diff --git a/dune/common/deprecated.hh b/dune/common/deprecated.hh
index a1bdc1ed70ad36d7f18de1b974080757bdd5b78e..4382e35162f334ccf719870639adf0f488b6163f 100644
--- a/dune/common/deprecated.hh
+++ b/dune/common/deprecated.hh
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #ifndef DUNE_DEPRECATED_HH
 #define DUNE_DEPRECATED_HH
 
-#warning This file has been deprecated in dune-common 2.1.  There is no replacement, you may simply omit it.
-
 //! @addtogroup Common
 //! @{
 #if defined(DOXYGEN) or not defined(DUNE_DEPRECATED)