diff --git a/src/liballoc/tests/lib.rs b/src/liballoc/tests/lib.rs
index 3fdee8bbfdf..c1ae67a1a33 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/tests/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #![feature(associated_type_bounds)]
 #![feature(binary_heap_into_iter_sorted)]
 #![feature(binary_heap_drain_sorted)]
+#![feature(vec_remove_item)]
 
 use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
diff --git a/src/liballoc/vec.rs b/src/liballoc/vec.rs
index f5f8d88829f..e9cbf627846 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/vec.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/vec.rs
@@ -1696,13 +1696,14 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
+    /// # #![feature(vec_remove_item)]
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 1];
     ///
     /// vec.remove_item(&1);
     ///
     /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![2, 3, 1]);
     /// ```
-    #[stable(feature = "vec_remove_item", since = "1.42.0")]
+    #[unstable(feature = "vec_remove_item", reason = "recently added", issue = "40062")]
     pub fn remove_item<V>(&mut self, item: &V) -> Option<T>
     where
         T: PartialEq<V>,
diff --git a/src/librustc/lib.rs b/src/librustc/lib.rs
index cf424ffe7b2..97e59e65d71 100644
--- a/src/librustc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/lib.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #![feature(thread_local)]
 #![feature(trace_macros)]
 #![feature(trusted_len)]
+#![feature(vec_remove_item)]
 #![feature(stmt_expr_attributes)]
 #![feature(integer_atomics)]
 #![feature(test)]
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index b15dae452ff..aa5549dda1f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(set_stdio)]
 #![feature(test)]
+#![feature(vec_remove_item)]
 #![feature(ptr_offset_from)]
 #![feature(crate_visibility_modifier)]
 #![feature(const_fn)]
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs
index 0642823404a..efa9d05f16c 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #![crate_name = "compiletest"]
+#![feature(vec_remove_item)]
 #![deny(warnings)]
 // The `test` crate is the only unstable feature
 // allowed here, just to share similar code.