diff --git a/direnvrc b/direnvrc
index c171ec3..c648ceb 100644
--- a/direnvrc
+++ b/direnvrc
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ _nix_argsum_suffix() {
 
 nix_direnv_watch_file() {
   # shellcheck disable=2016
-  # deprecate this in the next version.
-  #log_error '`nix_direnv_watch_file` is deprecated - use `watch_file`'
+  log_error '`nix_direnv_watch_file` is deprecated - use `watch_file`'
   watch_file "$@"
 }