diff --git a/serde/src/lib.rs b/serde/src/lib.rs
index 1048256c..968df761 100644
--- a/serde/src/lib.rs
+++ b/serde/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@
     use_debug,
 ))]
 // Blacklisted Rust lints.
-#![deny(missing_docs, unused_imports)]
+//
+// Compiler bug involving unused_imports:
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/51661
+#![deny(missing_docs, /*unused_imports*/)]
 
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