diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index cb887f499..ecd782bbf 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import com.typesafe.tools.mima.core._
-import com.github.sbt.git.SbtGit.git
 
 val projectName = "parsley"
 val Scala213 = "2.13.11"
@@ -96,10 +95,7 @@ lazy val parsley = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform, NativePlatform)
     Test / testOptions += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.ScalaTest, "-oI"),
 
     scalacOptions ++= {
-        if (!isSnapshot.value && !(noReleaseFlagsScala3 && scalaBinaryVersion.value == "3")) {
-            println("enabling the release flags!")
-            releaseFlags
-        } else Seq.empty
+        if (!isSnapshot.value && !(noReleaseFlagsScala3 && scalaBinaryVersion.value == "3")) releaseFlags else Seq.empty
     },
 
     Compile / doc / scalacOptions ++= Seq("-groups", "-doc-root-content", s"${baseDirectory.value.getParentFile.getPath}/rootdoc.md"),
diff --git a/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/character.scala b/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/character.scala
index bbea8ce18..3ed9b09fc 100644
--- a/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/character.scala
+++ b/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/character.scala
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ object character {
         if (Character.isBmpCodePoint(c)) char(c.toChar) #> c
         else new Parsley(new singletons.SupplementaryCharTok(c, NotConfigured))
     }
+    @deprecated("this is an old naming, which I believe was never exposed but to be safe it'll remain till 5.0.0", "4.3.0")
+    private [parsley] def charUtf16(c: Int): Parsley[Int] = codePoint(c)
 
     /** This combinator tries to parse a single character from the input that matches the given predicate.
       *