diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
index cf3ac5a9725c81de62bf788f4c3248fbd708e3f2..f7591a9f1fbd69f7ad0bcb2981b37b98283671b0 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ class GeneralUtility
      */
     public static function removeXSS($string)
     {
+        static::logDeprecatedFunction();
         return \RemoveXSS::process($string);
     }