diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
index 318fe62a73ed27..a3d17b2b32353c 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.0.0.rst
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ or ``matplotlib.Axes.plot``. See :ref:`plotting.formatters` for more.
 - :meth:`pandas.Series.str.cat` now defaults to aligning ``others``, using ``join='left'`` (:issue:`27611`)
 - :meth:`pandas.Series.str.cat` does not accept list-likes *within* list-likes anymore (:issue:`27611`)
 - Removed the previously deprecated :meth:`ExtensionArray._formatting_values`. Use :attr:`ExtensionArray._formatter` instead. (:issue:`23601`)
+- :func:`read_excel` removed support for "skip_footer" argument, use "skipfooter" instead (:issue:`18836`)
+- :meth:`DataFrame.to_records` no longer supports the argument "convert_datetime64" (:issue:`18902`)
 - Removed the previously deprecated ``IntervalIndex.from_intervals`` in favor of the :class:`IntervalIndex` constructor (:issue:`19263`)
 - Changed the default value for the "keep_tz" argument in :meth:`DatetimeIndex.to_series` to ``True`` (:issue:`23739`)
 - Ability to read pickles containing :class:`Categorical` instances created with pre-0.16 version of pandas has been removed (:issue:`27538`)
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 5baba0bae1d452..cb74fff51e7a38 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     ensure_platform_int,
     infer_dtype_from_object,
     is_bool_dtype,
-    is_datetime64_any_dtype,
     is_dict_like,
     is_dtype_equal,
     is_extension_array_dtype,
@@ -1685,9 +1684,7 @@ def from_records(
 
         return cls(mgr)
 
-    def to_records(
-        self, index=True, convert_datetime64=None, column_dtypes=None, index_dtypes=None
-    ):
+    def to_records(self, index=True, column_dtypes=None, index_dtypes=None):
         """
         Convert DataFrame to a NumPy record array.
 
@@ -1699,11 +1696,6 @@ def to_records(
         index : bool, default True
             Include index in resulting record array, stored in 'index'
             field or using the index label, if set.
-        convert_datetime64 : bool, default None
-            .. deprecated:: 0.23.0
-
-            Whether to convert the index to datetime.datetime if it is a
-            DatetimeIndex.
         column_dtypes : str, type, dict, default None
             .. versionadded:: 0.24.0
 
@@ -1778,24 +1770,12 @@ def to_records(
                   dtype=[('I', 'S1'), ('A', '<i8'), ('B', '<f8')])
         """
 
-        if convert_datetime64 is not None:
-            warnings.warn(
-                "The 'convert_datetime64' parameter is "
-                "deprecated and will be removed in a future "
-                "version",
-                FutureWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
-            )
-
         if index:
-            if is_datetime64_any_dtype(self.index) and convert_datetime64:
-                ix_vals = [self.index.to_pydatetime()]
+            if isinstance(self.index, ABCMultiIndex):
+                # array of tuples to numpy cols. copy copy copy
+                ix_vals = list(map(np.array, zip(*self.index.values)))
             else:
-                if isinstance(self.index, ABCMultiIndex):
-                    # array of tuples to numpy cols. copy copy copy
-                    ix_vals = list(map(np.array, zip(*self.index.values)))
-                else:
-                    ix_vals = [self.index.values]
+                ix_vals = [self.index.values]
 
             arrays = ix_vals + [self[c]._internal_get_values() for c in self.columns]
 
diff --git a/pandas/io/excel/_base.py b/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
index 7ad7c40917b9c6..e615507b4199de 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel/_base.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from pandas._config import config
 
 from pandas.errors import EmptyDataError
-from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, deprecate_kwarg
+from pandas.util._decorators import Appender
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_bool, is_float, is_integer, is_list_like
 
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@
     Comments out remainder of line. Pass a character or characters to this
     argument to indicate comments in the input file. Any data between the
     comment string and the end of the current line is ignored.
-skip_footer : int, default 0
-    Alias of `skipfooter`.
-
-    .. deprecated:: 0.23.0
-       Use `skipfooter` instead.
 skipfooter : int, default 0
     Rows at the end to skip (0-indexed).
 convert_float : bool, default True
@@ -277,7 +272,6 @@
 
 
 @Appender(_read_excel_doc)
-@deprecate_kwarg("skip_footer", "skipfooter")
 def read_excel(
     io,
     sheet_name=0,
@@ -300,7 +294,6 @@ def read_excel(
     date_parser=None,
     thousands=None,
     comment=None,
-    skip_footer=0,
     skipfooter=0,
     convert_float=True,
     mangle_dupe_cols=True,
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_convert_to.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_convert_to.py
index e1dda1411edbde..63a98fda974a65 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_convert_to.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_convert_to.py
@@ -83,23 +83,10 @@ def test_to_records_dt64(self):
             index=date_range("2012-01-01", "2012-01-02"),
         )
 
-        # convert_datetime64 defaults to None
         expected = df.index.values[0]
         result = df.to_records()["index"][0]
         assert expected == result
 
-        # check for FutureWarning if convert_datetime64=False is passed
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning):
-            expected = df.index.values[0]
-            result = df.to_records(convert_datetime64=False)["index"][0]
-            assert expected == result
-
-        # check for FutureWarning if convert_datetime64=True is passed
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning):
-            expected = df.index[0]
-            result = df.to_records(convert_datetime64=True)["index"][0]
-            assert expected == result
-
     def test_to_records_with_multindex(self):
         # GH3189
         index = [
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py b/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py
index d1611eebe20597..f6d94c44520768 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py
@@ -917,14 +917,6 @@ def test_excel_table_sheet_by_index(self, read_ext, df_ref):
             df3 = pd.read_excel(excel, 0, index_col=0, skipfooter=1)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(df3, df1.iloc[:-1])
 
-        with tm.assert_produces_warning(
-            FutureWarning, check_stacklevel=False, raise_on_extra_warnings=False
-        ):
-            with pd.ExcelFile("test1" + read_ext) as excel:
-                df4 = pd.read_excel(excel, 0, index_col=0, skip_footer=1)
-
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(df3, df4)
-
         with pd.ExcelFile("test1" + read_ext) as excel:
             df3 = excel.parse(0, index_col=0, skipfooter=1)