diff --git a/src/crates/using_lib.md b/src/crates/using_lib.md
index 102080700f..8bd0feb945 100644
--- a/src/crates/using_lib.md
+++ b/src/crates/using_lib.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn main() {
 ```txt
 # Where library.rlib is the path to the compiled library, assumed that it's
 # in the same directory here:
-$ rustc executable.rs --extern rary=library.rlib --edition=2018 && ./executable 
+$ rustc executable.rs --extern rary=library.rlib && ./executable 
 called rary's `public_function()`
 called rary's `indirect_access()`, that
 > called rary's `private_function()`