diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6513db5..1f5fcb3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Dec 24 12:07:52 CET 2003 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* legacy.c: remove deprecated warning on startElement()
+
 Wed Dec 24 12:04:35 CET 2003 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
 
 	* xinclude.c result/XInclude/nodes2.*: XInclude xpointer support
diff --git a/legacy.c b/legacy.c
index 5b635ff..9ed7413 100644
--- a/legacy.c
+++ b/legacy.c
@@ -1135,8 +1135,7 @@
 void
 startElement(void *ctx, const xmlChar * fullname, const xmlChar ** atts)
 {
-    DEPRECATED("startElement")
-        xmlSAX2StartElement(ctx, fullname, atts);
+    xmlSAX2StartElement(ctx, fullname, atts);
 }
 
 /**