diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f55486ce..79d42ea3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ color = ["atty", "termcolor"]
 suggestions = ["strsim"]
 
 # Optional
-deprecated = [] # Guided experience to prepare for next breaking release (at different stages of development, this may become default)
+# note: this will always enable clap_derive, change this to `clap_derive?/unstable-v4` when MSRV is bigger than 1.60
+deprecated = ["clap_derive/deprecated"] # Guided experience to prepare for next breaking release (at different stages of development, this may become default)
 derive = ["clap_derive", "once_cell"]
 cargo = ["once_cell"] # Disable if you're not using Cargo, enables Cargo-env-var-dependent macros
 wrap_help = ["terminal_size", "textwrap/terminal_size"]
diff --git a/clap_derive/Cargo.toml b/clap_derive/Cargo.toml
index df26e253..4982d85c 100644
--- a/clap_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clap_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ proc-macro-error = "1"
 [features]
 default = []
 debug = []
-unstable-v4 = []
+unstable-v4 = ["deprecated"]
+deprecated = []
+raw-deprecated = ["deprecated"]
diff --git a/clap_derive/src/derives/args.rs b/clap_derive/src/derives/args.rs
index 2707fd68..23a2260e 100644
--- a/clap_derive/src/derives/args.rs
+++ b/clap_derive/src/derives/args.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ pub fn gen_from_arg_matches_for_struct(
 
     let constructor = gen_constructor(fields, &attrs);
     let updater = gen_updater(fields, &attrs, true);
+    let raw_deprecated = raw_deprecated();
 
     let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = generics.split_for_impl();
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ pub fn gen_from_arg_matches_for_struct(
             }
 
             fn from_arg_matches_mut(__clap_arg_matches: &mut clap::ArgMatches) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, clap::Error> {
-                #[allow(deprecated)]  // Assuming any deprecation in here will be related to a deprecation in `Args`
+                #raw_deprecated
                 let v = #struct_name #constructor;
                 ::std::result::Result::Ok(v)
             }
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn gen_from_arg_matches_for_struct(
             }
 
             fn update_from_arg_matches_mut(&mut self, __clap_arg_matches: &mut clap::ArgMatches) -> ::std::result::Result<(), clap::Error> {
-                #[allow(deprecated)]  // Assuming any deprecation in here will be related to a deprecation in `Args`
+                #raw_deprecated
                 #updater
                 ::std::result::Result::Ok(())
             }
@@ -737,3 +738,16 @@ fn gen_parsers(
         quote_spanned!(field.span()=> #field_name: #field_value )
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raw-deprecated")]
+pub fn raw_deprecated() -> TokenStream {
+    quote! {}
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "raw-deprecated"))]
+pub fn raw_deprecated() -> TokenStream {
+    quote! {
+        #![allow(deprecated)]  // Assuming any deprecation in here will be related to a deprecation in `Args`
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/clap_derive/src/derives/subcommand.rs b/clap_derive/src/derives/subcommand.rs
index c10aeafd..07bdce5e 100644
--- a/clap_derive/src/derives/subcommand.rs
+++ b/clap_derive/src/derives/subcommand.rs
@@ -540,9 +540,10 @@ fn gen_from_arg_matches(
         },
     };
 
+    let raw_deprecated = args::raw_deprecated();
     quote! {
         fn from_arg_matches_mut(__clap_arg_matches: &mut clap::ArgMatches) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, clap::Error> {
-            #[allow(deprecated)]  // Assuming any deprecation in here will be related to a deprecation in `Subcommand`
+            #raw_deprecated
 
             #( #child_subcommands )else*
 
@@ -654,12 +655,13 @@ fn gen_update_from_arg_matches(
         }
     });
 
+    let raw_deprecated = args::raw_deprecated();
     quote! {
         fn update_from_arg_matches_mut<'b>(
             &mut self,
             __clap_arg_matches: &mut clap::ArgMatches,
         ) -> ::std::result::Result<(), clap::Error> {
-            #[allow(deprecated)]  // Assuming any deprecation in here will be related to a deprecation in `Subcommand`
+            #raw_deprecated
 
             if let Some(__clap_name) = __clap_arg_matches.subcommand_name() {
                 match self {