diff --git a/reference/helpers_deprecated.go b/reference/helpers_deprecated.go
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--- a/reference/helpers_deprecated.go
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-package reference
-
-import "github.com/distribution/reference"
-
-// IsNameOnly returns true if reference only contains a repo name.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.IsNameOnly].
-func IsNameOnly(ref reference.Named) bool {
-	return reference.IsNameOnly(ref)
-}
-
-// FamiliarName returns the familiar name string
-// for the given named, familiarizing if needed.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.FamiliarName].
-func FamiliarName(ref reference.Named) string {
-	return reference.FamiliarName(ref)
-}
-
-// FamiliarString returns the familiar string representation
-// for the given reference, familiarizing if needed.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.FamiliarString].
-func FamiliarString(ref reference.Reference) string {
-	return reference.FamiliarString(ref)
-}
-
-// FamiliarMatch reports whether ref matches the specified pattern.
-// See [path.Match] for supported patterns.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.FamiliarMatch].
-func FamiliarMatch(pattern string, ref reference.Reference) (bool, error) {
-	return reference.FamiliarMatch(pattern, ref)
-}
diff --git a/reference/normalize_deprecated.go b/reference/normalize_deprecated.go
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index ad2d82698..000000000
--- a/reference/normalize_deprecated.go
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@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package reference
-
-import (
-	"github.com/distribution/reference"
-)
-
-// ParseNormalizedNamed parses a string into a named reference
-// transforming a familiar name from Docker UI to a fully
-// qualified reference. If the value may be an identifier
-// use ParseAnyReference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.ParseNormalizedNamed].
-func ParseNormalizedNamed(s string) (reference.Named, error) {
-	return reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(s)
-}
-
-// ParseDockerRef normalizes the image reference following the docker convention,
-// which allows for references to contain both a tag and a digest.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.ParseDockerRef].
-func ParseDockerRef(ref string) (reference.Named, error) {
-	return reference.ParseDockerRef(ref)
-}
-
-// TagNameOnly adds the default tag "latest" to a reference if it only has
-// a repo name.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.TagNameOnly].
-func TagNameOnly(ref reference.Named) reference.Named {
-	return reference.TagNameOnly(ref)
-}
-
-// ParseAnyReference parses a reference string as a possible identifier,
-// full digest, or familiar name.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.ParseAnyReference].
-func ParseAnyReference(ref string) (reference.Reference, error) {
-	return reference.ParseAnyReference(ref)
-}
diff --git a/reference/reference_deprecated.go b/reference/reference_deprecated.go
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index 5b732498e..000000000
--- a/reference/reference_deprecated.go
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@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-// Package reference is deprecated, and has moved to github.com/distribution/reference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use github.com/distribution/reference instead.
-package reference
-
-import (
-	"github.com/distribution/reference"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
-)
-
-const (
-	// NameTotalLengthMax is the maximum total number of characters in a repository name.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.NameTotalLengthMax].
-	NameTotalLengthMax = reference.NameTotalLengthMax
-)
-
-var (
-	// ErrReferenceInvalidFormat represents an error while trying to parse a string as a reference.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrReferenceInvalidFormat].
-	ErrReferenceInvalidFormat = reference.ErrReferenceInvalidFormat
-
-	// ErrTagInvalidFormat represents an error while trying to parse a string as a tag.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrTagInvalidFormat].
-	ErrTagInvalidFormat = reference.ErrTagInvalidFormat
-
-	// ErrDigestInvalidFormat represents an error while trying to parse a string as a tag.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrDigestInvalidFormat].
-	ErrDigestInvalidFormat = reference.ErrDigestInvalidFormat
-
-	// ErrNameContainsUppercase is returned for invalid repository names that contain uppercase characters.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrNameContainsUppercase].
-	ErrNameContainsUppercase = reference.ErrNameContainsUppercase
-
-	// ErrNameEmpty is returned for empty, invalid repository names.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrNameEmpty].
-	ErrNameEmpty = reference.ErrNameEmpty
-
-	// ErrNameTooLong is returned when a repository name is longer than NameTotalLengthMax.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrNameTooLong].
-	ErrNameTooLong = reference.ErrNameTooLong
-
-	// ErrNameNotCanonical is returned when a name is not canonical.
-	//
-	// Deprecated: use [reference.ErrNameNotCanonical].
-	ErrNameNotCanonical = reference.ErrNameNotCanonical
-)
-
-// Reference is an opaque object reference identifier that may include
-// modifiers such as a hostname, name, tag, and digest.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Reference].
-type Reference = reference.Reference
-
-// Field provides a wrapper type for resolving correct reference types when
-// working with encoding.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Field].
-type Field = reference.Field
-
-// AsField wraps a reference in a Field for encoding.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.AsField].
-func AsField(ref reference.Reference) reference.Field {
-	return reference.AsField(ref)
-}
-
-// Named is an object with a full name
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Named].
-type Named = reference.Named
-
-// Tagged is an object which has a tag
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Tagged].
