diff --git a/docs/components/utilities.md b/docs/components/utilities.md
index 00bc96721c91fda9cdfe10ababe3e1a52ed99ff2..e59869fcd575202a7a00181a66fe8db018d9ea52 100644
--- a/docs/components/utilities.md
+++ b/docs/components/utilities.md
@@ -60,8 +60,19 @@ Here are some representative examples of these classes:
 }
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-Additionally, Bootstrap also includes an `.m-x-auto` class which sets the horizontal margins to `auto`.
+Additionally, Bootstrap also includes an `.m-x-auto` class for centering fixed-width block level content by setting the horizontal margins to `auto`.
 
+<div class="bd-example">
+  <div class="m-x-auto" style="width: 200px; background-color: rgba(86,61,124,.15);">
+    Centered element
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+{% highlight html %}
+<div class="m-x-auto" style="width: 200px;"">
+  Centered element
+</div>
+{% endhighlight %}
 
 ## Text alignment
 
@@ -191,27 +202,7 @@ Two similar non-responsive mixins (`pull-left` and `pull-right`) are also availa
 }
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-## Center content
-
-Set an element to `display: block;` and center via `margin`. Available as a mixin and class.
-
-{% example html %}
-<div class="center-block">Centered block</div>
-{% endexample %}
-
-{% highlight scss %}
-// Class
-.center-block {
-  display: block;
-  margin-left: auto;
-  margin-right: auto;
-}
-
-// Usage as a mixin
-.element {
-  @include center-block;
-}
-{% endhighlight %}
+## Clearfix
 
 Easily clear `float`s by adding `.clearfix` **to the parent element**. Utilizes [the micro clearfix](http://nicolasgallagher.com/micro-clearfix-hack/) as popularized by Nicolas Gallagher. Can also be used as a mixin.
 
diff --git a/docs/migration.md b/docs/migration.md
index 45f290dcbc20ac8e9451434cf5f4311ac3fd4724..774dd1166feaeddee9858a1b915de3848b1c18e3 100644
--- a/docs/migration.md
+++ b/docs/migration.md
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ Dropped entirely for the new card component.
 
 - Added `.pull-{xs,sm,md,lg,xl}-{left,right,none}` classes for responsive floats and removed `.pull-left` and `.pull-right` since they're redundant to `.pull-xs-left` and `.pull-xs-right`.
 - Added responsive variations to our text alignment classes `.text-{xs,sm,md,lg,xl}-{left,center,right}` and removed the redundant `.text-{left,center,right}` utilities as they are the same as the `xs` variation.
+- Dropped `.center-block` for the new `.m-x-auto` class.
 
 ### Vendor prefix mixins
 Bootstrap 3's [vendor prefix](http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/a/css-vendor-prefixes.htm) mixins, which were deprecated in v3.2.0, have been removed in Bootstrap 4. Since we use [Autoprefixer](https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer), they're no longer necessary.
diff --git a/scss/_mixins.scss b/scss/_mixins.scss
index 934769fdcdd0279b327ba3492933e08cc9fb51d1..5c86512070b691f7cc590114e3c4cda79b6c3273 100644
--- a/scss/_mixins.scss
+++ b/scss/_mixins.scss
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 
 // // Layout
 @import "mixins/clearfix";
-@import "mixins/center-block";
 // @import "mixins/navbar-align";
 @import "mixins/grid-framework";
 @import "mixins/grid";
diff --git a/scss/_utilities.scss b/scss/_utilities.scss
index ac703bc467afe3b64b9a04bf12d30d6f51ee5a07..3f9e81f125e75b090e8c9fce7921d26d6a86f9af 100644
--- a/scss/_utilities.scss
+++ b/scss/_utilities.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 @import "utilities/background";
-@import "utilities/center-block";
 @import "utilities/clearfix";
 @import "utilities/pulls";
 @import "utilities/screenreaders";
diff --git a/scss/mixins/_center-block.scss b/scss/mixins/_center-block.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index e06fb5e276e471ac4bd574068254808089695afd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scss/mixins/_center-block.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Center-align a block level element
-
-@mixin center-block() {
-  display: block;
-  margin-left: auto;
-  margin-right: auto;
-}
diff --git a/scss/utilities/_center-block.scss b/scss/utilities/_center-block.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c986667aee7eb7741e5cf0b7d82c0bcdb800ea1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scss/utilities/_center-block.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.center-block {
-  @include center-block();
-}