diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index b935b7d8..568f16cd 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ func (a *App) findDesiredStateFiles(specifiedPath string, opts LoadOpts) ([]stri
 		} else if defaultFile != "" {
 			return []string{defaultFile}, nil
 		} else {
-			return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("no state file found. It must be named %s/*.{yaml,yml}, %s, or %s, or otherwise specified with the --file flag", DefaultHelmfileDirectory, DefaultHelmfile, DeprecatedHelmfile)
+			return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("no state file found. It must be named %s/*.{yaml,yml} or %s, otherwise specified with the --file flag", DefaultHelmfileDirectory, DefaultHelmfile)
 		}
 	}