-type Tagged = reference.Tagged
-
-// NamedTagged is an object including a name and tag.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.NamedTagged].
-type NamedTagged reference.NamedTagged
-
-// Digested is an object which has a digest
-// in which it can be referenced by
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Digested].
-type Digested reference.Digested
-
-// Canonical reference is an object with a fully unique
-// name including a name with domain and digest
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Canonical].
-type Canonical reference.Canonical
-
-// Domain returns the domain part of the [Named] reference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Domain].
-func Domain(named reference.Named) string {
-	return reference.Domain(named)
-}
-
-// Path returns the name without the domain part of the [Named] reference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Path].
-func Path(named reference.Named) (name string) {
-	return reference.Path(named)
-}
-
-// SplitHostname splits a named reference into a
-// hostname and name string. If no valid hostname is
-// found, the hostname is empty and the full value
-// is returned as name
-//
-// Deprecated: Use [reference.Domain] or [reference.Path].
-func SplitHostname(named reference.Named) (string, string) {
-	return reference.SplitHostname(named)
-}
-
-// Parse parses s and returns a syntactically valid Reference.
-// If an error was encountered it is returned, along with a nil Reference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Parse].
-func Parse(s string) (reference.Reference, error) {
-	return reference.Parse(s)
-}
-
-// ParseNamed parses s and returns a syntactically valid reference implementing
-// the Named interface. The reference must have a name and be in the canonical
-// form, otherwise an error is returned.
-// If an error was encountered it is returned, along with a nil Reference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.ParseNamed].
-func ParseNamed(s string) (reference.Named, error) {
-	return reference.ParseNamed(s)
-}
-
-// WithName returns a named object representing the given string. If the input
-// is invalid ErrReferenceInvalidFormat will be returned.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.WithName].
-func WithName(name string) (reference.Named, error) {
-	return reference.WithName(name)
-}
-
-// WithTag combines the name from "name" and the tag from "tag" to form a
-// reference incorporating both the name and the tag.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.WithTag].
-func WithTag(name reference.Named, tag string) (reference.NamedTagged, error) {
-	return reference.WithTag(name, tag)
-}
-
-// WithDigest combines the name from "name" and the digest from "digest" to form
-// a reference incorporating both the name and the digest.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.WithDigest].
-func WithDigest(name reference.Named, digest digest.Digest) (reference.Canonical, error) {
-	return reference.WithDigest(name, digest)
-}
-
-// TrimNamed removes any tag or digest from the named reference.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.TrimNamed].
-func TrimNamed(ref reference.Named) reference.Named {
-	return reference.TrimNamed(ref)
-}
diff --git a/reference/regexp_deprecated.go b/reference/regexp_deprecated.go
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index 8f7e7aefa..000000000
--- a/reference/regexp_deprecated.go
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package reference
-
-import (
-	"github.com/distribution/reference"
-)
-
-// DigestRegexp matches well-formed digests, including algorithm (e.g. "sha256:<encoded>").
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.DigestRegexp].
-var DigestRegexp = reference.DigestRegexp
-
-// DomainRegexp matches hostname or IP-addresses, optionally including a port
-// number. It defines the structure of potential domain components that may be
-// part of image names. This is purposely a subset of what is allowed by DNS to
-// ensure backwards compatibility with Docker image names. It may be a subset of
-// DNS domain name, an IPv4 address in decimal format, or an IPv6 address between
-// square brackets (excluding zone identifiers as defined by [RFC 6874] or special
-// addresses such as IPv4-Mapped).
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.DomainRegexp].
-//
-// [RFC 6874]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6874.
-var DomainRegexp = reference.DomainRegexp
-
-// IdentifierRegexp is the format for string identifier used as a
-// content addressable identifier using sha256. These identifiers
-// are like digests without the algorithm, since sha256 is used.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.IdentifierRegexp].
-var IdentifierRegexp = reference.IdentifierRegexp
-
-// NameRegexp is the format for the name component of references, including
-// an optional domain and port, but without tag or digest suffix.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.NameRegexp].
-var NameRegexp = reference.NameRegexp
-
-// ReferenceRegexp is the full supported format of a reference. The regexp
-// is anchored and has capturing groups for name, tag, and digest
-// components.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.ReferenceRegexp].
-var ReferenceRegexp = reference.ReferenceRegexp
-
-// TagRegexp matches valid tag names. From [docker/docker:graph/tags.go].
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.TagRegexp].
-//
-// [docker/docker:graph/tags.go]: https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v1.6.0/graph/tags.go#L26-L28
-var TagRegexp = reference.TagRegexp
diff --git a/reference/sort_deprecated.go b/reference/sort_deprecated.go
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--- a/reference/sort_deprecated.go
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-package reference
-
-import "github.com/distribution/reference"
-
-// Sort sorts string references preferring higher information references.
-//
-// Deprecated: use [reference.Sort].
-func Sort(references []string) []string {
-	return reference.Sort(references)
-}