diff --git a/direnvrc b/direnvrc
index 5bb9161..49c9b0a 100644
--- a/direnvrc
+++ b/direnvrc
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ _nix_argsum_suffix() {
 
 nix_direnv_watch_file() {
   # shellcheck disable=2016
-  log_error '`nix_direnv_watch_file` is deprecated - use `watch_file`'
+  # deprecate this in the next version.
+  #log_error '`nix_direnv_watch_file` is deprecated - use `watch_file`'
   watch_file "$@"
 }