diff --git a/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-custom-element-bundle.ts b/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-custom-element-bundle.ts
index 1687411ad05..84190508c73 100644
--- a/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-custom-element-bundle.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-custom-element-bundle.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const validateCustomElementBundle = (config: d.Config, userOutputs: d.Out
     if (!isBoolean(outputTarget.externalRuntime)) {
       outputTarget.externalRuntime = true;
     }
-    outputTarget.copy = validateCopy(outputTarget.copy, config.copy);
+    outputTarget.copy = validateCopy(outputTarget.copy, []);
 
     if (outputTarget.copy.length > 0) {
       arr.push({
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const validateCustomElementBundle = (config: d.Config, userOutputs: d.Out
         copy: [...outputTarget.copy],
       });
     }
-    arr.push(outputTarget)
+    arr.push(outputTarget);
 
     return arr;
   }, [] as (d.OutputTargetDistCustomElementsBundle | d.OutputTargetCopy)[]);
diff --git a/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-dist.ts b/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-dist.ts
index de5c164478a..712e6a3e6ef 100644
--- a/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-dist.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-dist.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ const validateOutputTargetDist = (config: d.Config, o: d.OutputTargetDist) => {
     outputTarget.empty = true;
   }
 
-  outputTarget.copy = validateCopy(outputTarget.copy, config.copy);
+  outputTarget.copy = validateCopy(outputTarget.copy, []);
   return outputTarget;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-www.ts b/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-www.ts
index bc22dd73967..2e278cc9634 100644
--- a/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-www.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/config/outputs/validate-www.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ export const validateWww = (config: d.Config, diagnostics: d.Diagnostic[], userO
     outputs.push({
       type: COPY,
       dir: outputTarget.appDir,
-      copy: validateCopy(outputTarget.copy, [...(config.copy || []), { src: 'assets', warn: false }, { src: 'manifest.json', warn: false }]),
+      copy: validateCopy(outputTarget.copy, [
+        { src: 'assets', warn: false },
+        { src: 'manifest.json', warn: false },
+      ]),
     });
 
     // Generate global style with original name
diff --git a/src/compiler/config/validate-config.ts b/src/compiler/config/validate-config.ts
index dd7fdafc016..3176530334c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/config/validate-config.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/config/validate-config.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ export const validateConfig = (userConfig?: Config) => {
     config.bundles = [];
   }
 
-  // Default copy
-  config.copy = config.copy || [];
-
   // validate how many workers we can use
   validateWorkers(config);
 
diff --git a/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts b/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts
index 6bcbcee95bb..7a1c0c85029 100644
--- a/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts
+++ b/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts
@@ -34,21 +34,6 @@ export interface StencilConfig {
    */
   bundles?: ConfigBundle[];
 
-  /**
-   * The copy config is an array of objects that defines any files or folders that should
-   * be copied over to the build directory.
-   *
-   * Each object in the array must include a src property which can be either an absolute path,
-   * a relative path or a glob pattern. The config can also provide an optional dest property
-   * which can be either an absolute path or a path relative to the build directory.
-   * Also note that any files within src/assets are automatically copied to www/assets for convenience.
-   *
-   * In the copy config below, it will copy the entire directory from src/docs-content over to www/docs-content.
-   *
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  copy?: CopyTask[];
-
   /**
    * Stencil will cache build results in order to speed up rebuilds.
    * To disable this feature, set enableCache to false.