diff --git a/src/write.rs b/src/write.rs
index ffcdfa27..d981bd1f 100644
--- a/src/write.rs
+++ b/src/write.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use bzip2;
 #[cfg(feature = "bzip2")]
 use bzip2::write::BzEncoder;
 #[allow(unused_imports)] // Rust <1.23 compat
-use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
+#[allow(deprecated)] use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
 
 enum GenericZipWriter<W: Write + io::Seek>
 {