diff --git a/ice-9/boot-9.scm b/ice-9/boot-9.scm
index 02932d4f0..e1a6e7dd7 100644
--- a/ice-9/boot-9.scm
+++ b/ice-9/boot-9.scm
@@ -3063,6 +3063,11 @@
 
 ;; Place the user in the guile-user module.
 ;;
+
 (define-module (guile-user))
 
+(if include-deprecated-features
+    ;; automatic availability of this module is deprecated.
+    (use-modules (ice-9 rdelim)))
+
 ;;; boot-9.scm ends here