
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/test_static_deprecation.py b/tests/admin_views/test_static_deprecation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb64df6f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/admin_views/test_static_deprecation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import warnings
+
+from django.contrib.admin.templatetags.admin_static import static
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango30Warning
+
+
+class AdminStaticDeprecationTests(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test(self):
+        """
+        admin_static.static points to the collectstatic version
+        (as django.contrib.collectstatic is in INSTALLED_APPS).
+        """
+        msg = (
+            '{% load admin_static %} is deprecated in favor of '
+            '{% load static %}.'
+        )
+        old_url = staticfiles_storage.base_url
+        staticfiles_storage.base_url = '/test/'
+        try:
+            with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as recorded:
+                warnings.simplefilter('always')
+                url = static('path')
+            self.assertEqual(url, '/test/path')
+            self.assertEqual(len(recorded), 1)
+            self.assertIs(recorded[0].category, RemovedInDjango30Warning)
+            self.assertEqual(str(recorded[0].message), msg)
+        finally:
+            staticfiles_storage.base_url = old_url
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index a9746d9add..68094e0053 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from django.contrib.admin import AdminSite, ModelAdmin
 from django.contrib.admin.helpers import ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME
 from django.contrib.admin.models import ADDITION, DELETION, LogEntry
 from django.contrib.admin.options import TO_FIELD_VAR
-from django.contrib.admin.templatetags.admin_static import static
 from django.contrib.admin.templatetags.admin_urls import add_preserved_filters
 from django.contrib.admin.tests import AdminSeleniumTestCase
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import quote
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ from django.contrib.admin.views.main import IS_POPUP_VAR
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, get_permission_codename
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission, User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 from django.core import mail
 from django.core.checks import Error
 from django.core.files import temp as tempfile
@@ -200,18 +198,6 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
         response = self.client.get(add_url[:-1])
         self.assertRedirects(response, add_url, status_code=301)
 
-    def test_admin_static_template_tag(self):
-        """
-        admin_static.static points to the collectstatic version
-        (as django.contrib.collectstatic is in INSTALLED_APPS).
-        """
-        old_url = staticfiles_storage.base_url
-        staticfiles_storage.base_url = '/test/'
-        try:
-            self.assertEqual(static('path'), '/test/path')
-        finally:
-            staticfiles_storage.base_url = old_url
-
     def test_basic_add_GET(self):
         """
         A smoke test to ensure GET on the add_view works.
diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py
index 3adf5cf211..918ec4f99e 100644
--- a/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/cases.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class BaseStaticFilesMixin:
 
     def static_template_snippet(self, path, asvar=False):
         if asvar:
-            return "{%% load static from staticfiles %%}{%% static '%s' as var %%}{{ var }}" % path
-        return "{%% load static from staticfiles %%}{%% static '%s' %%}" % path
+            return "{%% load static from static %%}{%% static '%s' as var %%}{{ var }}" % path
+        return "{%% load static from static %%}{%% static '%s' %%}" % path
 
     def assertStaticRenders(self, path, result, asvar=False, **kwargs):
         template = self.static_template_snippet(path, asvar)
diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_forms.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_forms.py
index c5dc66de61..0178bab931 100644
--- a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_forms.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from django.contrib.staticfiles import storage
-from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static
 from django.forms import Media
+from django.templatetags.static import static
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 
 
diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_templatetag_deprecation.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_templatetag_deprecation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0194b0745e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_templatetag_deprecation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import warnings
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+from django.contrib.staticfiles import storage
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.staticfiles import static
+from django.template import Context, Template
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango30Warning
+
+
+class StaticTestStorage(storage.StaticFilesStorage):
+    def url(self, name):
+        return urljoin('https://example.com/assets/', name)
+
+
+@override_settings(
+    STATIC_URL='http://media.example.com/static/',
+    INSTALLED_APPS=('django.contrib.staticfiles',),
+    STATICFILES_STORAGE='staticfiles_tests.test_forms.StaticTestStorage',
+)
+class StaticDeprecationTests(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_templatetag_deprecated(self):
+        msg = '{% load staticfiles %} is deprecated in favor of {% load static %}.'
+        template = "{% load staticfiles %}{% static 'main.js' %}"
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as recorded:
+            warnings.simplefilter('always')
+            template = Template(template)
+        rendered = template.render(Context())
+        self.assertEqual(rendered, 'https://example.com/assets/main.js')
+        self.assertEqual(len(recorded), 1)
+        self.assertIs(recorded[0].category, RemovedInDjango30Warning)
+        self.assertEqual(str(recorded[0].message), msg)
+
+    def test_static_deprecated(self):
+        msg = (
+            'django.contrib.staticfiles.templatetags.static() is deprecated in '
+            'favor of django.templatetags.static.static().'
+        )
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as recorded:
+            warnings.simplefilter('always')
+            url = static('main.js')
+        self.assertEqual(url, 'https://example.com/assets/main.js')
+        self.assertEqual(len(recorded), 1)
+        self.assertIs(recorded[0].category, RemovedInDjango30Warning)
+        self.assertEqual(str(recorded[0].message), msg)