diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/ReadLineInputStream.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/ReadLineInputStream.java
index 7b41d53375c3..265422f1d541 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/ReadLineInputStream.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/ReadLineInputStream.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *
  * Read from an input stream, accepting CR/LF, LF or just CR.
  */
-@Deprecated
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class ReadLineInputStream extends BufferedInputStream
 {
     boolean _seenCRLF;