diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 3b536f2e7d6..03d12fec2a9 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -3943,9 +3943,7 @@ This function is called directly from the C code."
       ;; discard the file name regexp
       (mapc #'funcall (cdr a-l-element))))
   ;; Complain when the user uses obsolete files.
-  (when (save-match-data
-          (and (string-match "/obsolete/\\([^/]*\\)\\'" abs-file)
-               (not (equal "loaddefs.el" (match-string 1 abs-file)))))
+  (when (string-match-p "/obsolete/\\([^/]*\\)\\'" abs-file)
     ;; Maybe we should just use display-warning?  This seems yucky...
     (let* ((file (file-name-nondirectory abs-file))
 	   (msg (format "Package %s is obsolete!"