diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs b/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs
index 22f6dbf8f..74a2da8b0 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub fn window() -> DesktopContext {
 }
 
 /// Get an imperative handle to the current window
+#[deprecated = "Prefer the using the `window` function directly for cleaner code"]
 pub fn use_window(cx: &ScopeState) -> &DesktopContext {
     cx.use_hook(|| cx.consume_context::<DesktopContext>())
         .as_ref()