Apple dropped the axe on the original iPad Mini, the non-retina screen device which had lived on as the entry point to the company’s tablet line.

According to an Apple spokesperson cited by Engadget, “now all models of iPad Mini and iPad Air have 64-bit Apple-designed CPUs and high-resolution retina displays”.

Indeed, while the device was in one respect marked out by its screen, it also differed from its siblings under the hood, as a legacy from before Apple shifted to 64-bit chips. Removing the device from the line should give the vendor easier platform maintenance in future, as it also ends support for other 32-bit products (the iPhone shifted to 64-bit at iPhone 5S).

The first iPad Mini was unveiled in October 2012. The device stayed in the portfolio with Apple’s last iPad refresh (October 2014), priced at $249, making it the cheapest product in the line.

But with Apple’s iPad volumes pressured, the device also featured a different enough specification that it presumably got too expensive to continue sourcing separate parts – other iPad devices share a number of common components.