diff --git a/src/wrappers/odbcsql.nim b/src/wrappers/odbcsql.nim
index 14dd10ae30..be56b75d36 100644
--- a/src/wrappers/odbcsql.nim
+++ b/src/wrappers/odbcsql.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-
 when not defined(ODBCVER):
   const
     ODBCVER = 0x0351 ## define ODBC version 3.51 by default