diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9402fd45284a..4e18aa8d1ab6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3385,6 +3385,7 @@
                   <arg>-Wconf:msg=Auto-application to \`\(\)\` is deprecated:s</arg>
                   <arg>-Wconf:msg=method with a single empty parameter list overrides method without any parameter list:s</arg>
                   <arg>-Wconf:msg=method without a parameter list overrides a method with a single empty one:s</arg>
+                  <arg>-Wconf:msg=symbol literal is deprecated:s</arg>
                 </args>
                 <compilerPlugins combine.self="override">
                 </compilerPlugins>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 906065ca0904..44af966abd53 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ object SparkBuild extends PomBuild {
           "-Wconf:msg=^(?=.*?Widening conversion from)(?=.*?is deprecated because it loses precision).+$:s",
           "-Wconf:msg=Auto-application to \\`\\(\\)\\` is deprecated:s",
           "-Wconf:msg=method with a single empty parameter list overrides method without any parameter list:s",
-          "-Wconf:msg=method without a parameter list overrides a method with a single empty one:s"
+          "-Wconf:msg=method without a parameter list overrides a method with a single empty one:s",
+          "-Wconf:msg=symbol literal is deprecated:s"
         )
       }
     }