diff --git a/drivers/arm/gic/common/gic_common.c b/drivers/arm/gic/common/gic_common.c
index 38b2f67..bf6405f 100644
--- a/drivers/arm/gic/common/gic_common.c
+++ b/drivers/arm/gic/common/gic_common.c
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
+#pragma message __FILE__ " is deprecated, use gicv2.mk instead"
+
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #include <drivers/arm/gic_common.h>