diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 7989377a..bb920c5c 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -516,8 +516,7 @@ class Sanic:
     # Execution
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
-    def run(self, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, debug=False, before_start=None,
-            after_start=None, before_stop=None, after_stop=None, ssl=None,
+    def run(self, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, debug=False, ssl=None,
             sock=None, workers=1, loop=None, protocol=None,
             backlog=100, stop_event=None, register_sys_signals=True,
             log_config=LOGGING):
@@ -527,14 +526,6 @@ class Sanic:
         :param host: Address to host on
         :param port: Port to host on
         :param debug: Enables debug output (slows server)
-        :param before_start: Functions to be executed before the server starts
-                            accepting connections
-        :param after_start: Functions to be executed after the server starts
-                            accepting connections
-        :param before_stop: Functions to be executed when a stop signal is
-                            received before it is respected
-        :param after_stop: Functions to be executed when all requests are
-                            complete
         :param ssl: SSLContext, or location of certificate and key
                             for SSL encryption of worker(s)
         :param sock: Socket for the server to accept connections from
@@ -558,10 +549,8 @@ class Sanic:
             warnings.warn("stop_event will be removed from future versions.",
                           DeprecationWarning)
         server_settings = self._helper(
-            host=host, port=port, debug=debug, before_start=before_start,
-            after_start=after_start, before_stop=before_stop,
-            after_stop=after_stop, ssl=ssl, sock=sock, workers=workers,
-            loop=loop, protocol=protocol, backlog=backlog,
+            host=host, port=port, debug=debug, ssl=ssl, sock=sock,
+            workers=workers, loop=loop, protocol=protocol, backlog=backlog,
             register_sys_signals=register_sys_signals,
             has_log=log_config is not None)
 
@@ -588,9 +577,7 @@ class Sanic:
         return self
 
     async def create_server(self, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, debug=False,
-                            before_start=None, after_start=None,
-                            before_stop=None, after_stop=None, ssl=None,
-                            sock=None, loop=None, protocol=None,
+                            ssl=None, sock=None, loop=None, protocol=None,
                             backlog=100, stop_event=None,
                             log_config=LOGGING):
         """Asynchronous version of `run`.
@@ -609,9 +596,7 @@ class Sanic:
             warnings.warn("stop_event will be removed from future versions.",
                           DeprecationWarning)
         server_settings = self._helper(
-            host=host, port=port, debug=debug, before_start=before_start,
-            after_start=after_start, before_stop=before_stop,
-            after_stop=after_stop, ssl=ssl, sock=sock,
+            host=host, port=port, debug=debug, ssl=ssl, sock=sock,
             loop=loop or get_event_loop(), protocol=protocol,
             backlog=backlog, run_async=True,
             has_log=log_config is not None)
@@ -641,8 +626,7 @@ class Sanic:
         return response
 
     def _helper(self, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, debug=False,
-                before_start=None, after_start=None, before_stop=None,
-                after_stop=None, ssl=None, sock=None, workers=1, loop=None,
+                ssl=None, sock=None, workers=1, loop=None,
                 protocol=HttpProtocol, backlog=100, stop_event=None,
                 register_sys_signals=True, run_async=False, has_log=True):
         """Helper function used by `run` and `create_server`."""
@@ -669,16 +653,6 @@ class Sanic:
                           "pull/335 has more information.",
                           DeprecationWarning)
 
-        # Deprecate this
-        if any(arg is not None for arg in (after_stop, after_start,
-                                           before_start, before_stop)):
-            if debug:
-                warnings.simplefilter('default')
-            warnings.warn("Passing a before_start, before_stop, after_start or"
-                          "after_stop callback will be deprecated in next "
-                          "major version after 0.4.0",
-                          DeprecationWarning)
-
         self.error_handler.debug = debug
         self.debug = debug
 
@@ -706,18 +680,13 @@ class Sanic:
         # Register start/stop events
         # -------------------------------------------- #
 
-        for event_name, settings_name, reverse, args in (
-                ("before_server_start", "before_start", False, before_start),
-                ("after_server_start", "after_start", False, after_start),
-                ("before_server_stop", "before_stop", True, before_stop),
-                ("after_server_stop", "after_stop", True, after_stop),
+        for event_name, settings_name, reverse in (
+                ("before_server_start", "before_start", False),
+                ("after_server_start", "after_start", False),
+                ("before_server_stop", "before_stop", True),
+                ("after_server_stop", "after_stop", True),
         ):
             listeners = self.listeners[event_name].copy()
-            if args:
-                if callable(args):
-                    listeners.append(args)
-                else:
-                    listeners.extend(args)
             if reverse:
                 listeners.reverse()
             # Prepend sanic to the arguments when listeners are triggered