Index: DEPRECATED.pod
===================================================================
--- DEPRECATED.pod	(revision 42132)
+++ DEPRECATED.pod	(working copy)
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@
 
 L<https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/918>
 
+=item Use of 'v' in NCI parameter lists [eligible in 2.1]
+
+An empty parameter list suffices to indicate no parameters to an NCI call.
+This has been marked as deprecated in PDD16 for 2 years.
+
+F<pdds/draft/pdd16_native_call.pod>
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Opcodes
Index: src/ops/core.ops
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--- src/ops/core.ops	(revision 42132)
+++ src/ops/core.ops	(working copy)
@@ -1322,7 +1322,6 @@
     else {
         $1 = pmc_new(interp, enum_class_NCI);
         VTABLE_set_pointer_keyed_str(interp, $1, $4, F2DPTR(p));
-        PObj_get_FLAGS($1) |= PObj_private1_FLAG;
     }
     Parrot_str_free_cstring(name);
 }
Index: src/extend.c
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--- src/extend.c	(revision 42132)
+++ src/extend.c	(working copy)
@@ -1742,7 +1742,6 @@
         (char *) NULL, 0);
     Parrot_PMC sub = pmc_new(interp, enum_class_NCI);
     VTABLE_set_pointer_keyed_str(interp, sub, sig, F2DPTR(func));
-    PObj_get_FLAGS(sub) |= PObj_private1_FLAG;
     return sub;
 }