diff --git a/Deprecation.md b/Deprecation.md
index 131ec0d11..9378e1acf 100644
--- a/Deprecation.md
+++ b/Deprecation.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ have any problems converting, please contact us via:
 | `BUILD_HOST_FUZZ_TEST`           | Error     |
 | `BUILD_HOST_NATIVE_TEST`         | Error     |
 | `BUILD_HOST_SHARED_TEST_LIBRARY` | Error     |
+| `BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY`      | Warning   |
 | `BUILD_HOST_STATIC_TEST_LIBRARY` | Error     |
 | `BUILD_HOST_TEST_CONFIG`         | Error     |
 | `BUILD_NATIVE_BENCHMARK`         | Error     |
diff --git a/core/deprecation.mk b/core/deprecation.mk
index f1e198d51..761a9b6e5 100644
--- a/core/deprecation.mk
+++ b/core/deprecation.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ AVAILABLE_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES :=$= \
   BUILD_HOST_JAVA_LIBRARY \
   BUILD_HOST_PREBUILT \
   BUILD_HOST_SHARED_LIBRARY \
-  BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY \
   BUILD_JAVA_LIBRARY \
   BUILD_MULTI_PREBUILT \
   BUILD_NATIVE_TEST \
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ AVAILABLE_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES :=$= \
 # relevant BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_* variables, then these would move to
 # DEFAULT_ERROR_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES.
 DEFAULT_WARNING_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES :=$= \
+  BUILD_HOST_STATIC_LIBRARY \
 
 # These are BUILD_* variables that are errors to reference, but you can set
 # BUILD_BROKEN_USES_BUILD_* in your BoardConfig.mk in order to turn them back