3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
index 271cefeaf03..e76e4adcd7f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ pub mod with_hygiene {
                       -> Vec<ast::TokenTree> {
         // it appears to me that the cfg doesn't matter here... indeed,
         // parsing tt's probably shouldn't require a parser at all.
-        use make_reader = super::lexer::make_reader_with_embedded_idents;
+        use super::lexer::make_reader_with_embedded_idents as make_reader;
         let cfg = Vec::new();
         let srdr = make_reader(&sess.span_diagnostic, filemap);
         let mut p1 = Parser::new(sess, cfg, box srdr);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
index afcf84753a6..5273addf4f5 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub enum ObsoleteSyntax {
     ObsoleteOwnedSelf,
     ObsoleteManagedType,
     ObsoleteManagedExpr,
+    ObsoleteImportRenaming,
 }
 
 pub trait ParserObsoleteMethods {
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ impl<'a> ParserObsoleteMethods for parser::Parser<'a> {
                 "`@` notation for a managed pointer allocation",
                 "use the `box(GC)` operator instead of `@`"
             ),
+            ObsoleteImportRenaming => (
+                "`use foo = bar` syntax",
+                "write `use bar as foo` instead"
+            )
         };
 
         self.report(sp, kind, kind_str, desc);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 80b852111a2..9e2829e6380 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -5385,7 +5385,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         match self.token {
           token::EQ => {
             // x = foo::bar
-            // NOTE(stage0, #16461, pcwalton): Deprecate after snapshot.
             self.bump();
             let path_lo = self.span.lo;
             path = vec!(self.parse_ident());
@@ -5394,8 +5393,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 let id = self.parse_ident();
                 path.push(id);
             }
+            let span = mk_sp(path_lo, self.span.hi);
+            self.obsolete(span, ObsoleteImportRenaming);
             let path = ast::Path {
-                span: mk_sp(path_lo, self.span.hi),
+                span: span,
                 global: false,
                 segments: path.move_iter().map(|identifier| {
                     ast::PathSegment {