diff --git a/System/IO/Error.hs b/System/IO/Error.hs
index 1304dc45618b8e64777124e69eaf3a06a18f71b0..d39261b3a6578738900a4f8c03f69b36fde54bb4 100644
--- a/System/IO/Error.hs
+++ b/System/IO/Error.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unused-imports #-}
--- apparent bug in GHC, reports a bogus warning for the Prelude import below
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 701
 {-# LANGUAGE Safe #-}
 #endif